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But M. Merot, of Troyes, has observed these lesions with 
a very discrete tuberculization of the viscera. He has said 
that he has encountered the alteration of the lymphatic 
gland of the first intercostal space (inspector’s gland of M. 
Van Hertsen), while the tubercles were very rare on the cos¬ 
tal pleura, or were entirely absent there and showed them¬ 
selves in greater or smaller numbers on the lungs. He has 
made similar observations regarding abdominal tuberculosis. 
He therefore recommends “ inspectors of abattoirs to examine 
minutely the pectoral and abdominal lymphatic glands of every 
slaughtered animal brought in quarters and without the viscera, 
even when the pectoral and ventral walls , integrally covered by 
their serous membranes , appear completely free from tubercles .” 
In other words, there exist some examples of dissimulated 
generalization which must be carefully studied in order to 
distinguish them from cases of local tuberculosis. 
When one searches thoroughly, one finds, like M. Veys- 
siere of Rouen, that the cases of veritable local tuberculosis 
are very rare. In three years out of eighty-one cases of tu¬ 
berculosis, this observer has encountered only two perfectly 
characterized. It may be remarked that these two cases of 
localized tuberculosis were perhaps in the way of being trans¬ 
formed into generalized tuberculosis at the moment when 
they were observed. 
{To be continued .) 
UNITED STATES VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS WORK REVIEWED. 
An address delivered at tlie 26th Annual Meeting of the Association, 
by ex-President R. S. Htjidekoper, V. S. 
(Continued from page 3G4\ 
Sixth Annual Meeting .—The sixth annual meeting was held 
in New York, September 21st, 1869. 
Resolutions of regret were passed at the loss sustained in 
the deaths of the former Presidents, R. H. Curtis and C. M. 
Wood. 
