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culosis by injection. No doubt this reasoning' produces upon 
our mind a dirrimant effect. And if everything is to be de¬ 
termined by syllogisms in this matter, we can but think that 
it would be more logical to agree to our conclusions therein to 
say: “ The juice of meat sometimes contains tuberculous 
virus, the virus infecting through the digestive canal; then 
the meat can betaken without danger.” But we do not need 
a process like this to prove our facts. 
Experiments upon the effects of the injection of . the raw 
meat, just as it is sold in the shops, and even with the bones 
removed, have furnished a very respectable number of posi¬ 
tive facts, and from these facts we know that the injection of 
raw meat has tuberculerized animals in the proportion of 
11.8 per cent., or, in other words, more than the inoculation 
in the connective tissue. 
Mr. Nocard affirms, in an excellent article recently printed, 
that there does not exist a good experiment showing that the 
injection of raw meat is capable of giving tuberculosis, 
“ because,” says he, “ the authors have not been carelul to 
avoid the soiling of the ingested meats through other viru¬ 
lent liquids, such as pus, or the mucosities of the respiratory 
tracts or other regions, and of removing the glands, which 
are so often crowded with tubercles.” 
It is easy to ignore the force of unfavorable experiments, 
by taxing them with error. But we see no reason to doubt 
the integrity and thoroughness of the investigators who are 
seeking to find a difference between the infecting qualities of 
tuberculous lesions proper and of suspected meats, and who, 
we must believe, have taken all necessary precautions for the 
removal of all such evidently virulent elements as would, if 
allowed to be present, disturb or prevent the results sought 
for and anticipated. 
Let us add, that if the success of the examination is to be 
jeopardized by the soiling referred to, the operator has only 
to visit some well conducted abattoir and watch the dress- 
ing of some of the animals disposed of at these establish-* 
ments, to satisfy himself and acknowledge that the meat of 
tuberculous origin which is sold to us is really very 
dangerous. 
