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W. H. HOSKINS. 
as the tubercle bacillus. That the disease causes great losses 
in our domesticated animals, and millions of deaths usually 
in the human family. That the disease may be transmitted 
from the lower animals to man through the milk, and under 
certain circumstances through the flesh used as food. That 
the diagnosis is now made possible in all cases by the use of 
tuberculin. 
That the different city and state boards of health should 
have a veterinarian as member of the board, and that these 
officers should be in direct and constant correspondence with 
the proper officials of the central Government who in their 
turn should have final jurisdiction. 
That while it may not be practicable at present to under¬ 
take the complete eradication of the disease, each State should 
at least institute a thorough examination of the herd to de¬ 
termine its prevalence. The question of a radical attempt to 
stamp it out should be agitated; owners of cattle should be 
apprised of its dangers, all tuberculous cows should be re. 
moved from dairies, and all meat should be subjected to a 
veterinary examination at the time of slaughter. 
ADDRESS. 
By President Dr. W. H. Hoskins, Philadelphia, Pa. 
(Delivered before the Permsylvania Veterinary Medical Association.) 
This meeting, our semi-annual gathering for this year of 
1893, marks the seventeenth mile post for our Association 
and adds another green spot in our memories, when we recall 
the rise and progress of our Society. 
Meeting to-day in this busy center of industry, among 
these diligent, enterprising people who have so wonderfully 
demonstrated the treasures buried below the surface of the 
earth, and who have so enriched our own country in the 
added pleasure and comfort of our homes, and in so doing 
built this busy, successful and strong city, and thus enriched 
themselves, it seems fitting that our own busy, aggressive 
organization should have selected this place for our gather- 
