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a period of 120 days, and in cheese for as long as thirty-five 
days. A Berlin bacteriologist had been successful in inoculat¬ 
ing a series of 250 guinea pigs from butter purchased at random 
on the market place, and pathologists had found that at least 
one-fiftli of the consumptive diseases prevalent among children 
can be traced to the infection of milk. Mr. Gellatly said it 
had not been fully demonstrated that the disease could be con¬ 
tracted from eating meat of tubercnlons animals, but numerous 
experiments had been successful in inoculating various animals 
with the disease from the juice pressed out of underdone steak., 
Heat, he said, might destroy the vitality of the bacilli if carried 
np to a certain point, but in many cases meat was preferred rare 
and in cooking meat in joints a great part of it was not raised 
to a sufficient degree to destroy the bacilli. Mr. Gellatly went 
on to discuss the contagions nature of the disease and the vari¬ 
ous ways it could be transmitted, but contended that there was 
no doubt but that the largest part of the tuberculosis which 
man obtains through his food is by means of milk containing 
tuberculous matter. As to the remedy, the essayist said he 
would not suggest anything further than that laid down on 
pages 7, 8 and ii of a little pamphlet published by Dr. Mc- 
Eachran, entitled “ Tuberculosis in Cattle.” In conclusion, he 
said that the veterinary surgeon when called upon to give his 
opinion should consider the sacredness of his position, and, 
even if he chance to offend his client, should do his duty toward 
his fellow man. 
The Chairman complimented the essayist on the preparation 
and delivery of his paper, and a discussion ensued, strengthened 
by valuable information from the President, Dr. McEachrauy 
who said that his attention had been called to the disease about 
thirty years ago, when he found that the disease existed among 
cattle on the farms in the neighborhood of Montreal. At that 
time he read a paper on the subject before the Medico-Chirur- 
gical Society, but very few at that time recognized the disease 
as communicable from animal to man. A few years ago he 
again read a paper before the same society on the subject, and 
found not a single dissenting voice from any of his remarks, 
and the true nature of the disease was better understood and 
was looked upon as very dangerous, and readily communica¬ 
ble from animal to man. 
Dr. Adami said it was not necessary to have lesions in the 
udder in order to have bacilli in the milk. In experiments con¬ 
ducted by Dr. McEachran and himself, that in the case of seven 
