Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-09-10
POISON IN SOME MILK.
THOSE DEADLY proMAinGs AND
HOW THEY DEVELOP.


An Indianapolis rhys,el.a Tells iie~ Fatal
Disease Lark. In Mia aud csassd ms.'s
a Record sf the c..ss ef r.,ssaiss By
lee Cream.
IL wa. much interested In the account
Of q city dlspensary physicians recent
experience at house where four women
and one girl were poisoned by quart OF
milk said DIR. w. II. Clarke. and u
the general public vii dIsest lie mind OF
any lingering suspicion u may entertain
that our handling Of that case. or CASES
OF similar character. Ia Of the sensational
order rather than Tor the public good.
much benelt may accrue by thus aitrao-
ting attention Ia the peculiar danger at
times attending the indigestion OF certain
articles Of food. more especially meat.
milk and Ice cream
"what 10 the peculiar danger 10 which
you rsferY' asked tho reporter.
Poisoning by pt0maines. The term
puIsles you. does III To explain. viii
say that the word ptomAin comes from
the word ptoma. n cadavcr. or dead body.
and p,omaincs are cadavcric alkaloids.
the results Of putrofaction. and are very
poisonous They were discovered by
Armand Gauiier about 1870. and soon
after by Selmi. an Italian. In 1879 eau
tier contributed remarkable oommuni.
cation to the French Academy ~ Nell.
cine. showing that these bodies aro con-
stantly b.ing formed In life-thai the-s
by.products % normal vital action come
through a putrcfactive rather than q
conclusive process. and that their non
elimination or non-oxidation by the
bowels. kidneys. lungs and skin IL the
cause % many diseases
These rolsonou. substances are now
known 10 lnfes, many articles % food.
and % late the patient Investigators who
u-c the microscope great deal have about
come 90 the conclusion that they are
started by bacteria. bacteria may be
called minut. fungus. or parasite, In
visible 90 the naked eye. and which nour.
lsh only In animal matter. feeding pref.
erably on the Albumlnous portion. and
each substance may h. aid 10 have iis
Own particular brrei ~ bacteria They
incrrase With amazing npidiiy In any
substance In which they ~, start, 60
p.cially In high temperatures We rad
% an lc. cream OF milk poisoning. and
the newspapers wind up always IL 10 the
effect that some vcriigris. acetate. lac
tate or other mineral poison had bcen
generated In manufacture OF In transit.
when the real trouble probably ~as dis
eAsel article. In this way your article
above referred 10 closed AZ follows; IL
Vas the most peculiar case ] ever heard
o.. aid the doctor. and the suffcrings Of
the women werc terrible. | can only
conceive % one cause Cor their condition.
Tie milk they purchased mus, have lrcn
kcp, In very unclean can, causing the
milk 10 become imprrgnaicd with laciais
% tin. a powerful poison hoPc may
not L. considered capiious In suggesting
that ptomaincs were tho cause ~ this
sickness That admirable Actr~s. AIDE
lAide Nelson. our finest juliet. when In
god health drank one glas. oimilk. and.
after suffering terribly. died In two hours
That glass % milk nigh, have been allie
o. knock cat the gr-a, John l. Sullivan
In one round Just a. easily. Tho fact u.
that many sudden illnesse- and uncr
planned deaths. while In perfect health,
II such q PARADOX can b. allowed. that
come ike lightning cut % the clear sky.
Ars no~ by the i-st authoritie. assigned
81 this s-crrt encm, This where the
number - the orgAn..ms are infinite and
Towerful-to say nothing Of lingering
illnes.e. caused by them when few and
veal.
"Are there poisonou. p,oulAio para.
ate. found In other foods In general
usey-
"Ofisn In canned meats. July "a.
1884. 1 had occasion In one % ths city
papers % point out that danger. the lat
ter being brough, out by the report % q
suit for damages instituted 10y q man
Who had had his family poisoned by
canned meat. The meat may have been
perfectly good when opened. but the
poison develops very scon after letting
air into u.
There IL very important bearing
the proper understanding ~ this subjcci
has upon the rearing % Infants Every
one knows that thousands 81 them die
In our large cite. every summer because
% impure. diseased OF unsuitable milk.
inde.d Il l. one % the problems 81 the
axe how 10 rcar bottle Eel infant In =
largo city. They are - sensitive and
susceptible that milk whs,h might not
harm = grown person. or even large
child. may 10 poison 10 them. Bu,
reycnons n nos mOutons, OF rather To
our ice cream"
Then you Assert that there u death
In ice crcAmy
Most ASsuredly there u unless the
most scupulous caro- 10 taken In the
selection ~ frcsh and pure ingredients.
and the U.s. Of clean utensils and rcC.P
tAcles The peculiar poison indigenous
To ice crram. as every iyro may mol,
know. Is called tyrotorioon. and u should
Ia vel kuoNu, A. " tls hF'h t~oiaAF1
and administered 20 animals and Its
effects noted Its effects have bccn PRETTY
well studied at picnios, church festivals.
weddings and miscellaneous gatherings
Here are some OF the principal results
during two months. As taken from a
compilation made by The Chicago Inter
Occan. This compilation may IT, seen
by any one. and u may be considered al.
yisable 10 introduce such testimony. that
milk OF ice cream venders may not ret
too secure In the belief that this matter
IL all cry and no wolf A. partial
Ice cream death record for two months
~ 1855. there Il May 30. Woodstock.
Conn. church festival: EOS SICK. - died.
June 4. Corning. n. Y. Bagley family Of
ain. Ice cream at supper, all died. June
II. Cadillac. Mich, Kerr Livingston
wedding. ~ partakers, 81 died. July 4.
deaths reported In the United States, 81.
July IL. Cairo. lila. church festival, "a
died. July 20, Antrim. VT. Sunday
school picnic. IS two dish consumers