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GEORGE H. BAILEY. 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS IN ITS RELATIONS TO THE 
HUMAN FAMILY. 
By George H. Bailey, D.V.S., State Veterinarian of Maine. 
A Paper read before the Maine Academy of Medicine and Science, at Portland, Feb. 8. 
Ordinarily I would feel that an apology was due the inem- 
hers of this Academy in my taking up the required time of pre¬ 
senting this paper, were it not that I feel assured in advance, 
that no unfriendly or hostile criticism will follow its reading 
and discussion this evening, and that I can safely rely upon the 
same generous and fraternal support that has heretofore been so 
freely accorded me by the entire medical profession of Maine. 
Regarding, as I do, the invitation to address myself to so many 
men of special attainments in medicine and surgery as an honor 
I ought not to decline, not in a personal sense, but rather as a 
recognition and assurance to all veterinarians, that the barriers 
that have so long separated the allied professions are fast being 
removed, as our men are found more worthy to compete in the 
arena of medicine, with those who are seeking to solve those 
important problems of sanitary reform, and the preservation of 
the public health. All sciences gain by assisting one another, 
and we are surely and safely moving along parallel lines, as long 
as we work together for the benefit of mankind ; and it may be 
that ex-Governor Coburn “ builded better than he knew,” when, 
during the war, he was asked to appoint a surgeon for the 29th 
Maine Volunteers. “Yes,” said the governor, “ The 29th is a 
veteran regiment, and it shall have a veterinary surgeon.” 
The subject assigned me by your committee has entered 
largely into the clinical and practical experience of a busy prac¬ 
tice during the last decade, and it is one about which there is no 
danger of any of us knowing too much, as long as it continues 
to head all the mortuary tables of the old and new world, and 
is of such vital importance to every man, woman, and child in 
