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dition, appetite poor, temperature from 102}^° to 103°. An 
injection of 300 mg. of tuberculin increased the temperature 
to 104^°. The animal was killed three days after injection. 
Autopsy showed all the organs to be more or less markedly 
affected with tuberculosis. Well marked pharyngitis was 
noticed. 
The following conclusions are given, based upon the results 
of the experiments: 
1st.—That the injection of tuberculin in cows suffering 
with tuberculosis produces a febrile reaction. 
2nd.—That healthy cows do not give a reaction with 
moderate doses (300 milligrammes). 
3d.—That in some instances, tuberculous cattle will fail 
to give a reaction with ordinary doses of from 300 to 500 
milligrammes. 
4th.—That injection of the tuberculin causes the rapid dis¬ 
tribution of the tubercle bacilli and a generalization of the 
disease. 
5th.—That in none of the tuberculous animals used in the 
experiments could the least curative effect be observed. 
6th.—That cows cease to react after repeated injections of 
the tuberculin. 
7th.—That tuberculin is of value in the diagnosis of tuber¬ 
culosis in cattle. 
BURSATTEE. 
By S. E. Phillips, V.S. 
(A Paper read before the Kansas Veterinary Medical Association.) 
In selecting this as my subject upon which to make a few 
remarks,II have done so more with the view of learning others’ 
experience with the disease, than it was to tell you what little 
I may know about it. And for this reason I shall hope merely 
to open the way for discussion, which I trust you will take ad¬ 
vantage of and I may feel that my efforts have not been in 
vain. 
Bursattee being a disease that is unsatisfactorily explained 
