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laken for farcy, and one which might be troublesome if it 

 vshouhl appear in this State. 



At present there is no legislation which would permit of 

 the Cattle Bureau taking any action if this disease should 

 1x3 imported into ]\rnssachusetts, and, if there were, the pro- 

 vision of the law whii'h divides the Conmionwealth into the 

 State of Massachusetts and the city of Boston so far as glan- 

 ders and farcy is concerned would only complicate matters, 

 as suj)purative lymphangitis is a disease frequently mistaken 

 for farcy. 



The latter part of September and early in October the 

 Chief of the Cattle Bureau was present at the International 

 Congress on Tuberculosis at Washington, which he attended 

 as a delegate to represent the Cattle Bureau, by authority of 

 ITis Excellency the Governor. 



Space does not permit giving a detailed account of this 

 great gathering, wdtli representatives from most of the civi- 

 lized countries on the globe, among them many of the leading 

 scientists of continental Europe, England and America. The 

 meetings were held in the I^ew National Museum building, 

 which was not at the time completed, Avhere there was a great 

 deal, of noise and not very good accommodations for meetings 

 of this kind. 



The meetings were held in sections and occupied several 

 days, commencing Tuesday, September 29, and continuing 

 during the week. Section VII. was upon " Tuberculosis in 

 Animals and its Relation to Man," under the presidency of 

 Dr. Leonard Pearson of Pennsylvania. Among the vice- 

 presidents Ifassachusctts was represented by Drs. Theobald 

 Smith, Langdon Frothingham and the Chief of the Cattle 

 Bureau. 



Among the papers read at this section was one by the Chief 

 of the Massachusetts Cattle Bureau, giving a historical sketch 

 of the agitation in this State in regard to bovine tubercu- 

 losis and the work done as a result. It was a condensation 

 of a chapter written for a book called " Tuberculosis in 

 Massachusetts," edited by Dr. Edwin A. Locke and published 

 by the Commonwealth for distribution among delegates to the 

 congress. The title of this chapter is " Bovine Tuberculosis 



