The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-12-20
BACTERIAANDTHEDAIRY
PRECAUTIONS NECESSARY Nv THE
CSE OF MIX.
The eense of Taste-Tbe Omnivorous
ChiId-Menta1 Disorders-Dangers
Of Ear Piercing.

remark that we may cunt upon micT obes
sometiu es as our friends ard sometimes
as our on.mies. is well illustrated In the
bacteriology Of milk and milk products.
Though milk nay leave the udder per-
fcctly sterile. yet few moments OF con-
tact with the air. and especially the air
OF unsaniary surroundings are sufficient
ly long to be the starting point OF the de-
yclopinent Of a whole microblal menageris.
By fission alone--that Is, BY splitting 10
two and by the resulting two dividing
again In the same way-one bacterium
may become the parent ot over D.OyV,OW
bacteria in Iwenty-tOur hours.
The composition Of milk IS such as TO
be most favorable to the growth and de-
yelopmcnt Of organisms. disease and not
disease producing. Some are detrimental
10 the healthy condition Of the milk it.
self, or. in other words. milk has its own
| diseases TO contend with.
Experience * ever teaching how i'm
| perativc IL is that the strictcst care should
be taken TO protect milk against the pos
| ibility OF micrODial invasion. The risks
| Of pollution are great and may arise from
an unhealthy or dirty condition OF tn.
| COW, or OF the stall, or Of the mixers
| house is frequently made unsanitary by
cleaning it out and dslodgins dirt just
previously to milking. and another source
| Of contamination Is the diluting OF milk
with unwholesOmc water which may be
| infected by typhoid-feycr or cholera pOls-
on. or by placing the milk IN dirty yes
sells. or by exposing 1t to the atmosphere
Of warm and unhealthy places as cup
boards.
PRECAUTIONS.
with these possibilities of pollution ia
mind. the advantages gained by steril-
izing or pasteurizing milk by boiling, arc
evident. Particularly is this SO in the
case Of bottle-fed infants, the lives Of
many of whom would be saved from fata.
complaints. so frequent in artihcia!
rearing. were these precautions taken
Although boiling will destroy the disease
producing germs in milk. IL may still
leave spore producing bacteria. which IL
course Of line. would produce undesir-
able changes in the milk itself and rem
der 1t unwholesomc.
On the other hand. there are friendly
germs TO be found In milk. whose func-
tions can be cultivated and turned to ac-
count In the production Of an acceptable
flavor in cream and i'm butter. After
clearing the milk or the cream OF COM
petng Organisms by pasteuTism. II Is
sOwn with a pure culture OF lactic-ocid-
producing germs. The favor OF the but
ter and. moreover. its keeping qualities
being dependent upon the character oil the
sOuring process undergone by the creaf.-
preparatory 10 churning. a uniform pro
duct acceptable I'm both these respects.
may be obtained by proceeding carefully
on these lines. The incubation OF these
methods among dairy farmers would add
an impetus to the milk-products industry
and probably bring it into a greater state
of property. II IS satisfactory 10 re-
cord. that efforts are already being made
to do this by lectures and the publication
Of lectures In pa implicit form, and IN the
agricultural papers.
THE SENSE OF TASTE.
The physca. development OF the race
is LARGELY dependent on this sense. IL IS
said Its object Is not only 10 guide and
direct the choice Of foods. but also TO
aid digestion by inducing us to chew them
properly and sufficiently. Children should
be taught 10 chew. and thus really taste
their food. The teeth are given so little
TO do. and The stomach so much. that
both are out OF order. II taste were more
cultivated. il would scCrn food unfit for
the human body. An old proyerb says.
THAT which pleases the palate nOursh-
es" and the converse should also be
true. only that which nOurishcs should
phase the palate.
Through an educated appetite man
learns TO adapt himself o climatic chang
IS and TO the varying fortunes OF travel
The most uncomfortable persons to en-
terrain are not those who have had wide
experience at tables In many homes and
different lands. but rather those who have
become 30 accustomed to having their
food prepared Just so" mt home. that
they are made uncomfortable by any in
frinecmcnt on their pet habit Of eating.
Many persons. by effort Of WILL have
learned TO cat something which was AZ
first distastcful. because they thought it
was proper 10 eat tomatoes. oysters. oil
ives, ClNe-oil. celery. etc. DO we make
the same effort To learn 70 eat what is
good for MS?
The development Of a healthy appetite
should be the cornerstone Of education
at home and in school. Self-donial learned
in blbyhood the sense If taste educated
10 select right foods and q better strong
or race Of mon and women will arise
10 settle the questions which perplcX US
In line with this question is the follow
ing on the subject OF
THE OMNlVOROUS CHILD.
Did you ever see q parent on Journey
Of any distance whatever. from an every
day horsc-cai ride 10 a jaunt across the
continent or the great Atlantic, who
did not begin 70 feed the child with him
or her rs soon r. the boat or train or
car started. and keep mp the stuiing pro
cess till you. in your misery passed ont
Of sisht2 Hardly ever The children cry
Tor things 20 eat. Of course they do. They
have been brought mp -lr as they have
got that way The minute a child opens
its mouth something 20 eat is stuffed in
b. Now. this is an wrong Nine-tenths
of the children oh enough 10 take on q
journey OF any kind are restless. not he
cause they are hungry, but because they
ara confined in a little space and obliged
10 sit uncontentcdly sti.l. Amuse them
not hy stunine them with food they do
not need ana should not be Obliged 10
try 70 digest. but with something ar
which 70 look. Instead of opening a bag
OF catahlcs every time q child squrms.
cive him "a picturc-hook or toll him
story The perpetual luncheon notion
that al mothers and many fathers are
affected by, and nearly all children af-
nicted with. tho minnie they leave their
own home Is downright cruelty 10 chill
dren. In is egrocious selfshness on the
part Of the parents. who take the easiest
method Of keeping the children quiet by
strning them with things an ostrich
couldn't digest
MENTAL DISORDERS.
In an interesting paper which was read
before the Actuarial Society OF America
in Montreal. William T. standen. the we'll
known insurance man OF New York, dis
e ION s..f.,