Bovine tuberculosis : cause, cure, and eradication a summation of material, facts and eminent opinions for the use of farmers, cattle-owners, milk-producers, veterinarians, students, and others with appendices on the diseases which simulate tuberculosis, actinomycosis and Johne's disease also appendices on calf mortality and the destruction of rats, and a glossary of technical words.

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[1912?]
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Credit: Bovine tuberculosis : cause, cure, and eradication a summation of material, facts and eminent opinions for the use of farmers, cattle-owners, milk-producers, veterinarians, students, and others with appendices on the diseases which simulate tuberculosis, actinomycosis and Johne's disease also appendices on calf mortality and the destruction of rats, and a glossary of technical words. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Millimetre—The thousandth part of a metre. Equal to -03937 of an inch. The small letters in this type are a hairsbreadth more than a millimetre high. Minimal—The least quantity assignable in a given case ; the smallest amount or degree. Mollusc—An animal whose body is soft, and which belongs to the sub-kingdom Mollusca, including animals usually provided with a shell, as mussels, oysters, land and sea snails, etc., as well as the cuttle fishes. M orbid—U nb ealthy. Morphological—Pertaining to morphology, that department of biological science which treats of the form and arrangement of the structure of plants and animals ; the science of form in the organic world. Mucous—The membrane lining such cavities in the body that communicate with the outside. Mucus—A fluid secreted by the mucous membrane. Ivasal—Pertaining to the nose. Necrosis—Mortification. Nil nocere—Never injuring, never to injure. Node—A knot; an entanglement; a knob ; a sort of knot or thickening on a stem. Nodule■—A little knot. Nomenclature—The vocabulary of names or technical terms which are appro- priated to any branch of science. Normal—Natural; healthy. Nutrition—Nourishment; the act or process by which plants or animals absorb their proper food. \Jcular—Pertaining to the eye or eyes ; depending on the eye ; received by actual sight. (Edematous-—Affected with oedema, a puffiness or swelling of parts arising from collection of water. Qsstrum—The period of sexual heat. Oleic—A fatty acid contained in many liquid oils, notably olive and almond oils. Opacity—State or quality of being opaque ; impervious to the rays of light; not transparent. Ophthalmic—Pertaining to the eye. Opsonin—According to Sir A. Wright, the fluids of the blood so act upon the invading bacteria as to render them more easily ingested by the phagocytes. The substances in the blood which so act are formed by opsonins. Oscillation—The act or state of oscillating or swinging backward and forward ; the motion of a pendulum. Oxytuberculin—Tuberculin with which oxygen has been combined. i alpation—The act of feeling ; manual examination. Pancreas—The digestive gland which secretes the pancreatic fluid . the sweet- bread . Papule—A small pimple. Parasite—A creature which lives on another living organism. Parasitic—Belonging to a parasite ; growing as a parasite grows ; living on some other body. Parenchyma—A name for certain tissues of animals and plants ; the spongy and cellular tissue ; the pulp of plants. Paroxysmal—Caused by paroxysms or fits ; convulsive : spasmodic; with a sudden and violent access of feeling. Parturition—The act of bringing forth young. Pasteurisation—The operation of Pasteurising. Pasteur showed that by heating liquids to certain temperatures below that of boiling water most bacteria were killed and the keeping property of the liquid thereby prolonged. Pathogenic—Causing disease. Pathological—Pertaining to pathology, the science of the nature, causes, and symptoms of disease. Pediatrist—One skilled in pediatrics, the science of diseases of children. Pellicle—A thin skin or film on a surface.