Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-01-15
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
Dr. Austin Peters on Tuberculosis.


The earliest formation of tuberculosis is
only seen by the microscope. Then comes
a small spot or pimpc which grows to an
ahsceSs. Sometimes several are grouped
together. They form first i'm the lungs,
and matter is coughed up by the animal.
1t is generally known as consumption; it
may be general or local. When the i'm
portant organs are affected it is general.
1t may affect the joints, and appear there.
The disease is about the same in animals
as in human beings. DIR. Koch discovered
this fact. He found the disease was of a
germ nature. The bacilli can only be bred
in warm temperature, about the human
or ordinary animal temperature. Some
times the disease appears as eruptions of
the skin. There is an exciting and pre-
dsposing cause. If there is PredispOsitiOn
to the disease an ordinary cold may be the
exciting cause ScrofuOus or tuberculOus
tendency of constitution offers opportunity
for the growth of the disease. The bacilli
develops, and the lungs are generally first
attacked The species of animal most
likely to have the disease are the animals
predsposed to it. The debility occasiOned
by maternity in the animal is one condition
that favors the disease and its develop
ment
disease than any other animal, and more
so than man. Next comes the pig, which
is usually killed before the disease makes
much Roadway. 1t is not seen much in
horses. Sometimes it is seen in fowls.
Sometimes the disease is cOngenital, but
this feature is rare. 1t is generally, how
ever, acquired after birth. Breeding in
and in, carried to extreme, is frequent
cause Jerseys and GuemseyS are most
susceptible to the disease; it is less COM
mon in Ayrshres and Devons. Those
breeds coming from warm climates are dis
posed to the disease by our more severe
climate. Physical conformation is one pre-
dispOsing cause-that is, narrow chests;
this is true in animals as well as men.
A moist changeable climate has more
tendency to bring about the disease than
any other climate. The disease is more
frequent in the neghbOrhOod of cities than
in the country. The healthiest COWS coming
to the Boston market are from Vermont.
Sometimes a tuberCuOus COW is sent to the
country and bought cheap by dairyman
and put with his herd. This will soon
affect the whole herd of that dairy. An
animal just recovering from illness is more
likely to contract the disease than a
healthy animal. Keep the cattle in clean,
much to prevent the disease. When a
diseased animal coughs up tuberculous
matter, it dries, and as dust is inhaled by
healthy animals, which often become
affected. When present in small numbers,
and the pulmonary mucous membrane is
healthy, there is often no bad result.
The disease may be communicated by
milk and cheese made from the product of
tuberculous cows. The symptom is easily
recognized. There is a cough and shrink
ing up, but before that stage is reached, If
the animal is sick, it should be examined.
Treatment i'm the early stage mostly results
fayorably.
Improvement of Farm Houses.
George Boardman Blake, Esq, of Bos-
ton then read paper on Improvement in
our homesn lie said farmers who have
good barns and outhouses oftentmes paid
little attention to improved shelters foI
their own comfort All the old articles
that had survived their utility found their
dumping place in the house. This should
not he. When any article of domestic OF
farm use is played out it should be
burned up or sold for junk and not
be allowed to litter up the home. The
well for drinking water should be as
far as possible from sink drains and cess
pools. The well should be on the uphill
side Of the premises or sickness and death
will invade the home. Cleanliness is
next to godlness'' and every Christian
home should be clean. In the last great
day, when all sinners take their punish