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material. All canned food, which shows the slightest evidence of 

 spoilage, should either be discarded or else boiled before it is 

 eaten, as botulin is destroyed by boiling. 



Forage poisoning in domestic animals has been shown to be 

 due to CI. botulinum by Graham* and his associates. 



' Graham and Brueckner: Studies in forage poisoning, Joiirn. of Bad., 1919, 4 

 p. I. References to literature are given in this paper. 



