Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-28
CONSUMPTION IN MILK AND BEEF.
A Doctor Makes Some Suggestions to Legis-
Iators and His Own Profession.


To the Members Of the Legislature and
the Doctors IN Particular:
I with 70 call your attention 20 the
value Of the 'Koch Test In detecting
consumption or tuberculosis in milk and
beef cattle, as grought forward In
special bulletin by Il. p. Niles. ID. V. NJ
OF the Virginia Agricultural and Me-
chanlcal College, Blacksburg Va.
II Is stated BIZ the best authorities that
one seventh OF all deaths are caused
from consumption. that the majority OF
the deaths OF infants In the large cities
is caused by the same disease. as re-
suit OF being fed on tuberoulous MIX.
DR.. LOOMS. OF New York. mentions
among the most frequent sources Of con-
sumption the milk of tuberculous cows,
and possibly by tuberculous meat. You
SOC from the above the great danger or
contracting tuberculosis from the DoVlne
snecies by using the milk. butter anu
flesh. II they should have that disease,
and the great importance or detecting IL
I'm such cattle. This Is easily ana chedpy
done by Injecting the substance known
as Koch's tuberculin with hypouo,i.l
evr,noe and taking the temperature
o,ory, three hours for fifteen hours CIhe
,nIl particulars and mode OF operation
aro GIVEN IN Professor Nies's bulletih)
Tba most EXPERT men have been unanie
% diagnose tuberculosis In the cow, III us
carly stages. by physical txamlhatioh
"sincs 1901 numerous Investigators nav
oxnerimented with tuberculln In inc
,~Iar animals very extensively, ana re-
norts are numerous as TO us 'aIue %
diagnostlc agent" When hnirhais ~ =,
80, after the injection OF tubercullh II
can be said with almost apso!u,e o,,iNsis
~ that they are free from tupeieu'0''''
A RESULT.
professor Niles tested all the cattle a,
| che Virginia Agricultural ana Mecid M,
College and also at the Miller oSnJor,
and In every case where -, tba
saIio,,ed the infection OF tubercuiin u'e
loiIo"eu - killed and found by
. ,o", 'r,ortem examination to have tuoet.
Il'Josia Since such a cheap ana ieauy
800 NJ detecting tuberculosis IS AZ
- LEGISLATION IL needed competing aii
..n,.~o,,a kaeping dairies 70 nave theli
cows tested. for the safety OF the puuiirGS'
90 eaa ~ they have tuberculosis Ne 'e -.
80 abould also be required from parsons
selling beef cattle that they hau -,
| ,astei and found free from tupei ',I,'1 -,
professor Niles says that ne 'ihin,,
these means that consumption eo'.r
reduced perhaps 50 per cent. III 90
! time: that the disease has pen q n.S su,
J q.
~, that the means are at mana iol 10
r,.,c,ical determination. all that Is neeueu
90 IN. proper legislation. All piiS sieIdns'
| "a evervbody else. too, as 10 that mo-
Ter know aow little can De uOi1e Al -
,raior,ty of the cases OF cohsuiiip .s'-,,
| ,rherefor, | hope Drs. Pfiudy' 0ou.-a -.'
r-hon,neon Barham, Saunders, barhes'
/ and T.eCato will exert their lhiluehce W.,
the other legislators, and py ..-o
]
mears protect tia pubic from 'Hs W.
~ tubercuious nalk, butter anu peei
| BENJAMIN Rush "a nobler anu 'rue' 80
acter and searcher ailer u"'. 90,
adorned the protesslohl W. -, ,sker.
the same amount OF care Iian oeel' Co" -
20 Instruct and improve the human spe
| cias that had been bestowed upon
domestic animals during the ldS
century there would have been out niue
nasd or use of medicine" or, III other
yvorls there would be but very htue
sickness 20 what there Is now.
LEGISLATION NEEDED.
We legislats and quarantine against
| yellow-feyer, smallpox, ana cho'eia
| WHY mot do the same against tu'
berculors milk. butter, and beef, whicn
have killed more people than ever these
diseases have done? The prosperity OF
anv peopls depends largely upon theif
health. and this health depends largely
upon the efficiency or non-efficlency o.
their sanitary laws. Thus we nave the
voice Of s. Parks. of England: IT nas
| been proven over and over again tna'
nothing Is so costly In all ways as ois-
ease and nothing Is so renunera,ivs az
outlay which augments health. and In SO
doing augments the value OF Inc worH
done"
DR.. Frank g. Billings. General
| United States army, says: "Why 90 ho'
people seem TO realize that the health OF
men Is the greater part OF their wealth.
that without health wealth cannot DE
produced. and that ill-health detracts from
the pockets of even those that are rich
| and we'll? Illness is depreciative factor
In the productive quality OF each and
every Observation-Disclosures the total illness OF
n country represents drain upon It's
resources: and q drain OF incalcuiabls
magnitude."
In conclusion. let me say with smpha,
sis. that II ID our duty ~ rational beingI
to admire and encourage those who de
vote their time and talent 70 preventive
and sanitary madeleine.
Not IN vain the future beckons.
Forward! forward! let W range;
Let the great world spscd forever
Down the ranging groove OF change
ALEXANDER IRVINE, A. D.