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It has since been tested six times, showing the following 

 reactions : — 



March 18, 1896 — 8 p.m., 101; 6 A.M., 101, 101.2, 103.4, 104.4, 104.3, 



104.2,104.3, 104.2, 103. 

 June 13,1896 — 9.30 p.m., 101.1; 7.30 a.m., 102.3, 103.1,103.1, 103, 



103,103, 101.3. 

 June 20, 1896 — 9.30 p.m., 101; 6.30 a.m., 101.2, 101.3, 101.2, 101.2, 



101.3. 

 Aug. 18,1896 — 7 P.M., 101.2; 5 a.m., 101.1, 101, 102.2, 103.4, 104, 



103.4, 103.4. 

 Aug. 18, 1897 — 8 P.M., 101, 101.1; 7 a.m., 101.2, 103.1, 104.3, 105. 

 December, 1897 — 6 p.m., 101; 4 a.m., 100.3, 100.3, 100.2; 100.1, 100. 



It will be noticed that the bull was tested June 13, and again 

 on June 20. At the second test there was no reaction ; this 

 is a characteristic of tuberculin, as frequently there is no 

 reaction at a second test until a considerable time has elapsed. 



On the last test, in December, 1897, there was again no 

 reaction ; but whether this was due to an insusceptibility to 

 the test or to the cure of the disease, it is impossible to say 

 at the present time. 



In the month of February, 1897, the Board received notice 

 from Dr. Kinnell of Pittsfield that he had tested a herd of 

 Siementhal cattle, consisting of four cows and a bull, two of 

 which had reacted to the test. These tests were accom- 

 panied by a letter from Dr. Kinnell, which is as follows : — 



William Douglas Sloane, Esq., Lenox. 

 Four Coios and a Bull tested Feb. 11 and 12, 1897. — Breed, 

 " Siementhal " Cattle. 



No. 414 had a chill, commencing twelve hours after injection and con- 

 tinuing four hours. She was noticed to cough during the chill. Bull had 

 a chill, commencing at eighth hour after injection and lasting six hours. 



