The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-05-27
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BILE sores, and which had been fed on whiskey
swills If my opinion given you will be OF
use in your efforts to improve the food OF
children, YOU are heartily welcome to II.
DIR. Byrd. 225 \. Gilmore street, says
milk from swill-ted cows is totally unfit for
food for human beings, and should be reega-
ted to the pig-sty, if it must be consumed by
animals at all. Such stuff predisposes to va
rious arrangements Of the digestive process,
thereby laying foundation for disease IN the
adult, and is simply eNecrable food for infants
and young children.
DIR. Bowie, l75 y. Arlington Avenue, says:
-"Distlery Stops make acid milk; grasS-ted
makes alkaline. For children milk should
always be alkaline, and any acid milk should
be rejected as unhealthy. 1t Is the great
source of mortality in infant life.
DR.. Bucker, 1856 y. Charles street, says
I'm response to your request | have no heSl-
tation in saving that regard the milk from
cows fed ON distillery slop utterly unit for
use and even dangerous as an article OF food.
NV own personal experience and statistics ~
regard To this matter enable me "a recall sew
eral instances where the death Of healthy
hand fed infants was traced solely TO diseases
of the digestive organs caused by the use OF
swill milk. the facts IN the ease being such TO
occasion no doubt whatever II Is within the
knowledge of every one who knows ANYTHING
about a dairy farm that the health and finally
the life Of the COW Is sacrificed by this sort OF
food. and necessarily a sick COW cannot weld
healthy milk Moreover Il has been conclu-
siyely established BY careful analysis aud COM
pariSon Of the two milks swill and grass fed
that the former Yields less butter and sugar.
whilst the caseine icurd and earthly salts are
in excess At temperature Of ninety eight
degrees Fahrenheit normal tcmpersturc OF
human stomach it requires SIX hours for lts
eoagulation, while dairy milk cuagula;es IN
one This explains IT, iudigestbIhty and the
inability Of the stomach and intestinal glands
10 assimulate it as food hence We know why
il causes such frequent disturbances IN the d.,
. gestive organs, and why infants ted on TINS
KIND Of milk do not thrive
f In regard to the hiil referred 70 IN yuar
postal / consider Il among the most Important
" the session In . political rs well As human
itarian sense. for hos gan W. expect to rrAr a
healthy race II men and women when con
.;ituiiuns have been ssppcd hy Dad f.eeilag "a
early childhood ami a. regards the helpless
infant ihiak II iha dgty NJ every Que, moth
err. fathers. doctors and Legislators, io as aiI
ia their power 90 see that their ioot s nul tam
per,d nth nr drawn from unhealthy scarves
Iaa viH have sumr diffesliv ira ,he provisions
of this bill in order to Ticrt ihe ends yon de-
ject will D. eyaded.
pr. Caldwell. ~ \. Charles street., says /:
The character q such milk IS that u inJurys
the Child by not having noarlshucni m q, aad
hy shr-swtug q poisonous sflmuian' taio w.
sioma, y S-l, calculated 90 generate brain and
nsrvats dss.s.y5s There j. no doahs that
s4riI -f,. Iik : large factor ia the enormous
mortality tast prevails in our ritics among
children.
Dr. W. Il. Garfield, aia y. CbArles street,
saws ''SHHi milk Is unhealthy, iuJsrous 70
the invalid. nursing mother and chi!d- Ia my
rxferiencs sach milk Kills many children an
naally in the uarm season. The p2sssssc I'll
vour bin woRli b. q zrvai blessing 10 all
Or. poslsc, aol Hanover street., says: ''i'is-
tilIery slaps a. f,sed Is an uu6i food Tor czss,
being an unnatural alimeut. and i a iruIttu.
cause Of disease. sse the condensed mik
for all eases where atissd children.
DR.. Dorscy. iGs 81 Panl street. says
.sSwil milk i vvsy unhealthy and an an.
vholssouae dist sos ADULTS or ehtidrcn-
Dr.. Eastman. $40 Lexington street says
nv observation teaches use that miiE from
s~ili-ied COWS a. compared With CRASHED
cows, u much wursc ~ an article 81 Sood.
DIR. Fulks. iai Pcsrl street. says i lonS
ago fcl, the conviction that sach a source. t. =.
from grain that has undergone decOaapos5siou
in process of disiillatiou, even though i I'm.
deggo a second decomPosisioa--oy chemical
cAanse. in the econumy Of the cows unit
food Tor the promotion Of health IN ia' human
being. and more especially 50 with regard u
VIZ. The aqueous, aibumiBOus, sarchaun'
and the olcaginoUs arr NOS 80 my opinion pro
duced IN same relative proportions and an
zanltrrated qualities from sBeh food, a thcy
are from the uualt-rei elements % the Turs
animal food from nature sfore house.
Dr. ellis. ls0 y. Eutaw street. says
'.Ssiil milk has no sustaining principal, and
MANY little children die from inansiion aad
from ch8lrra isiantum fed on T. AKA thor
sughiy satisfied, after year experience, thai
suln uilk Is not 81 tor use.
Or Hall. ~ Brown street. says ;-''Sw.l
being the principal part 81 their food, q Is
impossible for such animals "a give healthy
milk.
Dr.. Hammond. - y. Paea street. says
~ our ball Is a most important 0ue for thog-
sands of children Who - down TO a IsremAtur,
grave from milk from Stopped COWS.
Prof. Christopher johnson, Franklsa street
and Park Avenue, SAYS - condemn the
use Of milk from swill-fed COWS for several
reasons The cows themselves become DIS
. eased Sach milk "a Tar below the standard,
il laws the foundation % diseases of the digcs
tive organs impairing assimilation.
DR.. krozer, 27S Lexington street, says -
'.Swill sIop produces the most delcierious ef
fects upon the constitutional putFehes, i
depFaves the blood
br Charles A. Ieas. 90 Madiso avenue
savs II coincide in the view that d, 'lllerN
sl5ps affects the health Of the COW; the m,'ili
poor. blue in color, aud requires the additl1-
Of enInring matter 20 make il salable-
DR.. Lee, Eutaw aud Hoffman streets, says
After quite an experience in the use o
. Ia = l. .I ar.A D
children, am prepared to say that disiilierl
slops fed u COWS materially aids in bringing
about diseases.
: DIR. Mckew. l54 South Sharp street, Saws
! 1.-The evil consequences, both direct and re
mote, of milk from swili-tcd COWS upon th'
I health Of infants who are compelled 10 swai
, low such nauseous fluids, haze had ampl'
, onportunties during long and extensive prae
{ ice of witnessing. The long line Of evil
which follow upon the use OF swili-ied milk D
! inealculable, and you deserve and will receive
4 the thanks OF thousands for your efforts.
! DR.. John Morris, No. Franklin street
saws of all the nutrimeuts employed 4
| rear children, | know nothing peruicious a
? .ssWiII'' milk. Children fed with 1t have mucl
; less vitality than those properly fed; they ar
) unable 10 withstand attacks of disease or en-
dure priyation or great suffering. In III
summer .'eholera infantum plays sad havoc
among swill-fed children, frequently after
: few hours sickness falling into state OF col
i lapse and prostration, and rapidly suecumb
The great mortality among our children in tn
, large cities am convinced is directly trace
, able to milk from cows improperly fed.
! DR.. ThoS. +. Murdoch, so Read street
saws To discuss the question as to whethe
, swil milk is deleterious as an article Of die
! for the sick, and particularly for children, /
i unnecessary. On this point all physician
are agreed
DIR. Pick, "A \. Broadway, says:-''Distil
lerv slops is an unnatural food for cows an,
very hurtful, causing lung diseases of ever
kind
DR.. worthington, 273 ". Fayette street
says milk nor stopped cows is neither nour
ishing of digestible. Statistics viii show it 4
be absolutely ''perncious' TO the health o
young children, especially during the summe
months.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT, CRY HALL,
Baltimore, February 81, 1882.
Aadrelc Banks, Esq, Chairman Of Commit
4 tee on Public Health:
u Dear SiT-Your postal duly received to-day
q | have always maintained that the publ
; health especially the intantile portion there
Of was in great degree dependent upon tn
character of the milk sold in cities
e I think il would not be an overstatement T.