New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-07

wfo did not show 1t 70 any Of the others Of Tie Con-
nittee. Mr.. Leslie here retired from the room "a
from all part in the matter, for the present.
o'er OF Faux Lr'l so I !, S,.u. ,
To AID rroxrY Chairman II the lasssfssatiaS Cs..esss
s Ts' sss p sss q M
Dbtey and Gov Stables toward mysen AID the dating ahi
a..Ias .es,.cias .iiA.I %ysf .Ss@ p.ass q &c
;raDsnt we then received have done my duty In ersas
utter ssa: n:a: tia 'ss a ~ ID s.sss :
Jour Committee Is constituted hsll decline proceed
tsitned) Yours respectfully.
Or. SHASKs reeumed.-The two anayses Of pure
country milk and of swill milk, printed in The Tan
uSE we're here shown the Doctor and bis opinion vas
ssked as TO the relative vholesomeness Of the two.
lie explained at some length the exact chemical differ.
epce betSeen the two and finally gave il as bis opin-
ion that evil milk is the best e said evil milk il
better for young children because il has more water
in il do not concur with the general opinion that
mar infants are annually killed by it, think sEI
m,lk harmless krerdge; do DO, know whether or not
/ use swill milk never saw any injurious effects from
H. there il no proof Of the assertions on which Frank
LIE size bases his horrible storee; evil stables should
not be permitted in densely populated city, though
The odor from them Is rather agreeable than ott<Trac,
do not attend johnson family; know johnson; know
ROBERT WATERS of New.Uuecht-Ama ve.erin.
ary surgeon; am conyersant with diseases OF cstte,
the cow distemper is general both in the city and
country has exist ed tince 1857 is not local dseaee;
cane from Europe the milk Of these sick cows is not
good: don't think il would hurt pig; never noeu-
lated q COW; have dssected cows after death nom
the 0isemper; the direase exists in as well in
cows: We now cure eight out OF ten; formerly ws
could not cure auy; the nalady corresponds ~ COZ
,umption in man; the disesse RACES among dryfed
ind swill-fed cows was seven oresnt years sSo en-.
COWS on q farm instead Of in swill stable, If rad
my choice.
Am physician; have visited toe Sahieehth stees
stables went there fret from curiosity and to convince
myself of the state of the cows kept there; have
always considered that swillnIk was one OF the
moot fertile csusee OF infant mortality in New forh;
my frt visit was from curiosity wss a',i sS
the peculiar smel there found 600 or 1, IVY coss
confined they were not in state OF nature ana tne1
milk could not be Of natural character; THINK mn
as made by God cannot be improved upon and tnink
this k is all unnatural this milk goesto the poorest
classes ard the infant mortality rs greatest there;
instances have come to my knowledge where inisats
have been fed on this milk and have been diseased
thereby; kno from my 0a xsS XII. b.vs nsv
traced the mlkmen TO their homes, but have no doubt
this was swill milk; saw cows very much diseased %
Sixteenth street. along the legs ssd feet up to The
knee; some Of them had IN me Ean"s sdrge @oees'es
moi scould hold three four quarts q Pa'; some Of
them had diseases OF the lungs; acquired mucn
information about cattle in Europe; visited the
stables in lSiS saw many cows IN JoInsone
stables diseased; kH0U OF my O"H "n"p'o"se s.a$
thev scere naiiked, and that me n~x ras 500
the men said the sickness did not hurt II any;
have known repeated instances OF children ana adri
made sick by the use Of swillmik, the perent OF
such children have trsced the milkmen TO the die
tillery: have known children OF rich parents mads
sick as well as poor ones; know child that came from
the country arc became sick the next day by the ss
milk the milk was changed and the child recovered;
this was swmilk. If q weakly formed child was fed
exclusively on swill milk for eight months, 1t could nos
be healthy but if the child was strong one, and
all other conditions were of the most favorable KIND
it might possibly survive.
Here the two ansylses were submitted and ms
opinion requested. His judgment was decidedly
az sinst the swi-milh
The $50 receipt for the Johnston swlll analysis was
shown when DIR. GARDSER said that Professor REED
formerly charged him that sum only for hive Analyses
sh ow ing that Johnston paid unusual price FOR his
favorable swil analysis. Cows may die in fe hou's
from the cow.disesse; swillfed cows are peculiarly
susceptible to all such diseases Of the lungs Their
food il frequently so bot that / cannot bear my
finger in this kind of disease must always be preve-
lent in such confined stables, the cause Is local.
small quantity of sw could not hurt cows If they had
plenty of other food they would not eat much Of
II they had anything else the milk might then be
slightly cumulative, but not dangerous; saw dis
eated cows outwardIy in Sixteenth street. eoue Of
them were fer diseased they were hardly able 70
| stand up; after death you can essiiy run knito
through the large bones which in healthy state would
be solid; lie swi is powerful stimusnt, AMI It H.
his that combined with the confined air and otaef
circumstances that make the disease.
Adjourn ed TO Tuesday.