INSPECTION OF MEAT AND MILK. 
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“ 4. That the effects of this virulence are correlative to the 
quantity of matter inoculated.’’ 
In a review published in the Revue de Medecine Veterinaire, 
July 15, 1889, the following summary of recent views appears: 
“ Before becoming a general malady, tuberculosis is a lo¬ 
cal disease limited to the entrance which corresponds to the 
territory of invasion and of the primary development of the 
specific bacilli. 
“A primary generalization from the beginning can only be 
produced experimentally by the introduction of the bacilli 
into the circulatory system. Practically the generalization of 
the malady is always secondary, since, according to Weigert, 
it is only observed in those individuals affected by the disease 
where a soft focus has opened into a blood vessel or thoracic 
duct. 
“ From a hygienic point of view, it does not concern us to 
know whether the tuberculosis is local or general, but wheth¬ 
er the meat of animals affected with tuberculosis may or may 
not be admitted for consumption. This question has been 
treated and discussed at the Congress for the study of tuber¬ 
culosis in 1888. The great majority of the members of this 
Congress were in favor of the rejection of this meat for hu¬ 
man consumption in all cases of tuberculosis. 
“At the same time, Bollinger has never been able to trans¬ 
mit tuberculosis by injection into the peritoneum, of the juice 
of the muscle-flesh taken from twelve tuberculous cows. 
“ M. Nocard, experimenting with the juice of the flesh of 
twenty-one cows affected with extensive tuberculosis, was 
able to transmit the disease to a guinea pig in only one case. 
“M.M. Toussaint, Chauveau, Arloing, H. Martin, Vallin, 
Peuch and Galtier, on the other hand, have reported several 
experiments where the muscle-juice has shown itself to be 
highly virulent. 
“ MM. Gratia and Lienaux bring forward, in their turn, a 
series of experiments to clear up this question of the viru¬ 
lence of tuberculous meat. In their hands, the muscle-juice 
from a man attacked with general tuberculosis showed itself 
virulent in both cases in two inoculations practiced on guinea 
