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numerous, whatever may be the quality of the meat, it is stopped ; 
when the tubercles are localized, and in the state of crudity, the 
meat is allowed to be used; but in this case, as favoring the 
probability that it possesses a good nutritive value, it must be 
sufficiently fat. 
This measure has been in operation since the year 1869. As 
to the danger arising from the use of boiled milk, he recalled a 
paper presented by him, with Mr. Degive, to the Academy of 
Medicine of Brussels. He showed the great frequency of tuber¬ 
culous lesions in the mammae of milch cows, and this fact, which 
he mentions so long along* ago as in 1868, remained ignored, even 
more by physicians than by veterinarians. No measures were 
taken, the Academy having discarded, without discussion, the 
important hygienic questions connected with the subject. 
Dr. Wirtz offered an amendment to conclusion F of Mr. 
Lydtin. On page 146, instead of “ that a small part of the 
body, that the lymphatic glands appear,” to read “ that a part of 
the thorax or abdominal viscera; that the lymphatic glands which 
do not belong to the above named organs show,” &c. 
Mr. Van Hertsen was of opinion that tuberculosis may spread 
through the lymphatic system when the disease is yet in its pre¬ 
liminary form. For himself, he had observed that the ganglion 
situated between the first and second ribs is tubercilous eight 
times out of ten. This gland, in the determination of the quality 
of the meats, has a very important part, as it establishes the fact 
of tnberculosis without the necessity of having the other viscera 
present to inspect. It is of great value as helping to distinguish 
tuberculosis from pleuro-pueumonia, upon quarters of meat from 
which the pleura has been removed, when the chest has been 
skinned. (This gland he calls, for this reason, the motor 
ganglion of the inspector). 
Mr. Lydtin, reporter, defended proposition F of the report. 
He thought that his view differed little from that of Mr. Bouley. 
He even believed that by his system a greater number of tuber¬ 
culous animals would be rejected from consumption. Mr. Bouley 
still allows the sale of certain meats, on condition of being 
cooked. But experience had shown him that this method of 
