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W. L. WILLIAMS. 
found expedient to make a report as chairman of the com¬ 
mittee, at the same time requesting Prof. Schwartzkopff to 
prepare a special report upon the points in controversy. 
When the committee came to report Prof. Schwartzkopff 
was unexpectedly absent and this, with a lack of time for 
proper discussion, prevented its consideration beyond the 
presentation of the report, and again the recognized impor¬ 
tance of the questions involved led to the appointment of 
Drs. Schwartzkopff, Faville and Bryden as a special com¬ 
mittee for 1892. 
For reasons at present unknown, Dr. Schwartzkopff has 
seen fit, instead of awaiting his opportunity at the next meeting 
of our Association, to enter upon an exhaustive criticism* of 
the reportf at every point where it at all diverged either in 
form or spirit from his paper presented in 18904 
In attempting a reply it is desired that the brief quotations 
made by Dr. Schwartzkopff from the report be read in the 
original text, with their connections, since in one or two in¬ 
stances false conclusions may be readily drawn from such 
extracts. 
In criticising the suggested classification of diseased meats§ 
and in attempting to uphold that proposed by him,|| he states 
that such a classification as that of the report was proposed 
long ago by “ dreamers,” but failed. He neglects to state 
where and when it was tried, or why it failed. Neither does 
he apparently consider that even if we now possess sufficient 
scientific data upon which to base such a classification, we did 
not at the date to which he refers. It certainly cannot well 
be held that because a premature attempt at scientific classifi¬ 
cation, probably tried under strong prejudice and unfavorable 
surroundings, failed, that a scientific classification of diseased 
meats is still impossible. The impossible of yesterday need not 
be the impossible of to-day ; hence it was urged in the report 
that something more scientific should be possible now than 
that which has long been in use. 
♦Review, Yol. xvi. p. 4. tJournal, Vol. xii.p. 529. ^Review, Vol. xiv. p. 
471. 
§ Journal, Vol. xii. p. 534. || Review, Yol. xiv. p. 472. 
