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to be pursued by every means, comprising the compensation 
of those interested, the application of the principle of total 
seizure and destruction of all the flesh derived from tubercu¬ 
lous animals, whatever may be the extent of the specific le¬ 
sions found on these animals.” 
The discussion offered two particularities which it is very 
important to note. It re-echoed the complaints of several 
veterinary inspectors of meat, who urgently demanded to be 
furnished with a simple, clear, and uniform line of conduct. 
Finally, by the presence of several foreign champions, it ac¬ 
quired the authority of an international debate. M. Bang, of 
Copenhagen, Thomassen, of Utrecht, Van Hertsen and Degive, 
of Brussels, Siegen, of Luxemburg, Robinson, of Greenock, 
and Cope, of London, pronounced for the withdrawal of the 
flesh of tuberculous animals from consumption. M. Thomas¬ 
sen even recalled that at the Congress of Hygiene at La 
Haye, held in the month of August, 1884, the absolute inter¬ 
diction of the milk and flesh of tuberculous animals had been 
voted. At the same instant the Journal Officiel of the French 
Republic published the decree of the 28th of July, 1888, add¬ 
ing tuberculosis to the list of contagious diseases, and an or¬ 
der of the Minister of Agriculture prescribing the measures 
to be taken with regard to the flesh furnished by tuberculous 
animals. 
The following are these measures: 
“ The flesh of tuberculous animals shall be excluded from 
consumption : 
“ 1. If the lesions are generalized, that is to say, not con¬ 
fined exclusively to the visceral organs and their lymphatic 
glands. 
“ 2. If the lesions, although localized, have invaded the 
greater part of an organ, or are manifested by an eruption on 
the walls of the chest or abdominal cavity. 
“ Such flesh excluded from consumption, as also the tuber¬ 
culous viscera, cannot be used for the alimentation of animals, 
and ought to be destroyed. 
“ The utilization of the hide shall not be permitted except 
after disinfection.” 
