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put under good medical treatment, ne Hhgereu |
in an enfeebled condition all winter, unable 70 |
make the slightest exertion. He says: u am
that If had persisted IN my efforts al
laEor | should have died suddenly, as the OK
that is worked while laboring under ire same
disease dies in the furTow. l gradually got
about, but | have never, since that sickness,
recovered nv strength" It may be urged that
the cattle diseases of the West do not concern
US, but a statement of the amount Of meat,
butter, cheese, &C, brought to our market
from that section would efectually dispose of
that objection.
THE DISTmLERT POISON,
There Is another cattle disease, however,
which is alarmingly prevalent in all our large
cities, known as the distillery poison, and which
is caused by feeding to cows the waste material
left after the distillation Of the alcohol from
the fermented grain. This vile, unwholesome
food, which is sour when fed to the animals,
and undergoeS putretsction Whne stSnulS Ue-
fore them, changes entirely the quality oil the
milk and imparts TO It hlghly-deleterious prop
critics; and yet upon such food thousands of
infants are almost entirely dependent for sus-
tenapce, Numerous cases are cited in the re-
norris made to the New York Academy Of
Medicine and to the Board Of Health, proving
that slow, lingering marasmus, cholera in
fantum and death are the fate Of infants fed
upon this milk. At least thirty years ago the
attention Of the public was called TO this in
famous traffic, but, strange to say, 1t has in
creased rather than diminished. Is it to be
wondered ct that diptheria and scarlet fever
have increased to such fearful extent! In q
late communication from DR.. Harris, OF the
New York Board of Health, It appears that
during the past year one child out Of every
twenty in that city has been attacked by dipthe-
ria, and that one case in every twelve has
| proved fatal; that It Gas we'll as scarlet feTer)
| attacks and kills the most beautiful and prom
| Using children, and mains and damages for
! life more than it kills. The meat OF these
swiIl-fed animals is also unusually soft and
| habby, has a peculiar acid odor, shrinks very
much in cooking, and is more tender than
other meat. Professor Percy states that ne
was made dangerously i'll by eating very
sua1ingiy of this "swill beef, which he recog-
pized bY its odor aud taste as being the same
that had been supplied to Bellevue hospital,
while he was o student in that institution ioI
the relief of human suffering. Nice diet ior
inyalids! These
DIsTMLERT COWS
| are also said to be almost universally affiicteu
with pleuro-pneumonia, better known as the
| s'EDizootic" whose fearful ravages among
our horses some two years ago will not soon
be forgotten, Though with US it was q briel
epidemic, it is stated, on the most undoubted
authority, to exist as an institution in all ouI
large town diaries. Over million head OF cat
.
wars from this disease alone, and In one week
nineteen tons Of meat of animals thus affected
were found in the markets of London. In q
ra,ort made BY DR.. James Rendle upon the
"Aealth of Stock" IN England, he says: Many
diseased animals are slaughtered and eaten by
thecouyicts of Portland, among whom boni
] and earbuncles are prevalent disorders, amount
ing b fifty cases month, out OF hiteen nun
dred Individuals" In report OF the Registrar
GeneRl of Scotland, in speaking Of diseases Of
: the SIN, he saws: 1.-The object In noticing this
class o. diseases at all is to direct attention to
: the facl that ever since the outbreak OF
: PLEURo PNEUMONIA
- in this country, carbuncle, disease formerly
very rara has become comparatively commen
. Rev, DR.. Livingstone, in his Travels in SOUlt
America, mentions the fact that If the flesh
, animals which die Of pleuro pneumonia !
eaten, it causes carbuncle. Is 1t not Wlthl
the bounds of probability that the new form o
! disease, watch we term diptheTia, may be par
TALLY induced by the use Of diseased mesh: IN
Z subject, at al events, merits attention" Prof.
j Gamgee says: ave can refer to violent attack
e of dysentery, to maliEuat pustule and to myi
= FERROUS and fearfully sudden deaths, resulting
' from the consumption of impure animal food
I but We know not to what extent, and In VIVA
= way it aids in constantly raising human mol
= tally, what percentage Of deaths must be al
: / Rually attributed TO the constant and unchecke
y traffic In the carcasses of diseased animals, Q
the milk Of foQlIy-kept or diseased cows. NJ
s conviction IS strong that of all food adulteri
-, lions none operate so constantly and fatally 6
). ElIe GetefiUrStions of animal products Nj
r Chas. L. Flint, in Ies.er to Gov. Andrew, {
Mass, says: "lf the people are willing to drin
: the milk Of
COWS ROTTEN WITH DISEASE,
C and give it to their children, as they have don
r, in Boston; If they are ready to accept the a
Il formation of having the beef Of diseased al
r mails brought upon their tables, as has bel
d the case, have no more to say. But If TIL
W desire to avoid this alternative, they will ha'
l, to act promptly and strenuously for the Grad
d cation of To-pneumonia." Professor Per
b. remarks TT seems to me that the physician
le as well as the people OF this country, are pc
Y fectly apathetic about this disease. It eIis
5, among US to fearful extent" 81 have Civ
a microscopic drawing of the milk from CO
suffering with the disease. IL contains pUs
large quantities, blood and peculiar cOnferyo
n bodies, and is altogether different in its cor
le ponent parts from healthy milk. And =
, large amounts of such meat and milk are
IS fered in our markets from the distillery stabl
2, around the city" SIN studying all these d
n eases we have peculiar facilities for PROMOTE
IS our investigations; that great assistance
, modern scientific research, experiment, is op,
S, to Us, and affords US facilities that cannot
d used in studying diseases in the human subjeC
y Innumerable diseases ere undoubtedly enge
y dered by the use Of diseased meats, whit
l. might be prevented, if the subject were pro
le erly understood. But great difficulties staI
'r in the way Of acquiring deep knowledge
E the subject. No assistance of any kind
r afforded to those who would elucidate the su
d ject; the whole expense of preparing anfma
y or meats must be borne by the student himsel
O. and there are no societies to afford him encou
70 agemeut or assistance; his progress, unless
n has ABUNDANT means at his disposal, WhiC
y unfortunately is seldom the case, must nece
e sarily be slow. In Europe the government
ie foster and furnish the means to prosecute sue
researches"
What subject more worthy the attention
N our Beard of Health, and in what way coul
= the same amount of moneythat such research
. would require be so probably expended
+ would not only place the members Of the bosl
10 In the foremost rank of eneouragers and pr
Il motors of scientific research, but yield
n abundant harvest to the community in the Il
"A creased knowledge 1t would give as to the n
> ture, cause and effects of parasitic diseas
among men and animals, and the most effecti
"a methods for their prevention and contro
70 More people die from these diseases in ye
Is than from hydrophobia in q century, and y
,e the dog war is prosecuted IN the relentle
"A vigoT and at great expense. For their labo
n in this direction the Board Of Health deser
3 all praise, but we hope they will reserve q pc
ton Of their ammunition for q vigorous car
paign against our apparently insignificant, b
really far more dangerous microscopic enemit
b L. j. DRAPER, NJ. D.
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