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animal showed marked lesions of the lungs and pleura due to 
the tubercle bacilli. Two others that were killed came from an 
adjourning town, and were intended for slaughter. One of 
these was so weak and emaciated that it fell in the highway, 
unable to rise, and the other, although with more strength, was 
extensively diseased. 
At present there are three cows under restrictions, placed 
there by the Cattle Commission, and it is a question of time as 
to what disposition will be made of them. 
There was one animal adjudged souud by one member of 
the Cattle Commission killed, which, upon post-mortem exam¬ 
ination, revealed changes due to tubercle bacilli in the form of 
miliary tubercles in the udder, 
Owing to the fact that the Cattle Commission, as a rule, 
condemn cattle in the advanced stages of tuberculosis, which 
the chairman told me was their method, there is very likely to 
be a difference of opinion as to its existence. This should be 
settled by subjecting the animal to the acknowledged test for 
that malady, for the law does not specify in what stage the 
disease shall exist. As a matter of fact it is impossible for any 
one to diagnose tuberculosis in certain stages, or organs of the 
body by a physieal examination, but with the aid of tuberculin 
that difficulty is removed. 
In regard to the examination of the cattle of the neighbor- 
ing towns that supply the city with milk, it has been found that 
some of the cattle, at least, have not been inspected. Some 
fai mers who bring milk to this market are not aware that every 
town in this state has an inspector of cattle appointed especially 
to examine all cattle for tuberculosis. 
The question of tuberculosis is, without doubt, the one that 
is of most importance to the welfare of the human family, since 
this disease causes more deaths than any other one, with the 
exception of cholera infantum, and even this is often due to the 
tubercle bacilli. The time has passed when there need be any 
argument as regards the danger to human life from the use of 
milk from tuberculous cows. 
