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pneumonia. The total absence of even suspected contagion 

 in Britain, and positive knowledge of its non-existence in Can- 

 ada confirms this conclusion." What, then, was it, he asked ? 

 * 4 A pleuro-pneumonia induced by long railroad and ocean 

 transportation which I have named transit pneumonia." Being 

 asked what his views were ; he said he had not seen any 

 portion of the above mentioned lung and could not give an 

 opinion. 



Contagious pleuro-pneumunia is occasionally, but rarely, met 

 with in Denmark. 



TUBERCULOSIS. 



FRANCE. 



Professor Nocard, of Paris, in our interview, regretted having 

 to admit the somewhat extensive prevalence of tuberculosis 

 in France. On my stating that it existed in Canada, but as 

 compared to other countries to a very limited extent, and 

 when asked if he thought that I was too sanguine in believing 

 that if the government would back me with sufficient money, 

 I could in five years eradicate the disease from Canada he 

 very emphatically said : " Certainly not ; I have no doubt 

 whatever that you can do so. I am certain that in eight years 

 I could with similar assistance rid France of it completely." 

 He highly approved of our idea of first educating the people 

 and of our method of dealing with it in Canada which I 

 explained to him, and he said : " I am sure you will succeed." 



We then discussed tuberculin, and when asked what he 

 thought of those cases where reaction denoted tuberculosis, 

 yet it could not be found on post-mortem, he said if 

 thorough search was made it can be found, often as a very 

 few small tubercles at the bifurcation of the trachea. It 

 may possibly be in the bone, but it can be found in all cases. 

 He agreed that there is a stage in the period of incubation 

 when it was too early for the tubercle to have been formed, 

 yet the reaction showed the presence of the disease, but it is 



