Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-01-14
Eslerf Misrsllany,
Food Adulteration.

Mr.. &. W. Warner of London, Eng
land, has recently published a paper
on this ail-important subject. From
his experiences gathered from long
study of the subject he has found in
the course of trade that the instances
Of adulteration detrimental to health
are comparatively few, not more than
twenty or thirty such cases having
come under his observation during
tive years active inquiry. / ne aau
teration Of wines and liquors he mas
to be mostly carried on with agents
no more Injurious than water, and the
same RUE apple. to milk. He SOUNDS
"A note of warning. however. as to the
consumption Of milk from diseased
animals, which is as applicable mere
as it is in Great Britain, and perhaps
more SO: but he fails to. specify the
p diseases and the modes Of detection
II has. long been II familiar fact t" Het'r
.uArjIuS that among the dlsclees O
cattle pl0uro -pueUmaujs is not oy any
. means The principal maiady to pc
yuardeI AGAINST III protecting 4the
ngrIic rom diseased milk. Compare
-, ,.;s disease is readily detecteo'
- -. .neh yirilant and expert IN
.,ors an.I. ne DR. Hopkins, New orA
Es,,,,.rs need trouble themselves
s'.rv Ijttfr on that score. 1t is not
tr,,,, that the secretion Cf milk ceases
when the attack supervcnes as has
been alleged in some quarters, but "as
demonstrated TO be incorrect by pro-
'es.nr in one of our veterinary colleges
recently. VINO mEked cow that had (
already been condemned 10 slaus hter
in the presence of a large asse.nhlage
Of experts gathered for P0St-m0rfem
examination Of the animal. But it is
true that The inspection is too vigllant
te permit the sale of milk from such
animals to any alarming extent. The
real danger to pubiic health lies else
where, and in a disease as to which y
little. has been said in this country, +
it has been made the subjecs n
of thorough inquiry by European
veterinary colleges. Pearl disease
which is strictly tubercular consump-
tlon-is, perhaps, as common among
cattle us it is In the human family i
and, whatever may be said of tuber-
culosis in works on human pathology,
it is demonstrated TO be contagious
among cattle--not so contagious per-
maps as plenro peneumonia, but
readily and easily communicated by
contact and even by contiguitY. Twol
years .ago-a special committee on this
disease, It's causes and comparative
prevalence, its special pathology, the /
percentage OF cattle thus diseased |
slaughtered for the market, the
number kept for milking, aud the rela-
ton of such milk to diarrhpal diseases
and consumption in this city, was APP |
pointed by President Rawson, of the |
New York College of Veterinary Sur-
seons, from tne faculty of that college.
The committee-coaslsting Of Prof.
Worster. an expert in diseases of the
respiratory system; Prof. Heard, late
of the Royal College Of Veterinary
Surgeons, London, and Prof Fairfield
has steadily pursued its researches
during the last two years, and will
soon submit to President Rawson the
results of its labors in report which
will furnish some accurate data re-
spectin. this disease in cattle, and its
agency in the causation Of tuberculosis
among meat and milk consumers. 1t
is estimated that about fifteen per.
cent, Of the animals slaughtered for
beef in the New York market arei
ltuberculous. 1