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ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
TUBERCULOSIS. 
By M. Aeloing, Director of the Lyons Veterinary College. 
(Continued from page 355.) 
II.— Tuberculosis Considered in its Bearing upon 
Alimentary Hygiene. 
M. Chauveau having demonstrated that when an ox in¬ 
gests the lesions of human phthisis, comprising caseous pneu¬ 
monia, it contracts a disease similar to natural bovine tuber¬ 
culosis, one implicitly admits the identity of human and bo¬ 
vine tuberculosis, and the possibility of the contagion of bo¬ 
vine phthisis to man by ingestion. Indeed some instances 
very favorable to this opinion have been cited. 
Hence it*was of importance to protect our own species 
from the dangers to which the alimentary use of the milk and 
flesh of tuberculous bovines would expose it. Everywhere 
people have been engaged in considering the means of preser¬ 
vation, but the diverse solutions which have been presented 
have thrown over the mind and into the practice a confusion 
to which the present Congress will probably put an end. 
A .— The Flesh. 
A certain divergence of views regarding the nocuity of 
the flesh of tuberculous animals, and a lively concern on the 
part of agricultural interests, have produced the confusion to 
which we allude. 
A simple historical retrospect of the question will make 
us conversant with this confusion and its causes. 
Historical Review .—No one any longer doubts the trans- 
missibility of tuberculosis by inoculation and ingestion of tu- 
