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patients, and that these products were still existing - in the meat 
and milk, although the vitality of the bacillus itself may have 
been destroyed by cooking or otherwise. He recommended the 
establishment of public abattoirs, and the inspection of meat by 
qualified men. He also recommended that dairies should be 
placed under suitable inspection, and that the hygienic condi¬ 
tions of milch cows should be looked to—cleanliness and 
sufficient air space being essential. 
In the discussion that followed, in which Major Lloyd, 
Messrs. Shaw, Cowan and others took part, it was remarked 
that this “tuberculin test” was a reliable diagnostic agent, but 
judgment must be used in applying it; that it is well to take the 
body temperature of other animals in the herd not injected, as va¬ 
riations in the temperature may be produced by accidental causes. 
Mr. Cowan, veterinary inspector, said that it was well not 
to make unnecessary alarm in connection with tuberculosis. 
That the disease existed only to a slight extent in Canada 
amongst cattle, less than in most other countries, and that the 
disease was on the decrease here. He also said that the various 
boards of health have great power in looking into the milk sup¬ 
ply. That there is all the law that is required in investigating 
the milk and meat supply, and in condemning tubercular cases. 
The thanks of the meeting were voted to Mr. Wilson for his 
interesting paper. 
Mr. A. Crowforth, V.S., of Lockport, N. Y., read an inter¬ 
esting and exhaustive paper on “Tuberculosis in Relation to 
Animal Industry and Public Health; Its Prevalence and Im¬ 
portance.” He said that it prevails so extensively throughout 
the civilized world, that no disease is so deserving of close study, 
or of the enforcement of effective measures for its suppression. 
Cholera, yellow fever and small-pox, which occasionally appear, 
creating universal terror and dismay, claim but few victims in 
comparison with this ever-present and universally devastating 
malady. These other plagues are quick, severe and fatal, and 
therefore can be promptly recognized and even stamped out, 
whereas tuberculosis is slow and uncertain in its progress, and 
