, 1877-07-15

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unhealthy.
If milk should prove to be the true anttdote:
for the poison Of scarlatina, the knowledge OF
it would be the greatest blessing ever given tue
human race. TO haye the most perfect 1"od
that child can eat, be at the same time 4 PRO
phylactic Tor tho most malignant and deadly
scourgc that the human race has ever been a..
flictcd with, is too good almost to he true. But
now that we have clew to its wonderful Tlr,
tues, 1t Is to be hoped that the profession Will
Let those who are inclined to laugh at the
idea Of milk being prophylactic in scarlatina,
go to the various places where the
manufacture Of lead is carried on,
especially those that manufacture white
lead, where the workmen are terribly afflicted
with lead COLES. ETC. 1t is only in the last few
years that they have learned that the constant
daily use OF milk dict is almost an absolute
prophylactic against lcad-pofsoning. Now, u
milk will prevent the action Of Lie poison Of
lead, where the system is SO thoroughly anti
constantly saturated with it, so rs to prevent its
toxic action, why may it not prevent the poison
that produces scarIatiDa from acting, wien
there is not the one-millionth part as much OF
the contagion absorbed as there Is OF lead IN Its
manufacture.
Milk, in arresting the deadly poison Of lead,
teaches us great lesson, VIZ: that we arc not
to look for the antiGtote Of scarlatina among the
most deadly poisons, but in sonc OF the more
simple and useful agents that God has SO boun-
tllullY gwen US, AnQ II u OUT onLJ ~ seatct!
until the prophyactic is found. The last four
months have used nothing else as prophylac-
tic but milk diet for every member Of the
family who had not had the disease, and, so lar,
not one that has used the milk diet has taken
sc1rlatina.
Ivish the profession to distinctly understand
that l do not say rs positive
fact that milk is certain
and sure prophy]acttc nga:nst scar1atina, but
believe the evidence in its favor Is SO aound-
ant aud convincing that / am justified In giving
Ing 1t to the world as fact. And call upon
all scientific men. and especially the citizens Of
Chicago, to give it an honest aud lair trial bc-
fore placing It on the shelf with the sui pho
carbolate Of soda and lhe long list OF remedies
that have proved utter failures III arresting the
ravages Of this disease.
Statistics have shown that the internal ad-
ministration Of disinfectants and antiseptics is
utterly useless In this disease. and the same
may be said regarding the best sanitary and by
gienic conditions which have been brought to
bear on the disease. The sweetest homes, the
best-drained cities, the purest country air, all
have faied to suppress or mitigate ITS mallg-
nancy. When sl.ch facts IS the above stare US
III the lace, ought We to lose any time iii testing
the merits Of substance which l,as more eyi-
dcnce in its favor than can be produced in favor
Of vaccination rs prophylactic a@ainst small
pox, especially when this same substance is the
best food tnat children or adults tan tlscs
All substances that have been recon-
nEtEeu anu uScu us pfOpHylaCLleS nave
been poisons that would more sor less
destroy vitality and break down
the tissues Of the body, SO that tn one scusc OF
the word they would prepare the system to take
the disease instead bf preventing it. Especially
docs this apply to the sulpho-earIolate Of soda,
the dose being SO large it must produce toxico-
logical effects. Not so with milk. 1t builds
the system I'D and puts it in the best possible
shape to resist disease.
The practical question now arises, What kind
OF milk shall be used, and how shall VIC use it!
Chemically, the various kinds OF milk dilIer SO
Little from that OF tue human that in all proba-
bility we canAlsc any kind that is the most con-
ycnicnt to be had, and that will be either from
the COW or goat. l am inclined to believe that
In large cities, where pure cuw's milk is so hard
to procure, condensed milk is the best form to
use. It's purity and perfect preservation les
pccially the goats milk that comes from Switzcr-
land} is great desidcratun,. It can be pre-
pared just Us wanted Tor use, and thus always
be fresh.
have ordered, according to the age of the
child, from one-half put to one pint at each
meal, three times day, aud more it the child
would take It. 4 full milk diet would be better.
Where milk disagrees the addition of teaspoon
full OF lime wafer to the pint of milk Will act
sa1utary in many eases. I would suggest to
those that cannot secure ice thatth milk can be
preserved about as we'll By simply enreloping
the dish in which the milk is kept in a wet
flannel or towel from which evaporation will 60
on constantly and keen up sufficient degree OF
cold to preserve 1t mostly equal to ice.
WILLIAM II. Burt, II. D.,
G52 West Washington street.