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ence in the treatment of this very disease, I shall hope to be 
criticised lightly, but to be discussed largely. If it shall be 
decided that I have been able to offer some suggestions that 
may help us on a little, I shall feel doubly repaid for all my 
efforts. 
INSPECTION OF THE BRIGHTON ABATTOIR (BOSTON). 
By Alexander Burr, M.D.V- 
A Paper read before the Massachusetts Veterinary Medical Association. 
Mr. President and Gentlemen : Permit me to present to you 
a short account of my experiences as Inspector at the Brigh¬ 
ton abattoir for the Board of Health of the city of Boston 
since October ist to April ist. 
In passing, I may say that the Abattoir Company is a cor¬ 
poration who rent sections of their premises to the butchers 
of Boston for slaughtering purposes. Previous to my ap¬ 
pointment, they had been accustomed to a simple mode of 
inspection, which consisted principally in an examination of 
the dressed meats. They were, therefore, unprepared for a 
careful professional examination of the live animals, followed 
by further inspection during the process of dressing. 
The course I have pursued has been to make a tour of the 
different yards every morning, to gain an idea of the diame¬ 
ter of the animals, marking such as look suspicious so that 
they could be identified when dead. 
At first, I was regarded by the butchers with more or less, 
perhaps natural, suspicion, especially when the carcass and 
viscera showed that anything was abnormal, and a desire was 
shown on my part that they should remain together. 
In justice to the butchers, it must be said that now they 
do not intentionally buy diseased animals, or handle unclean 
or unwholesome flesh, but having them they desire to lose as 
little as is possible. 
The rest of my time has been spent in walking through 
the different houses, observing the animals while being 
dressed, and afterwards, should any part of the viscera be 
