St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-25
DISEASE IN MILK.
Con sumption and Other Diseases
Engendered by the Fluid.

AOE anu OAE4GE OASSdS6S
Engendered by the Fluid.
New York Times.
At the annual meeting of the farmers
institute of Newcastle county, Della
ware. held a few days ago. the subject
discussed was the prevalence of tuber-
culosis in dairy herds, and among those
who took part in the discussion were
the officers of the state board of health,
Prof. Pearson, of the University OF
PENNSYLVANIA. and DR.. Shakespeare,
who was commissioned by the govern
ment to inquire and report concerning
recent epidemicS of cholera i'll Europe.
The testimony given by these gentle
men and by certain veterinarians who
were present shows that the attention
of health authorities and sanitarianS in
Delaware, Maryland. and Pennsylvania
has been drawn to the subject under
consideration by the deploraDle and
dangerous condition OF many herds i'll
those states. and also that the need of
new legislation for the protection Of
consumers of milk in the cities Of those
states is clearly seen.
I'VE shall enGeaVOr to show yOu,"
said the president of the institute at
the beginning of the session, that
tuberculosis is lurking in many of our
domestic herds" While there does not
appear to have been any thorough in
uuiry designed to reveal the number of
infected herds III the state, the reports of
veterinarians and physicians as 10 what
they had seen in the course of their
practice clearly Indicated the wide pre-
YaLeuce of the disease. One Of the
veterinarians spoke of the treatment
Of 250 diseased cows. 1t is almost
impossible in the early stages OF tu5er-
cul0Sis TO detect the presence OF the dis
ease in q cow without the use OF kOch'S
tuOeTculiu. 4 veterinarian residing at
West Grove, Pa. reported that he had
recently condemned six cows IN herd
Of nineteen, and that > per cent OF the
COWS in the herds which he had eX-
amined in the last month were tuber-
culOuS. Another veterinarian, prac-
ticing IN Maryland, said that in
the herds he had Inspected per
cent of the animals were in
fected. and he had found calves
that had taken the, disease from cows in
the same nerd. During the session TWO
infected cows were killed for the en-
lightenment OF the assembled farmers.
One of these animals was IN the early
stages of the disease, and in the other
the malady had almost run its course.
The condition OF the carcasses, as re-
vealed by dissection, was described and
explained by Prof. Pearson. who also
set forth the latest discoveries of bac
THEOLOGICAL science concerning the
transmission Of the disease from
cows TO human beings through the
agency Of milk or meat.
Prof. PeOrsOn recently inspected
herd of seYenty-fve cows and found
that thirty-fiYe of them were tubercu-
lous. The disease was found last sum-
mer even in the herd of the Pennsyl
vanfa Agricultural college. Dr.. Shake
speare spoke at length about the man.
ner in which the disease may be COM
municated to human beings. and
described the experimental transmits
sion of it to pigs and other ami
mails by means of the milk OF dis
eased cows. He asserted that it was
probable that laws for the suppression
OF the disease would soon be enacted in
Pennsylvania, and urged that similar
laws should be passed in Delaware. A
representative Of the Maryland board
Of health showed that a general law in
Maryland authorized the stute veteTi-
marian to kill cows affected with a con-
tagious disease, but it appeared that adj
dItional legislation is needed in that
state.
We have heretofore shown the course