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understand, as far as possible, the reason for the exceptions 

 and the extent to which they occur. The reported failures of 

 the tuberculin tests fall into two distinct classes. 



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Fig. 51. A temperature curve of three cows after injecting tuberculin. 

 I a healthy cozv, 2 and ^ tuberculous ones. 



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Fig. 52. Chart showing the effect of drinking cold water upon the 



tetnperatiire of a coiv. 



I. There is a reaction and no disease is found. In 

 explaining this alleged error, the records of the cases which 

 have come to my attention have been so deficient in data con- 

 cerning the normal temperature variation of the animals, and 



