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fulness in relation to human health and national economy, the 
difficulties to be encountered, and suggestions for meeting 
them. A classification was proposed for diseased meats 
which possesses some new features, and divides the entire cat¬ 
egory into four classes. 
{a ).—Meat affected with animal parasites. 
(£).—Diseases not transmissible to man, but during the course 
of which ptomaines or chemical substances are produced 
which when ingested may produce toxic effects. 
if ).—Diseases transmissible to man and which during their 
course develop ptomaines or other toxic susbtances. 
(d ).—Diseases transmissible to man, in which the sole danger 
exists in the living micro-organism. 
This committee was appointed at the meeting of 1890, 
largely for the purpose of continuing the discussion on the 
paper of Prof. Schwartzkopff of Minnesota, on national and 
international meat inspection. The chairman took issue with 
Dr. Schwartzkopff in his assertions last year that actinomy¬ 
cosis is not a contagious disease, and reviewed at some length 
facts in support of his position. He commented upon the 
fact that thus far the supporters of the non-transmissibility 
of actinomycosis had confined their contributions to agricul¬ 
tural or stock papers, and had avoided the columns of scientific 
journals, and asked that Dr. Schwartzkopff and his colleagues 
should for once present their reasons for their belief before a 
scientific body, where the subject could be discussed upon a 
scientific basis. 
Our ideal Secretary, Dr. Hoskins, of Pennsylvania, present¬ 
ed an admirable report upon the work which he has so ener¬ 
getically carried out in behalf of the Association. 
Drs. Lowe, of New Jersey, and Grange, of Michigan, pre¬ 
sented interesting reports as State Secretaries for their respec¬ 
tive States. 
The afternoon being far spent, only a few of the first re¬ 
ports were discussed, and they quite briefly. 
The retiring officers were then re-elected by a practically 
unanimous vote, being a fitting tribute to their efforts in be¬ 
half of the Association during the past year. The result was 
