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EDITORIAL. 
tion of the return of buttermilk from the cooperative dairies, until it 
has been sterilized. 
VI .— The Use of the Flesh and Milk of Tuberculous Animats. 
A. Of the Flesh.— 'Granted, that a general compulsory inspection of 
slaughter animals exists before and after slaughter, the following meas¬ 
ures are to be prescribed in vies of dangers for the health of the people, 
which may be connected with the consumption of the flesh of tubercu¬ 
lous animals : 
(1) Those professional men who carry out meat inspection are ex¬ 
pected to examine the slaughtered animals and so to give a guarantee 
that every case of tuberculosis among the slaughtered animals and in 
every such case the spread of the tuberculous process will be accounted 
for with certainty. 
(2) The most important part of the meat inspection is the sure detec¬ 
tion and the perfectly uninjurious removal of the organs that have been 
changed by tuberculosis, together with their appendages. 
(3) With regard to the flesh of tuberculous animals, the parts affected 
with tuberculous centres and bound by the corresponding lymphatic 
glands are to be treated in. the same way as the tuberculously altered 
organs. 
If the tuberculous alterations in the meat are confined to the lym¬ 
phatic glands situated in it, the muscle may, after cutting out the bones, 
joints, vessels and lymphatic glands and adequate dissection, be handed 
over, in a sterilized condition, to be used for food. 
In the case of fat animals, the melting out of the fat tissue that has 
been separated with avoidance of the tuberculous centres is likewise 
permitted. 
(4) In the case of local tuberculosis and in that of general tubercu¬ 
losis healed and limited to the organs of the cavities, the meat may be 
dealt out raw to be used as food. 
If the tuberculous process in the intestines is of considerable extent, 
the obligation to declare it is to be insisted on. 
(5) The whole of the meat, except the melted fat, is to be withdrawn 
Irom use as human food, if there exist marked emaciation or the signs 
of very recent infection of the blood (tumor in the spleen, and swelling 
of the lungs, liver, spleen, or kidneys). • 
(6) In cases where the local character of tuberculosis and the harm¬ 
lessness of the meat are doubtful (especially when there are tuberculous 
caverns and incipient derangement of nutrition), the whole of the meat 
is to be sterilized before being handed over as fit for food. 
(7) The sterilized meat and the melted fat is to be sold under 
declaration. 
B. Of the Milk. —(1) The cows, goats, etc., kept for dairy purposes 
are to be subjected to regular veterinary control. 
(2) The milk of tuberculous animals is not to be used for human 
food, if the animals are emaciated or affected with tubercles in the 
mammae. 
(3) In accordance with the mode of proceeding in the kingdoms of 
Denmark and Sweden, the emaciated and tuberculous dairy animals are 
to be immediately removed from the farms and destined for slaughter, 
compensation being given to owners. 
