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M. S. ARLOING-. 
Congress having again introduced as a subject of discussion 
the prophylaxy of human and animal tuberculosis, there will be 
an obvious propriety in making the utilization of the flesh of 
tuberculous animals the theme of our remarks on the present 
occasion; for notwithstanding all that has been hitherto said 
touching the alimentary use of such meats in ordinary condi¬ 
tions, the fact continues to constitute a permanent source of 
danger, which may only too soon become realized in the 
tuberculization of numerous human victims. 
It may be thought that we are resuming the subject un¬ 
necessarily and prematurely, but the result which followed 
the discussion of the resolutions of the former Congress, be¬ 
fore the various bodies to which they were committed, seems 
almost to impose upon us an obligation to re-enter de novo 
upon a review of certain points of which we then had the 
honor to ask your acceptance. We do not, however, deny 
that within a few years a certain amount of progress has been 
realized. The influence of the various veterinary congresses, 
and especially of the national gathering of i886 ; resulted in 
the classification of bovine tuberculosis amongst diseases of 
animals legally designated as contagious, and his Excellency, 
the Minister of Agriculture, has indicated the cases in which 
the flesh of animals recognized as tuberculous at the slaughter 
houses is to be excluded from public use. Through the influ¬ 
ence of these deliberative convocations and the recognized 
authority of the members of the congress, and specially as 
the effect of the adhesion of physicians, and more than all as 
the fruit of the agitation maintained by veterinarians, the 
idea of the noxious quality of the flesh of tuberculous cattle 
has now largely penetrated the public mind, and the force of 
the enlightened opinion which has thus become prevalent has 
also tended to modify the views and moderate the claims of 
those who decline fully to adopt our conclusions. 
But our task is not yet finished, nor can we be warranted 
in so considering it so long as the practical difficulties which 
arise from our antagonistic attitude towards tuberculosis re¬ 
main to be overcome, and the unanimity of opinion which 
should exist on a point involving so largely both scientific in 
