The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-25

tend 20 my private practice. ana would
not accept this or any other Office when
would interfere with IL. bat i want my
family and myself 10 be free from the
danger OF contracting such a loathsOme
disease by drinking and eating such COM
mon necessities as milk and meat The
sulcct OF meat inspection IS more difhcuh
than milk inspection, while cattle are
hutchered at so many different slaughter
houses. / am aware that an effort is be-
ing made 10 establish union stock-yards
for this city, Now. If such stock yards
were established. an abattoir could be
annexed 10 them, where all cattle could
be slaughtered for this market, and then
the matter OF meat inspection would pe
simple. as all animals could be examined
10y the city veterinarian both before ana
after slaughter"
THE TUBERCULIN TEST.
Are dairymen aware that their cattle
have tuberculosis"
Some OF them are undoubtedly aware
OF the fact but they say they do not IN
tend 10 sacrifice their cattle unless all are
made 20 do the same by law. Others will
not and cannot believe that their fine
looking cattle. giving large quantities of
apparently good milk, are affected with
such a disease. 10 requires pOst-mor-
TEN examination on each cow 10 convince
them she was affected. Mr.. Bryans herd
was an interesting instance OF this kind.
An article by me entitled Bovine Tuber-
culosis IN Relation to Public Health
was published in the March number OF
the Virginia Medical Monthly. hr. Bryan
read n, and wrote me request 10 write
an article for The Times on the subject.
as. he said. - should be brought before
tho general public. A short time after
that I met A-r. Bryan. and he asked me
some questions IN regard to the preva'
lence OF the disease Ia this vicinity, and
among other things, / told him that he
probably had the disease in his own herd.
Ito laughed at the idea, but II was only a
week or ten days later when ] was called
10 examine his prize bull. which led to
the destruction Of six Of his finest cattle.
You will observe that Mr.. Bryan was
consistent He wanted the subject
brought before the public before he knew
his own cattle were affected, and when
he found that they were affected, he sac
rlficed them Immediately, as measure
of protection TO his own family ana an
example to others.
Since so much publicity has been given
to this subject, l wish to state that the
public may place full reliance on me
tuberculin test. IL is the only means by
can Zoe detected. Pronounced cases OF
the disease can. Of course, be detected
by physical examination. but II is worse
than a farce Tor 4 pretender TO Veteri-
nary knowledge 30 20 through herd ana
attcupt 20 diagnose the affected animals.
T1lbcrculiu Injected into an animal free
from, tuberculosis is absolutely harmless.
and IN no manner deteriorates the milk.
NJ. Rryan's herd was d crucial test
for tuberculin. and tuberculn won the
golden opinions of all who watched the
test. l had the skilled assistance OF 1T.
Thomas NJ. Sweeney, Y. >, OF TINS ci'y,
and tho cattle during the Whole uihe Oh
tho test were under the supervision OF
etthcr DIR sweeney or myself. At the
Inherent peri0ds the temperatures were
tal,on and registered by either Or. Swee-
nov or myself. and the predictions as 10
certain organs affected made by us were
verified bv Dost-mortem examination III
every instance. 80.
All Europe IS up in arms against thls
disease. and tuberculin IS used ga lIo
detective agent. Many OF our states ale
also fighting the disease win tue SAINT
detective agent. but Massachusetts leau5
,bo v-orld for thorough scientlhc ana
-, york That state has a cat
-. Ca,,,r,ieeion of which the eminent
veterinarian. Or. +. u. Dsgood, Is lI'sl-
dcnt and under his direction the state
Is being cleared of The disease as laSl
as a large corps Of veterinarians ana the
other special employees can 90 II. me
,snorts OF this commission are inc Dtsl
nractical works on the subject anu '!e
civilized world is indebted TO TINS Sla'e
for ms advanced lead I'm the eXtermlhation
OF bovine tuberculosis Whlch 70 s"1"
fearful menace TO human ne
FIR Hoge's observations.
Tho recent interest awakene1 IN the
euhiect of tuberculosis ia cattle' continue
ia be a topic of discussion ahOns VIC
thinking people OF the city III NJ -
Hoo Jr has given the subject much
study and thought in cohhcc,lon WV"
his lectures upon pathology at tAc Aleu4-
cal College. .,,... Ia, o,.or-
in- Or. Hoge said that IL might be put
,loyyn AS absolutely true that tuberculosis
in cattle was positively contagious us
ease. and not the matter OF heIed4ly.
lie stated that the results obtained
through the Koch system OF tupeicuih
had demonstrated mat III
au cases where the disease was lodsed III
ibe subject. either human beings OF cat
lie the innocuauon was followed by
fever, and that the nrst lnul-
cations III Cdilc Ntlt o"'~i 'e'"'~ 80 49,
bronchial glands. -, Al.
Norway and Sweden, where the study OF
This diesase and its remedies had been
tborouchlv made. II had been discovered
tbat i'm a herd of cattle the only possible
,yav 10 exterminate the disease was by
segregation of the infected and sound
cattle
This was accomplished first By deter
mining the diseased cattle through the
system of innoculation and then separat-
ina, the herds so distinctly as to prevent
any actual approach between them'
Should any of tho diseased cattle bear
q calf II was at once taken and placed
among the sound cattle and the MIX from
its mother sterillzed by boiling and fed
10 the calf. Investigation had showed
that invariably this recourse was attend
ed nv saving the calf and maintaining the
health Of the sound herd.
The farmers. he said, almost invariably
lcft the calf with the diseased mother
until through the natural milk II was con
taminated, and then the farmer believed
that the disease had been inherited, and
not contracted through the medlum OF the
milk. ,.,.
LOCAL INFECTION.
DR. Uoee said that the local Infection
NJ cattle came from the direct contact
between the sound and the diseased mem
bers of the herd. and that the presence of
one suffering with tuberculosis would en-
danger the health OF the remainder OF
tho herd. though all might possibly not
be diseased.
How is it that all would not be az
fected?" he was asked
In reply ne said that II was well
known fact that one-seventh OF the hui