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Dr. Osgood. I believe it is. 



Mr. French. I have no prejudice against the commis- 

 sion, but I helped butcher an animal, within ten days, that 

 had been tested and not condemned, and I found a tubercle 

 on the lungs as large as my fist and eight inches long. 



Dr. Osgood. Where was this test made ? 



Mr. French. In the town of Dalton. 



Dr. Osgood. Was it made by the cattle commissioner? 



Mr. French. Yes, sir. 



Dr. Osgood. In what month ? 



Mr. French. I cannot say. 



Dr. Osgood. How do you know it was made by the 

 cattle commissioner, if you do not know in what month it 

 was made? Did you see the cow examined by the commis- 

 sioner? 



Mr. French. No, sir. 



Dr. Osgood. How do you knoAv she was tuberculous? 



Mr. French. I suppose she was. The whole herd was 

 examined. 



Mr. Newhall. How many do you find that could be 

 condemned on a physical examination ? 



Dr. Osgood. I do not think in the voluntary requests 

 that two per cent of those killed could have been picked 

 out on physical examination. The tuberculosis need not 

 necessarily be in the lungs. It may be in the glands about 

 the throat, it may be in the udder, it may be in any location 

 where the bacillus finds lodging. I have seen a case where 

 the only trace in the body was found inside the eyelid. 

 You may find it in the glands between the muscles or in the 

 bronchial system. 



Mr. Newhall. Will they not generally develop a cough 

 before they die ? 



Dr. Osgood. Not necessarily. 



Mr. Lyman. Would there be any danger of injury from 

 using the milk if the disease were located in the eye ? 



Dr. Osgood. I do not think so, if we could be sure that 

 that was the only location. 



The Secretary. Are there not other forms of disease 

 that would look like tuberculosis, which would be some- 

 thing else? Is it not possible that if any one except an 



