New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-09
BACILLI, HUMAN AND BOVINE
PROFESSOR osGooD, OF MASSACHUSETTS.
nS- COMPARES THEM.
TIE QUESTION OF THE TRANSMISSION OF TubEh-
CuIosIs DISCUSSED AT THE AcAp-

r.,r QUESTION or THE TRANSMISSION OF TuBER-
cuIosIs DISCUSSED AT THE AcAp-
Trs Envy OF MEDICINE.
300 That WAS an interesting statement made last
- f,eNt by Professor +. II. Osgood OF the Harvard
Veterinary School, chairman of the Cattle COM
saission of the State OF Massachusetts wa"
,rought m before the section of Public Health OF
he Academy of Medicine. which was holding
~rublic session. and the topic under discussion "N
\ The Relation of the Bovine to the human i"oe'
i ,los,s" The matter was viewed In nearly every
,ossible aspect by experts. Professor H. d. GILL; Oh
he New-York College of Veterinary SURGEONS
,aked about Il from his standpoint Then Professor
Leonard Pearson. of the University OF fenissi
vania gave a resume Of the work OF loreis" W
erinarians in this field. He was followed ny ~
lessor Oseood. who has been in the bacillus busi-
ness now for years. and is an au'"o'"' va
he subject This Is the interesting sta'enne", ,
~ ohora,orv experiments indicate that the paci"s
from a human subject is much less N"uie"' ~
that from the bovine Comparative mc'oS'op
sminations show clearly the rugged, haius "pr
900 ~ tho hovine As compared to the slender oe'
bacillus of man. and the growth OF tne cum
,ha sar,e media have demonstrated that the paci-
,, ~ tho hovine kills out the bacillus from 'he
human subject" 49,. oh,a n
Now {, professor Osgood had only been aole 10
demonstrate that this bovine monstros"S, "n,,,s
,,,, T., &c work on the aristocrat OF the oaciiu'
tribe "a
itse< dies decently. he would nave oee' saaa
"a the echo and resolutions would nave oee' '
conso,atorv TO the bacillic heart . 49,
But II doesn't, and there lies the u''cui'S ,.u
,no,a situation II is like that old Scrp'u'ui Wv"
,ha, finding the house swept and garnisheu' W."
or and returned with seven others worse IMAM nm
sol, and went 10 bed In the paror. But inns was "
serious discussion OF serious ana Vi,al III. on the
S,r,sn life and has most important bearing on III,
question OF a pure milk supply ior ci''eS an" f'
everywhere. ,oo, MORO Profess
The speakers after Professor Osgooo WEI WEI Vonic
sor lanes Law of Cornell University, whose 'op ~
was the eradication of tuberculosis IN ca.ue ~
Professor Harold c. Ernst OF me uep Of
bacteriology in Harvard on the rai Ti;s IN
the Tubercle Baclli and Tubercular Produc's III
Milk" The session was rounded out WIN WI t@ors1er
eral discussion. in which Drs George - VI, ~
Wjlliam II Thompson a. Jacob. EiWaru w. M,
In r Iederle and others took part me ques @
Of possble transmission OF the disease IN w
use of milk is moot among physicians put S ~
rms. whose views are entitled TO great deal OF
consideration holds that IL is dangerous !ne'e W.
some sparring among the speakers as 10 the PossI-
hy of ansmission of the disease consul npnd
frorn man back 10 the animal. Professor Osgo0u
held fat IL is not proved in the history Oh tne
nns iA,estigatons He held up the Island or Nan
tucket as a shining example in favor OF ms con-
tention as there consumption Is dreadIuiiy Iie'a.
lent among the human species. but there IL lesS VI
n among the bovine species there thah any {
else Professor Gill held the view that 'uDercu.a a
attendants should be rgidly excluded from all neius
~ cattle and he was sustained by Professor Law
yr,a DAT that man is infected from the animal IS
tho most important and IN this relation the re1nain
Of Professor Osgood on the work OF the ss.,nc
setts Cattle Commission were extremely inter os"e'
as showing how infected herds can be purihed