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Gutman, of Germany, in 1891, with wonderful results, 95 per 
cent, of the cases diagnosed by means of this agent proving cor¬ 
rect on post-mortem. Tuberculin is a yellowish liquid, glycerine 
extract of the cultures of the tubercle bacillus, the dose being 1 
cubic centimetre. Prepare the animal beforehand, and be sure 
there is no fever and the temperature of the stable is about equal. 
If the animal is affected you get a rise in temperature of 2 or 3 0 , 
swelling at the point of injection, appetite and milk secretion 
impaired ; restlessness and debility. Some authors claim that 
tuberculin gives pronounced reaction in actinomycosis, while 
in tuberculosis in very advanced cases it gives only weak re¬ 
actions, but tuberculin as a diagnostic agent does not lose its 
value on account of that, because advanced cases of tuberculosis 
can be diagnosed without the aid of tuberculin. After discus¬ 
sion, adjourned. 
COMMUNICATIONS. 
THE U. S. V. M. A. PRIZE. 
Fargo, North Dakota, April 9th, 1896. 
Editor American Veterinary Review : 
Dear Sir :—I have read your editorial comments, the 
article by Dr. Tate Butler, and the one by Dr. L. McLean on 
the above subject. 
My experience with the workings of the Prize Committee 
has been somewhat unsatisfactory. I went to considerable 
trouble and expense in order to carry out a line of investigation, 
which as yet has been worked upon very little. The results 
were satisfactory. Two years ago I prepared a paper on the 
work which I had had in hand for over two years, and mailed it 
to the Chairman of the Prize Committee, wishing to compete 
for the prize offered by the Association. I heard nothing there¬ 
from, not even an acknowledgment of the communication, until 
about four months after the Society had held a meeting; I then 
wrote the chairman of the committee that I had forwarded him 
an article and asked whether it had been presented to the Asso¬ 
ciation. His letter informed me that it had not, that he had 
mislaid the communication, for which he was very sorry. I 
thought possibly at first that the communication was not con¬ 
sidered worthy, and for that reason had been laid aside, but I had 
three requests in as many months from the chairman of the 
committee, asking that he be allowed to publish the article in 
