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explained in two ways: firstly, by the 

 substitution of the carcase, or that the 

 carcase was not affected with generalized 

 tuberculosis, as was affirmed on the 

 occasion. 



Even in the supposition that the car- 

 case referred to, came from our country, 

 (and this point has not been proved; 

 one must agree that ihe importance o 

 the case has been exaggerated: inas 

 much as in England, as well as in every 

 other country, it is well known thai 

 there are subjects in apparent good 

 health, w hich upon inspection do not 

 offer any tuberculous lesion of the res- 

 piratory or digestive organs, nor of the 

 ganglions nor corresponding cavities, 

 and yet may present lesions of gan- 

 glions which appear only when the beast 

 is quartered for market, and therefore 

 have remained unsuspected under the 

 most minute sanitary inspection. If the 

 inspector were obliged to get at the 

 ganglions referred to, the carcases would 



