TRANSMISSION OF TUBERCULOSIS THROUGH MEAT AND MILK. 71 j 
Tscherming 6 3 , of Copenhagen, attended a veterinarian who 
had cut his finger in making an autopsy on a tuberculous cow. 
The wound healed, but there remained a swelling which soon 
ulcerated, and refused to heal, so that the whole tumefied mass 
had to be cut out. The microscope revealed the distinct tuber¬ 
culous process, and the presence of the characteristically stain¬ 
ing bacilli. 
Pfeiffer 64 attended, at Weimar, a veterinarian named Moses, 
34 years old, of good constitution, and without hereditary dis¬ 
position, who, in 1885, cu t his right thumb deeply in making 
an autopsy on a tuberculous cow. The wound healed, but six 
months later the cicatrix still remained swollen, and in autumn, 
1886, the man had pulmonary tuberculosis with bacilli in his 
sputa and death occurred in 2^- years after the wound. Post¬ 
mortem revealed tuberculosis of the joint of the wounded thumb, 
and in the lungs extensive tubercles and vomicse. 
Law 6 0 reports that a young veterinary friend of his who was 
inoculated in the hand in opening a tuberculous cow, suffered 
from a tumefaction of the resulting cicatrix, with tubercle bacilli. 
Rich 6 6 reports that a man cut his finger on a spicula of bone 
while making a post-mortem examination of tuberculous cows, 
and that in a few weeks he developed a tuberculous joint, and a 
few months later showed unmistakable signs of phthisis. 
Ravenel 7 reports the case of a veterinarian who cut the 
knuckle of his finger while making a post-mortem examination 
of a tuberculous cow. The wound healed badly, remained 
swollen, and showed decided tendency to ulcerate. Removal of 
the cicatricial mass was practised and the tissues sent to him for 
examination. They showed typical tubercular lesions, with 
giant-cell formation. 
I am well acquainted with this case myself and believe it to 
be an undoubted.case of direct transmission of tuberculosis from 
cow to man by inoculation. This veterinarian told me that he 
did not become alarmed about the wound on his finger until he 
noticed a swelling and tenderness of the lymphatic glands on 
the inside of the elbow. 
