Commission Report: Tuberculosis. 5 
The Commission has held four meetings as follows :—Buffalo, 
New York, December 13 and 14, 1909; Detroit, Michigan, March 
1 and 2, 1910; Ottawa, Canada, May 19, 20 and 21, 1910; 
Madison, Wisconsin, June 27 and 28, 1910; all of which were 
well attended, very few of the members having on any occa- 
sion been absent. The Commission begs to present as a result 
of its labours the following report which, although brief, will, on 
examination, be found to comprise the principal points essential 
to the promulgation of a comprehensive and practical policy, such 
as may reasonably be adopted by any governmental body interested 
in the control of bovine tuberculosis. 
It is quite unnecessary in view of the extensive knowledge al- 
ready possessed by all who are familiar with the efforts which 
have hitherto been made to secure control of bovine tuberculosis, 
to dwell at any length upon the importance of the subject or upon 
the conditions which led to the formation of the Commission. 
In view of the personnel of the Commission as selected by the 
American Veterinary Medical Association, and of the fact that 
so much information on the subject has been: made available 
through the work of similar bodies in other countries, and the 
researches of scientific and practical men in America and else- 
where, the Commission has not deemed it necessary to take any 
evidence either from expert witnesses or others. 
The members fully understood that the purpose which their 
appointment was intended to serve was less the acquisition of new- 
knowledge regarding bovine tuberculosis, than the careful study 
of the knowledge already available, and of the thoughts and 
opinions of those most entitled to speak with authority on the 
subject. 
The conclusions reached in this report are, therefore, simply 
the outcome of an earnest and thoughtful consideration of the 
various modern aspects and phases of the problem, with the 
object of crystallizing public opinion and so clearing the way 
for legislative action. 
_ They realized also that they could deal with fundamental prin- 
ciples only, and that the details of any policy which they might 
outline, must in each case, be worked out by the duly authorized 
and responsible representatives of the community immediately 
concerned. 
They nevertheless deemed it essential to study closely the his- 
tory of the various efforts hitherto made by such countries 
