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has, therefore, to be removed from the premises,
you are to cause the carcass to be thoroughly
disinfected with a mixture of 4 lbs of chloride
of lime, mixed thoroughly with three pailfuls
of water The carcass is to be thoroughly
mopped over with the above mixture—a portion
being poured into the mouth and nostrils,
which are then to be plugged with tow wet with
the mixture ; a portion of the mixture should also
be injected into the rectum and vagina, which are
then to be plugged in a similar manner;" after
which the animal may be disposed of in any way
that the inspectors think fit. It is hardly necessary
to say that the process is not only not likely to
be followed, but that if it were, it would not touch
the real agents of infection; in fact, nothing short
of the dissection of the animal, and the exposure of
all parts of it—bones, flesh, and offal—to a temperature
of 212 degrees or thereabout, will effectually
destroy contagious matter. Such exposure is easily
accomplished, and in the manufacture of artificial
manure, &c., is daily practised by putting the
dissected carcass into an iron chamber and exposing
it to the action of high-pressure steam. In
this way the whole of the animal is thoroughly
disinfected ; and the products of the operation are
valuable, for the fat, the bones, the flesh, and even
the manure are all of use. If it be necessary to
save the horns, hoofs, and skin for their own