The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-20
BAD MILK AND MEAT.
Duo to Dlsouso OF tho Animals
from which they Como.
THE DANGERS OF TUBERCULOSIS.
Importance Of Guaranteeing to tho
Public n Puro Food Supply-h
Rigid Inspection Should DO Made.
Tho Duty orthc City Council In tho
Matter Plain, and 1t Should Act.

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Many physicians aud persona who
are in a position 10 know Of their own
personal knowledge have expressed
themselves rs indorsing all tho lHTELLI.
GEErGn snjd last wock Oh tuberculosis
among cattle, and tho necessity Of q
food, especially milk and meat, inspeC.
tor in the city. Tho subject is II Of
vast Importance TO tho public and tho
agitation OF tho matter should be con-
tinucd until 4 system OF inspection OF
the food supply is obtained.
\ reporter had Il long talk with DR..
L. \. Rceier yesterday, aud in tho
course OF the conversation he said:
"Thc immonso demand for animal
food by all clusscs Of society is, perhaps,
in no country in tho world greater
than in our own. When We take into
consideration tho numerous diseases
which arc trnnsmitablU to nan from the
lower animals, and especially tho pre-
Yalenco OF tuberculosis, for which our
country has gained an unenviabIc no.
toricty, II is not too much to assert That
the subject OF diseased meat aud milk
should stand prc.omincnt rs 4 matter
OF public concern.
Happiness rs well as health is con-
siderod to DO insured or imperiled By II
good or improper diet, and high moral
considerations are supposed to be in
rolyed IN the due performance Of dIgGs-
ton. II there is some cXagnratIon in
this, there is much truth, and doubtless
oil all the agencies which affect nutri'
ton this is tho most important.
what action would you suggest to
protect the pubIic?" he was asked.
IRON the numerous opinions | have
been requested to give on diseased meat
and milk, ut each examination | am
more and moro convinced OF tho neCCs-
sity OF n rigid system OF inspectorship.
y newspaper report now and thon gives
to the outside public u meager idea Of
the AMOUNT OF trade in diseased food
"iiNA 70 NAA lSNA VII. A0 ~ hl5lhAIu
cases have generally been those OF lung
disease, l will speak OF those in partiCu-
lar. Plcuro-pneumouiu, from which
American cattle have suffered greatly in
the past lew years, has by strict QuarNn-
tine laws and by the aid OF good lnspeC-
tors, been almost entirely eradicated.
But tuberculosis, as dread Il disease,
and worse in It's effects, is more prora-
lent at the present day than eve be-
lore"
What should be done with diseased
cattle 2"
THE tubcrculosed beast is hereiita-
rily diseased SO that its system has been
contaminated throughout life. In all
Instances the flesh should be destroyed
20 far as its sale for human food is con
cerned. 4 butcher once observed 10
me that he could posl these so-called
tuberclrs of like marbles. and that no
one, himself excepted, would DO tho
wiser. Doubtless ignorant persons
might DO thus deceived, but the sCicn-
titic inspector would ut once detect that
the carcass had been tempered with.
Cattle thus affected arc frequently
i'll good condition, so lar as appearance
goes. But can this be Il healthy cOndi-
ton when the lungs, the organs in
which the blood becomes purified, arc
filled with these iubercles? We must
bear in mind however lat and beef like
tho carcass looks, s~croiulous blood has
been circulating throughout the system
OF the animal, md therefore, ii used for
food, however unpleasant the statement
may be, the consumers are eating scroll
ulous, tuberculosis. blood poisoned
meat, or drinking milk Just as bad and
dangerous.
"lhe flesh OF the OK is consumed as
food, and it is essential that it should be
in as healthy Il state as possible, though
the process OF cooking might be relied
on TO some extent to annul any per
nlcious properties it might have ac-
CURED through the animal having been
in q diseased condition during life. Far
otherwise is it with :he milk derived
from the COW. This seldom undorcoes
any process which would be likely to
destroy whatever injurious qualities 1t
might chance to be tainted with.
Through the insanitary state OF the an
imal which yielded it, and when We re-
fleet that milk enters largely into the
diet oil young people, the question OF
acquiring disease in this way, and
especially such Il malady as tuberculosis,
becomes one OF the greatest moment.
Even il the milk does not possess the
dangerous infec,iyo properties. is de-
hclemcy i'll heterogeneous elements, lat
and sugar, and the increased proportion
OF earthly salts, would alone render it
Objectionable rs an article OF food.
There is no aspect OF the subject Of
tuberculosis that is not important. As
tho disease is in no small degree trang-
mi,ted by the milk and flesh OF cattle,
any means that facilitates its detection
in and eradication from the source OF
food supply must command earnest at.
tention. 1t is Il we'll known fact that
considerable per ccntage OF cattle is
moro or less affected with tuberculosis.
1t is also well known that tuberculosis
may be transmitted to man by the con
sumption Of milk and flesh OF cattle sui.
fering from the disease. The cours TO
pursuc under the circumstances is a
plain one. The city council has n clear
and responsible duty to perform. Tho
conservation OF the public health is
paramount to all other considerations.
Let thc city council authorize the rigid
inspection OF all milk aud mon, offered
Tor sale in tho city. Not Il happy-go-
luck examination. but ono conducted
by n scientific expert versed in the