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Several cases of glanders have been disposed of by this 

 same firm of auctioneers in Lowell during the past year, whose 

 establishment seems to be a Mecca for dealers in a cheap 

 class of horses. 



In the tenth semiannual report reference was made to a 

 case in Quincy, where a Jew cow dealer was fined $75 for 

 breaking quarantine, and $25 for removing a cow, knowing or 

 having reasonable cause to believe that it had tuberculosis. 

 The defendant appealed, and later appeared before the Su- 

 perior Court in Dedham, where he pleaded nolo contendere, 

 and was fined $25 on the count charging him with removing 

 an animal with a contagious disease, and the other count was 

 placed on file. 



As in the previous year, it was necessary in several in- 

 stances to employ a detective to procure the evidence and get 

 it into shape in order to prepare the cases to present in court. 



One human death from glanders is said to have occurred 

 during the year, a case having been recently reported from the 

 Boston City Hospital. 



Mallein has been used more extensively in making stable 

 tests during the past year than in 190G, as shown in the fol- 

 lowing table: — 



Stable Tests with Mallein. 



by owner because of laminitis; autopsy showed no sign of glanders. 



