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duced here, and that we should be prepared for them when 
they do come. He reviewed the condition of San Francisco, 
Oakland, Sacramento, Los Angeles and other large cities 
from a sanitary standpoint. He cited numerous instances 
where these diseases had been transmitted to the human 
family. He closed with a few remarks on the injurious 
effects to be got from eating the flesh of animals which had 
been killed while suffering from sporadic diseases, such as 
actinomycosis, puerperal fever, etc. 
The president opened the discussion with a few well- 
chosen remarks. He complimented the essayist very highly 
on the able manner in which he had treated this matter. He 
said it was a cause of grief that a paper so comprehensive 
and so carefully prepared should have been listened to by so 
few. He wished the matter could be laid before every legis¬ 
lator. He was glad of the privilege of listening to the paper. 
Dr. McCollum said this was only one of a number of 
splendid papers on various subjects that had been read before 
the Association. It was a magnificent production, and one on 
which the public should have its eyes opened. He had been 
at the slaughter-house and seen diseased animals slaughtered 
and hung up beside healthy carcasses, and he had seen calves 
from diseased cows killed and sold in the markets, also sheep 
whose bodies were covered with scab. Yet he said that if 
a member of this Association was to go to his local board of 
health or county supervisors and ask them to appoint a com¬ 
petent man to look after these matters, they would imagine 
he was looking for a job and he would get no credit or satis¬ 
faction for asking it for the sake of his fellow-beings. 
The secretary said he felt it his duty to compliment the 
essayist on the able and masterly manner in which he had 
treated this subject. He also thanked the essayist for the 
pleasure he had received in listening to his paper. He in¬ 
tended, before the meeting adjourned, to move that the Asso¬ 
ciation instruct the secretary to have copies of the paper 
printed and a copy be sent to each and every member of the 
Association and to the members of the State and local boards 
of health. 
