The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-20
A HIDDEN DANGER.
How Tuberculosis I'm Cows Causes
Consumption I'm Human Beings.

PHILADELPHIA, PA, May 17.-Dr
Francis Bridge, the State Veterinary
Surgeon, to-day paid a visit to "The
Neck" for the purpose Of examining
some of the cattle Of the alleged
swill-milk district. His Investigations
were made with the special purpose Of
a~scertaining whether there were any
cases Of tuberculosis.
''This disease" said the Doctor II a
reporter who accompanied him, lis
the most to be dreaded of any of those
to which cattle are subject, and it pre-
walls to such an extent in The country
adjoining Philadelphia that / myself
would not dare to drink any of the
milk sent to the market here unless |
knew the herd from which it came,
and was sure there was n t a COW in it
which had the disease. Pleuro-pneu-
monia kills the cattle, but it is not dan
gerous to human fe,and even the meat
OF a COW affected with that disease,
when eaten, is not harmful on that
account. But both the milk and the
meat of cattle affected with tuberco.
losis will plant the germs OF the dis
ease in the human system. We have
a law by which the owners of cattle
affected with plruro-pneumonia can
be compelled to kill and bury them,
the State paying a part at least Of the
value OF the condemned a imsl. I'M
fortunately this law does not apply to
the other di ease"
tGnn x.ntt sVnauinn chat p,aVnV sNnnV1n
in Philadelphia have DIED from drink
ing milk from cattle afflicted with this
disc SEP"
Undoubtedly" promp ~ said the
doc OF. Thousands of babies who are
brought up on cows milk thus get the
seeds OF consumption into their sys-
tim and are diving all around us, as |
believe, who, by a little care and SUI
pervision, would live to a ripe old age,
and the adults who yearly die of CON
sumption of the lungs probably owe
the origin of their disease in many,
many cases to this source"
"Do you know of milk being sent
to the city from herds containing cat,
tie suffering from this disease p"
1 iOkANN w say Nuhl 4 hOs AV
alarming proportion Of tie herds
have recently examined contain ctse:
Of tuberculosis, and ! know OF one
herd in which there are ten COWS sick
with the disease from which the mill
supply of one OF the large hotels o
the city is obtained. When you con,
siter the fact that the milk OF one COW
is sufficient to spread the germs : the
bacteria, as the doctors cal tbem-o
the disease through the entire supply
OF a herd, YOU can imagine what sor1
Of a milk supply that hotel is getting
OF course | have not examined any
thing like all the herds abou
PHI ladelphia, but judging lion
the cases which | have found in
numbsr of them, l am satisfied tina
the disease is quite common. TIL,
great difficulty with il is that in il
early stages II is very difficult to dc
tect, and in order to fully pro ect thu
milk consumers constant inspection i
Necessary, The germs OF the disess,
in the milk can be readily detected
through a microscope. There is n,
more hopes Of troatinga case OF tuber
culOsis in a COW than OF attempting t,
save a human life when grim con
sumption has GIT a grip upon tn,
p%atient."
ais there no escape from this dau
ger2"
"None for those who drink milk a
il comes from the mixer. But ate