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sioners of Illinois, published in 1891, is the report of the some- 

 what famous trial in the Peoria county circuit court of the case 

 of J. B. Greenhut et al. vs. John M. Pearson et al. to recover 

 damages for the rejection and destruction of certain actinomy- 

 cotic cattle, in which is given the testimony of a large number 

 of distinguished veterinarians and sanitarians concerning the 

 wholesomeness of the meat of cattle affected with this disease. 

 Although at that time there was a strong popular sentiment 

 against the use of such animals, the jury after a forty hours' 

 consideration reported their inability to agree and were dis- 

 charged by the court. The most conspicuous feature of this 

 evidence was the inability of the witnesses to produce satis- 

 factory evidence of the communicabilit}' of the disease from 

 animal to man. This evidence did much to show that the 

 danger from this disease in eating meat of affected animals was 

 after all a matter of opinion, fear or sentiment rather than a 

 demonstrated fact. Mayo, in his bulletin upon the subject, 

 states that there is no danger of persons contracting this dis- 

 ease from eating the flesh of affected animals provided the 

 visibly diseased portions are removed. 



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1. BOSTROEM. Untersuchungen iiber das Aktinom^'kose des Meu- 

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2. Israel. Neue Beobachtuugen auf deu Gebeite des Mykosen 

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4. Moore Actinomycosis mistaken for tuberculosis at post- 

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