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effect. This was about 10.30 p. m., the dog having had the 
first dose about 8 o’clock. At half-past-one she was sleeping, 
only emitting an occasional groan. The next morning, to his 
surprise, he found her alive and in a semi-conscious condition, 
but apparently free from pain. At 8 o’clock she was given a 
little beef tea, and shortly afterwards her bowels moved slightly; 
and by evening she was sufficiently recovered to walk around, 
and her owner took her home, as he did not want to go to any 
further expense. Dr. Sugden heard that the next morning she 
passed a potato as big as a pigeon’s egg and a worm which the 
owner described as being 6 to 8 inches long, with a green back 
and white belly; but, unfortunately, both potato and worm had 
been thrown away. Dr. Sugden saw the patient .since her re- 
‘moval and she was enjoying the best of health. 
This was followed by an essay by Mr. Gellatly on “ Meat 
and Milk of Tuberculous Animals as a Menace to Public 
Health,” which proved to be a most interesting and valuable 
paper. He considered this as compared with other diseases to 
which man is liable, to be the one which must be recognized as 
deserving the greatest attention from sanitarians, health officers, 
and physicians. It was found to be one of the oldest diseases 
mentioned, as Moses in his law forbade the consumption of 
the meat of animals affected by “ phthisis,” and at later dates 
frequent mention relative to this disease was made. Tuber¬ 
culosis was found to exist in every type and breed of cattle, and 
found its easiest victims among those kept especially for milk 
purposes. The horries of the wealthiest as well as those of the 
poorest testify that our meat and milk supply cause thousands 
of deaths from this disease every day. If all the victims of con¬ 
sumption who die annually lived in one country, newspapers 
would be crowded with stories about the most dreadful pesti¬ 
lence that ever visited the earth. Insurance companies could 
testify that a great proportion of the deaths in their respective 
orders were due to tuberculosis, and these deaths were found to 
be among men who had been examined as to their soundness 
when admitted to the order and found healthy. Some may 
have had latent tuberculosis when examined, but it can be 
proven that many contracted the disease after examination, and 
can be traced to the ingestion of milk and meat of tuberculous 
animals. 
IMr. Gellatly cited instances from observation recorded by 
various authors who had proved that the germ of tuberculosis 
existed in milk. It was also shown to have lived in butter for 
