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M. ARLOING. 
M. Lydtin estimates at 34.18 per cent, of the whole the value 
of the utilizable parts of the carcass of a tuberculous beast 
(hide, horns and hoofs, suet), and at 65.22 per cent, of the 
whole the loss caused by the prohibition of the flesh ; that is 
to say, the parts seized would represent about two-thirds of 
the value of the animal. 
Such being the case, it seems to us necessary to give an 
indemnity equal to two-thirds of the value of the subject. It 
is equitable, we might almost say it is useful from certain 
points of view, that the owner should bear a part of the loss. 
So we would readily fix the rate of compensation at the half 
of the total value of the live subject. Moreover, to avoid 
certain expenditures which would press unduly on the com¬ 
mon fund, we would limit the maximum sum of the compen¬ 
sation to 300 francs (about £ 1 5). 
We will add that if the Congress should find a simple and 
practical method of separating tuberculous animals into two 
categories, we would gladly support the view of M. Rossig- 
nol, which excludes speculation in a matter where the pub¬ 
lic treasury is concerned.* 
B. — Milk. 
On this point we may be brief, for we do not know any 
protest in favor of the milk of tuberculous cows. However, 
before presenting some conclusions, we shall give a rapid 
sketch of the knowledge acquired regarding the nocuity of 
milk. 
M. H. Martin, some years since, inoculated a certain num¬ 
ber of samples of milk offered for consumption in Paris, and 
several communicated tuberculosis to the guinea-pig. 
Whence came this infectious milk ? From cows suffering 
from tuberculous mammitis, would reply Bollinger, Klebs, 
Cohnheim, Peuch and Nocard, who previously had concerned 
*The principle of compensation is accepted and sustained for tuberculosis in 
a bill presented to the French Chamber by two deputies, MM. Camescasse and 
Ribot, and approved and declared urgent by the Thirty-third Commission of 
Parliamentary Initiative. In this bill compensation is fixed at the half of the 
value of the animal if it is examined while alive and slaughtered by order, and at 
one-fourth if the animal is inspected at the abattoir after it has been killed. 
