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o ur Readers. From the success which has attended 
t le reoiganization of the Review in its business department, 
an its augmented corps of contributors, we feel that the vet¬ 
erinary profession thoroughly appreciates the work which 
this journal has been doing for so many years, and which she 
is better prepared to carry on now than ever before. We 
recognize the fact, however, that much interesting matter is 
escaping our readers, through the failure of themselves to act 
upon our oft-repeated request to report their interesting cases 
or the benefit of their fellow practitioners, and to record 
their views upon professional subjects as gained by observa- 
lon and experimentation. We are pleased to offer the pa^es 
of the Review for this purpose, for the report of the proceed- 
ings of all society meetings, news of a professional nature 
and all other matters of direct interest to the great clientage 
which we are endeavoring to assist. 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
THE PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS BY THE USE OF INDI¬ 
VIDUAL STALLS. 
By George N. Kinnell, M.R.C.V.S., Pittsfield, Mass. 
g 1 eat deal is being written and spoken and done in 
legard to the problem we have before us in dealing with and 
suppressing the disease tuberculosis among our dairy ani¬ 
mals. The wisdom and necessity of some definite and radi¬ 
cal course of action is admitted by everyone who has taken 
the trouble to acquaint himself with the most ordinary fea¬ 
tures of the nature and prevalence of the malady. That it 
has existed among our cattle for a long time we know, and, 
ike a fire, gathering strength as it spreads. We know that of 
late years the disease has gained gigantic proportions, and is 
rapidly undermining and ruining the largest herds of our 
finest and most valuable neat stock. 
. tilis commonwealth the past year has witnessed the 
inauguration of a campaign of extermination of the diseased 
