Experimental observations on tuberculous meat : with special reference to the report of the Royal Commission on Tuberculosis (1895), and the seizure of meat so affected / by R. Sydney Marsden.

  • Marsden, Robert Sydney, 1856-
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[1895]
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Credit: Experimental observations on tuberculous meat : with special reference to the report of the Royal Commission on Tuberculosis (1895), and the seizure of meat so affected / by R. Sydney Marsden. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    The pieces of meat submitted to Dr Kanthack for examination consisted of: — (a.) A piece of the gland from the breast of an animal (aged about 8 or 9 years), the carcase of which was seized on the ground that it was diseased with tuberculosis. (b.) A piece of the brisket and belly of a cow (aged about 9 yeai’s), the carcase of which was seized on the same grounds. fc.J A piece of the flesh or muscle of the last mentioned cow, being part of the underside of the round of beef close to the “ Pope’s Eye.” The flesh of each of the two above mentioned cows, as far as could be judged by the naked eye, was in first-rate condition. The meat was of good colour, well set, and the fat also was very firm. Both cows had been diseased very much alike. There were masses of tubercle in the pleural and abdominal cavities and in all the glands of the viscera and thorax ; the lungs also were full of caseous matter. Both carcases were destroyed as being unfit for human food. The following is an extract from Dr. Kanthack’s report — “ Pieces (A) and (B) were to the naked eye so tubercular “in appearance, that a microscopic examination appeared super- “ fluous. Nevertheless, films were made and stained in the “ ordinary manner with carbolfuchsine, and numerous tubercle “ bacilli were found in all the specimens examined.” “ Pioce (C) presented no tubercle to the naked eye, not even “after cutting it in thin slices and examining each slice. I did “ not examine it microscopically, as it would have required too “ much time to hunt for any bacilli present, and as in such cases “ when tubercle bacilli are suspected, animal experiments are the “ best test.”