The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-10-17
Agriculture.



one Of the mostto be- dreaded diseases
tha, rfiilcis The animal Kingdom ls tnber
culosis II spares neither hamaa nor AMI
NAL species. and practically there has yel
been discovered no cure for H.. Thai Il
may In large measure be prevented BY
proper sanitary conditions, is beyond I
doubt. but when once thoroughly estab
lished there appears TO be no remedy
That il is contagious, is nov conceded.
/ The bacillus that causes or accompanies
consumption has been discovered aud iden.
titled. The disease is said 10 be transmits
sible from parents to offspring but this il
doubtful. A week constitution that max Is
the individual on eAsv prey TO the attacks
OF the bacillus peculiar TO tuberculosis
may urquestionsble be inherited and pos
sibly 10 some instances the young may be
bora with diseased lungs But asa rule
We believe the offspring Of men and ami .
mails are born with healthy lungs, and un-
der proper conditions may escape the
dread disease Of consumption. Some facts
discovered by the Society for the Promo.
ton Of Agriculture. on its farm near Mat
Japan station. Mass go to confirm this
idea Cows says the New England
Farmer. whose milk would kill guinea
pigs in short time have so improved
that no bacilli could be found in the milk
Dor would injection OF milk under the skin
produce harm in The subject treated. The
cause OF this change was their being placed
under healthy influences in clean, airy sta
bles. This shows both the importance OF
proper sanitary measures, and the fact
that nature, under favorable conditions,
Was against the disease. II she will do
This in the diseased animal, most surely.
where the sanitary conditions are right
she will resist the attack Of the bacilli.
Another thing Is shown In the eIper
ience OF the society and that is. that cows
kept in close confinement highly fed and
pushed to their utmost in the production
IF milk are the most likely to suffer from
he development Of tuberculosis. This is
. warning to the advocates Of soiling and
he non exercise OF mich COWS. That
both the milk and meat OF animals suffer
ng from tuberculosis is unvholesome and
liable TO convey the disease to the con.
umer, is not denied; and how many cows
here are IN the herds that supply milk
o the inhabitants OF our cities and large
'ilages is not known, nor is it known how
many cases Of consumption in the human
amily are directly due to eating and
Thinking milk that contaius the germs OF
tuberculosis, even in ever so diluted a
orm.
And still another fact in the experience
II the Society for the Promotion OF Agri {
ulture is very suggestive, and seems to {
Indicate one form in which the bacillus
hat produces consumption may be con Q
eyed to healthy lungs and establish itself
here. Healthy rabbits that were placed !
q basement room, near where some cows
offering from tuberculosis were kept,
'ere soon discovered to be afflicted with
be disease. There was no other way for
he contagion to spread except through the i,
il. The germs thrown of from the lungs
1 the COWS penetrated the air of the adj
dining room, we're inhaled by the rabbits
nd took Judgement in their lungs, whore
hey propagated and developed tubercu-
osisl Could there be a stronger argu.
nent in favor Of good ventilation and pure
ir? II is useless. as yet, to depend on
emedy for consumption, but we can
maintain sanitary conditions favorable 10
be promotion OF health. and thus furnish .
be ounce OF prevention that is worth q
'ound OF cure. {