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are wholly supported by inspectors' of the different abattoirs, 
who contribute papers of various kinds. This is not the case 
in this country. The meat inspectors are responsible to the 
chiefs of the federal government, and for this reason they have 
not published as many scientific papers on the disease found on 
the floors of the abattoirs. These things probably could be 
remedied by a journal in the English language similar to that 
published by Professor Ostertag, giving short descriptions of 
some of the rare cases seen on the floors of the abattoirs : in this 
way keeping the interest of the inspectors alive. But I suppose 
this is not at all practical under the present system ; but some 
method should be adopted by the federal government of stimu¬ 
lating interest in writing up the rare cases found by the inspec¬ 
tors ; and I believe there is no better way than to have either a 
separate organ for this purpose or space in some of the journals 
that are now in existence exclusively for the use of meat in¬ 
spectors, and in which the social feature as well as the pro¬ 
fessional may be represented. 
“ In conclusion, I may say that the most severe test that 
meat inspection has been put to was probably that during our 
late war with Spain, when the newspapers contained so many 
editorials on this subject. All that can be said is that it stood 
the test, and that those who were inclined to ridicule our 
methods of inspection must admit that it is as good as any 
country can produce ; and in closing I wish to say to those 
members who are engaged in this profession that with their 
zealous efforts it can be brought up to a standard that will be far 
superior to that of any other country.” 
At the conclusion of Dr. Peters’ paper it was suggested that 
its discussion be postponed to a later meeting, but Dr. Peters 
demurring, Dr. Forbes led the discussion as follows : 
Dr. Forbes: I must say that Dr. Peters has treated the sub¬ 
ject in a manner far different from what I had anticipated. 
What he said in regard to the meat inspection service of this 
country is certainly very flattering, indeed, to that service. 
During the last five or six years I think that the system of in¬ 
spection as carried on by the Bureau of Animal Industry has 
come to be an almost complete system, and will compare favor¬ 
ably with that of any other country in the world. A great deal 
has been said about the scientific manner in which meat inspec¬ 
tion is carried on in Germany, but we learn from Dr. Peters’ 
remarks to-night that our system will compare favorably with 
that in vogue in Germany. I fully believe that the efforts put 
