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ments and diplomas which will give to the holder the right 
to conceal his ignorance and deceive his employer ; to pros¬ 
titute the practice of veterinary medicine, endanger our nat¬ 
ional wealth and reputation under cover of a title for which 
he will have paid so much a head, and in exchange will have 
received nothing. It is to the veterinary profession of Amer¬ 
ica I appeal on this occasion and ask for their earnest atten¬ 
tion to the dangers that threaten them, and beg to urge them 
to take the proper steps to guard themselves against such a 
fearful calamity, which for the cause of true veterinary science 
would almost mean death. 
THE USE OF THE FLESH OF TUBERCULOUS CATTLE, 
By E. Perronoito * 
Translated by W. L. Williams. 
The question of the use of the flesh of tuberculous cattle has 
acquired great interest during the past thirty years, as scien¬ 
tists and prominent hygienists have, from time to time, asseit- 
ed or denied that a measure of danger of transmission of this 
dreaded malady from animal to man was brought about by 
the consumption of such flesh. 
This question was discussed by me as early as i 874 -’ 75 > 
with, however, wholly negative results.f ; 
In realization of the weighty arguments, as well as owing 
to the contradictory results of others, I have felt it my duty, 
owing to the rich material at hand in recent years, to again 
recur to this very important question. 
Favored by my position as a teacher I was enabled during 
the years 1889- 91 to conduct a series of experiments with rab¬ 
bits, guinea-pigs, swine and cattle which were so far com¬ 
pleted the past July and August as to enable me to report a 
summary of them to the Paris Congress for the Study of 
Tuberculosis and the London Congress for Hygiene. ; 
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♦Translated from Centralblatt fur Rakteriologie u Parasitenkunde. XI 
Band. S. 429. 1 
f E. Perroncito, La Tubercolosi in Bapporto alia economia sociale e morale. 
Turin. Yol. XVIII. 1875. 
