The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-25
$50 O'clock.
TUBERCULOSIS TESTS
The Koch Lymph Applied to Rhode
Island Cattle by Prof. Law.
A POST MORTEM HELD TODAY.
OF Twenty-Five Cattle Inoculated, Ten
Showed Proofs of Disease-The Au-
topsy Proves the Efficacy OF the Tuber-
culin Tests to Satisfaction OF Experts.

Ten out OF possible twenty-five cattle
found diseased with tuberculosis
This Is the startling record made by a
test of cattle at n. T.. Benuett's slaughter
house in Johnston today.
The test was made on Feb. % and "A by
hypodermic injection Of tuberculin. or
Koch's lymph. injected in quantities of
four to six drops in the neck OF the ami
nal, and the result is truly startling
when il is known that some of tte cattle
thus tested showed no outward signs Of
tuberculosis and were selected at ran
dom.
The use OF tuberculin as cure for
tuberculosis has been aba doned, but IL
is proved that the treatment may DE used
as means of detecting the disease in
animals that are TO all outward appear
auces sound and healthy.
The pres, nee OF the disease IL proved
after Injection by u rise in the tempera-
ture of The animal, usually from ! y TO 2
degrees. The lymph Is diluted with oLe
teaspoonful of water previously boiled.
Twenty-Five head OF cattle were inocu-
lated. Some of them had been pre-
viously condemned by veterinary sur
geons and some of them were selected AT
random from the state aud showed
no outward manifestations OF the
ulScASs. lDt NtTt Indue Dy
DIR. James Law OF Cornell University
on Feb 1924. Out of twenty-five ami
mails thus treated, ten showed rise in
temperature such as TO prove them vic
TINS of tuberculosis. The animals were
killed today at the slaughter r-house OF N.
used was made in DIR. Koch's
laboratory in Germany. DIR. Law
was present TO conduct the
examination in person. All of the ami
mails on whom tuberculin has showed the
test OF rise in temperature were proved
bv post mortem examination TO be
afflicted with the disease,. The following
partial list OF cattle killed will show the
results OF the test:
No. 5. native red COW, inoculated Feb.
%, ut l0p. m. Temperature Feb. 23, 10
p m, l02; Feb. "a. 8 "A. M, l03.5; Feb "a,
Total rise, 25. Milk slightly acid.
Post mortem results: ID caseated
tubercles in throat, liver, lungs, bron-
chial glands, meceateus glands; tuber-
cles on ribs.
No. 8. red COW, native: Temperature.
Feb. %, 10 p. IN, l0l; Feb. "A. s a. m.
100; Feb. "A, 10 "A. m, l045; Feb. "a, IL M,
l02. 75; total rise, 2.5.
Post mortenI results: Tubercles on
sub-maxllary Emphatic glands. lungs
and mediostinai glands.
No. !. red COW, aged years. Udder
lungs; congestion size of a goose egg.
Not inoculated.
No l2, red and white COW, aged years,
native, calved in fall OF 1892 cough fre-
quent, condition good; temperature, Feb.
%, 10 y. m, lOl g. Feb 2i s a. m, l03. s.:
Feb. "a, IL M, 1925; total rise q
Post mortem results: Milk strongly
acid, udder normal, liver not tuberoled,
glands enlarged and pigmented.
No. 70, 4-year-old red COW. native. con-
dition good. Temperature, Feb. %, 10 D.
m, 10l.5; Feb. "a, s "A. m, l04; Feb "a. 10
a. m., lU55; Feb. "A, l2 M, LOG 5; total
rise, D.
Post mortem result: Throat normal,
milk neutral (cow nearly dry. udder
normal
No. 4. Black and white 4-year-old, dry.
TemPerature. Feb. %. 10 p. M. 10l5; Feb.
"a, a. m, l05; Feb. "a. 10 q. M. 106 Feb.
"a. IL M, 1855 Total rise, As. Post
mortem results; Glands enlarged, not
caseated or pigmented.
No. 10. yellow, 10-year-old COW. native.
Temperature Feb. %, l0p. m. 10l; Feb.
"a, s n. m. l01: Feb. "a. 10 a. IN. lO5: Feb.
"A, II m. l06. Total rise o.
Post mortem results: Milk strongly
acid; cough light.
No. IL, Native lead colored cow, s. dry.
with tmtus. Temperature Feb. %. 10
y. m, l035; Feb. "a, 8 a. M, 1885; Feb.
"A, ~ a. M, lOi; Feb. "A. l2 IN. l0i. 75
iObhi AiSo ls~COs IOSb UOTltlu
throat normal, udder normal, indication
OF tubercles on ribs.
The rise OF temperature In the case OF
this COW was so slight that IL would not
have been construed as evidence OF dis
ease were it not for the fact that the
temperature at the time OF tue test was
already above normal, due TO approach
ing pregnancy and the fact of any rise in
temperature was considered evidences of
diseased condition of the animal.
The above tests show plainly, not only