1 Nov., 1901.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 501 
forty-eight hours, then be cut up, the damaged portions being retained. The 
accident never seemed to affect the “setting” of the carcass. The carcasses of 
animals suffering from red water were pale and anemic, soft and flabby, and 
did not “set,” the flesh was loaded with serosity, the carcass was dropsical, and 
the kidneys were large, pale, and soft, and had very little fat about them. The 
flesh was unfit for food, and should be condemned. 
Concerning the passing for condemnation of braxy mutton, Mr. McPhail 
said it could not be denied that enormous quantities of this were eaten in 
Great Britain, either pickled, smoked, or simply cooked after being dressed, and 
it had been stated that it did not do much harm. Still, he had known of serious 
consequences haying resulted from the eating of such meat. It was most 
certainly very far beneath a market standard, and ought to be condemned. 
Pneumonia was also fairly common, and it varied in character. Seeing that a 
limited pneumonia produced no appreciable change in the beef, the carcass 
might be passed ; yet an extensive pneumonia always produced changes caused 
directly both by the accompanying fever and by the interference with the 
eration of the blood. These carcasses were always soft, did not set, were very 
dark on section, and should be condemned. Pysemia was the formation and 
the development of multiple abscesses in different parts of the body. The 
carcasses were pale, anemic, and dropsical, and should be condemned. When 
cases of sore feet occurred the owner frequently lost patience and resolved to 
slaughter the animal. The conditions were generally local, and did not produce 
any systematic alterations sufficient to reflect on the carcass, which should be 
passed. - 
The meat of animals killed or injured by lightning shock was undoubtedly 
not up to a market standard, and consequently it should be condemned. It was 
a peculiar fact that in animals killed by electric shock the conditions were not 
nearly so aggravated as those in lightning shock. 
Mammitis was very common, and sent more dairy cows to the slaughter- 
house than any other disease. It was a peculiar fact that very extensive disease 
might éxist in the udder without any appreciable effect on the carcass, 
and consequently a hasty opinion on such carcasses should never be given. 
The carcass would “firm up” and “set well,” and should be passed. 
But if gangrene of the udder was present, the accompanying fever 
would so alter the flesh as to leave no alternative but to condemn it. 
Septicemia was a rapidly fatal disease, generally having its origin in 
arturient conditions, and the carcasses should unhesitatingly be condemned. 
With regard to the consumption of flesh of cows killed while in a 
parturient condition, Mr. McPhail said there were undoubtedly grounds for a. 
difference of opinion, especially where an animal had not been allowed to 
exhaust itself, but had been killed in the early stages when it became evident 
that calving could not be accomplished. In such cases it was almost impossible 
to detect any alteration in the flesh, and if it was otherwise up to standard he 
would personally pass it. In cases of difficult calving the change’ in the flesh 
were similar to those caused by fever. The flesh was pale in colour, did not 
set, and was very flabby; in addition, the gigots on section were found to be 
simply loaded with serosity. Such a carcass should be condemned. 
An important feature of meat inspection was stripped flesh, which referred 
to the removal of the pleural and peritoneal lining from the walls of their’ 
respective cavities. This operation carried out in the chest might be perfectly 
bond fide, as a carcass might be stripped for what was called ‘‘ oversticking.” 
But “stripping” was generally performed for the purpose of removing traces. 
of disease, and was commonly perpesrared in cases of tuberculosis of the pleura. 
Regarding the method by which the Process was carried out, an incision was. 
made along the under side of the diaphragm while the carcass was still warm, 
and with a elcth the edge of the pleura was raised up ; the fingers were first 
inserted, then the whole hand, and the membrane was easily worked off and 
separated, the whole process taking only a minute for each side. This was. 
followed up by a quantity of blood being rubbed iuto the parts stripped, when 
they were then faced up with a cloth, and some more blood was afterwards. 
