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The following vote was carried : Considering the probable 
identity of the tuberculosis of cattle with that of man, and of the 
possibility of the transmission of the disease by the use of meat 
and milk, of tuberculous cows and other animals, especially if im¬ 
properly cooked, all governments are solicited to take very severe 
measures of sanitary police, and to instruct the public of the 
danger, so as to avoid the transmission of that disease from animals 
to man. 
( G .) Mr. Gay, secretary, read for Mr. Brusasco a note on the 
transmission of anthrax from animals to man, and on the measures 
necessary to prevent that contagion. 
After a long discussion, it was voted that in case of death of 
carbunculous animals : 
1st. That the cadavers be boiled in traveling furnaces in 
localities where there are no rendering yards. 
2nd. The torrefaction of the soil of barns, with the disinfection 
of all material affected. 
3rd. The covering of the soil of barns with a coat of asphalt. 
4th. The establishment of stations for the burying, with pre¬ 
vious boiling, of animals dead from anthrax or from other 
diseases which render them unfit for food. 
(JET.) A work from Brof. Basso on the different species of 
scabies communicable from man to animals, being read, it was 
proposed that popular instructions be given concerning these 
diseases. 
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CASTRATION BY ELASTIC LIGATURE. 
By M. Tayson, Y.S. 
After mentioning the magnificent extracts obtained by Mr. 
Guerin and Rossiynol, and encouraged by the flattering reports 
published, the author gives an account of his experience with this 
new mode of operation, with the success and failure he had met 
