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M. 8. ARLOING. 
On the other hand, to show that all inoculable diseases ar 
not contagious he cites the pus-forming germs, but a casta] 
glance at the definitions given by both Dr. Schwartzkopff 
and the committeef will at once show that this fulfills all th 
conditions of either, and furthermore all modern surgery ^ 
based upon the transmissibility from patient to patient of thil 
pathogenic organism. 
While not definitely stated the inference may be fairl 
drawn from the criticisms of Dr. Schwartzkopff that h 
would have the reader believe that the committee held in th 
I 
report that actinomycosis was highly contagious (or infet 
tious); that it was generally due in animals to transmissio 
from animal to animal; that it could be readily transmitte 
from animal to animal or man ; and that the destruction ( 
the meat from animals mildly affected was an advisable san 
tary measure. A careful reading of the text of the repoi 
will clearly show that these inferences have no foundation. 
TUBERCULOSIS OF ANIMALS IN ITS RELATION TO HUMAI 
ALIMENTARY HYGIENE. 
By Prof. S. Arloing. 
(Continued from page 69). 
C. After argumentatively reducing the noxious proper 
ties of raw meat to their minimum point, the attempt is mad 
to reassure us completely by alleging that the process cj 
cooking entirely destroys the comparatively rare bacilli vvhic 
may exist outside of the tuberculous lesions. We do not fo 
an instant doubt that well-cooked meat is perfectly sterilized 
but we also know that in many of the numerous forms of cuk 
nary preparation sterilization is far from being certain. Whe 
the juice escapes uncoagulated from the cut surface of 
roasted joint of meat, the cooking has certainly been insuff 
cient to destroy all the tuberculous bacilli in every portio: 
of it, although in such a case the noxiousness may be consic) 
erably diminished. 
♦Review, Vol. xvi., p. 6. t Journal Vol., vi., p. 538. 
