The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-06-02


hlhu should be allowed to remain in a
uaiy. In regard TO the use OF tubercu-
'"e' II needs not my unqualified endorse
| n'"t' livery civilized government au-
tnoii@fs lis Use to detect tuberculosis
| 81 callie, and 81 the critics Of st would
use IL as u shoIh. be used. and thereby
oD'dih some practical knowledge OF its
| IehaplIlty they would not now be the
| ~usuiuS stock OF the scientific world.
some men arc pad to make fools Of them
serves ana ether men make fools of theu-
| .eNes through a desire for chap notorie-
~ but any man I'm The light of the pres
cnt day who tries TO belltte tuberculin
properly used is either paid fool or an
ass. There Is positively 10 ground for the
assertion that IL Injuries healthy cattle.
! Every physician and surgeon knows that
"hsieiiiizea Instruments may cause septic
! POISONING but because an uncican hypo-
| dtrmc needle may cause trouble OF
! TINS Kind 10 is no reason why tubcrculine
should De blamed Tor 81. Roliable tubcr-
o1line comes TO as steriilzed, ana H. alb
| solutfly harmless 10 the animal free from
tuberculosis, but. II through the careless
| ness of tue man who uses IL any septic
| trouble results the operator should be
I held responsible.
rho public should know that all recog-
I
| culine as dmptostic agent.
The lntcrul l0nal Veterinary Congress,
| held 40 Bcnc, switzerland. last iall IN
Cludcd representative veterinarians from
every government in Europe, ana among
/ whom were tho foremost veterinarians IN
the world. and this great gathering or
scientists passed the following resolutions
"Tuhercuiiue is a most valuable uiasDo'-
tic and may render the greatest service
ia the struggle against tuberculosis. iheIe
is no reason tO fear an aggf"Nalloh vi
| the disease By ITS 1850. and therefore no
reason TO warn practitioners against '7
| general use.'
The United States Veterinary M'ul'a,
Association at DTS annual meeting, held
last sop.omber. passed the following Icso-
| luton hy a unanimous Noie. ..
.Ra.olyod. That wo regard the tuhetcu-
line test as tho only reliable means h""
known TO the scientific world Tor u'',''
ing obscure cases Of tuOoiculosH IN 'he
living subject. and that ia is a proper l,s'
when performed under proper ana "en-
known necessary conditions.
| II is further resolved. That reliance upon
rh,siesl examination Of animals for the
existence of tuberculosis Is uhWi7o anu
uuwarrantcl in the present day.
our critic even tries to use our govern
/ ouo.lnr from its work i'm regard 10 lts
nature lut he should have gone further
ana told what the govenm experts
| THOUGHT OF it AS a lagnostic. From the
i~4 Year Book OF the United States De-
narffntnt Of Agriculture, p. 52l, quote as
| follows:
1.-THE disease in Sos early stages can
only De detected with the aid of tnbefcu-
linz Tuhorcuin. therefore, has
become indispensable in giving the owner
/ an idea Of the iuroi1s the disease is max
ing I'm bis herd. and in distinguishing the
! infected from the non-iniccted. fnbercn-
un reveals t0 us all stages from the
earliest most Insignificant changes, when
The animal IS outwarly entirely we'll 10.
| The gravcst and most dangerous types Of
the disease
From tine same book that our critic
quotes from I will quote the following:
"Jn the herds tested I'm this manner
only the animals which gave reactions
were killed and thus FAR we have yet 10
meet the first case which reacted, ana
did not show tuberculosis on post mortem
examination
Tho Massachusetts state Board declar-
cd as follows.
"First That tuhorculne IS n reliable
agent for determining the presence of
tuberculosis IN cattle. Second. That tu-
berculn. properly prepared and carefully
handled. can have no injurious effect on
healthy anlmals Third That Il Is tho
I only known means whereby 4 POSITIVE
diaerofis can Dee made ga the earlier stages
Of the disease"
Tho following IS from the resolution
passed by tho Association OF Cattle Com
| missions OF The New England States: "As
Z
mend The use OF tubcrculiD as being the
OF ly reliable agent now known for the
! detection Of tuberculosis IN cattle. We
further believe that no harm whatever
comes from us use in animals that are
free from tuberculosis"
The foregoing endorsements Of tubercu-
lin lcan be supplemented ny many others
from equally reliable bodies ] had no
desire 10 Introduce trc opinions Of indi-
yiIuals and would not do 80 were II not
for Che fact that our critic gratuitously
informs as that Dc is n graduate Of the
New York Veterinary Collcgc. ! have
known him 10 make this same announce
ment on posters placarled about the fair
grounds and livery stables. but l am now
compelled 20 deny the existence OF any
such named institution. There IS an in
aututI0n named the New York College OF
Veterinary Surgeons and probably nc
means this SIS his alma mater. and If. as
| he certainly should be more familiar with
her name. IT, however. be- was graduat-
| ed from the latter college he does not
! follow her teachings as the following will
prove: Last fan az a meeting OF the
New York Academy OF Medicine. Dr. II.
ID. Gill, dean OF the New York College
OF Veterinary Surgeons. read n vigorous
paper on tuberculosis, from which ] ex-
| tract the following: and at last a
means Of diagnosis has been discovered
In tubcrculin. which affords more deli
| cate ana more trustworthy test than any
hitherto used for any purpose in veteri-
nary medicine. Armed with this new
ability to recognize hidden and slightest
| forms Of the disease. the veterinarian
| has discovered that herds chosen with
| the greatest care, kept under the most
approved sanitary surroundings, consld-
cred 10 be i'm absolutely perfect health. are
| in many cases uddlcI with tuberculosis"
When these w0uld-be critics inWcigh
against tuborcuHn they are Ignorant OF
the fact that the system of COW affect
ei with tuberculosis Is charged With tu-
borculin which IS the product OF the
germ. and consequently the milk Of
| tubcrculous COW is charged with tuhercu-
i'm, even N that milk happens TO be
free from the germs. Some dairymen are
perfectly willing 20 supply tuberculin TO
the consumers Of their milk, but they
strcnuously object to "a few drops being
injected into their cows.
The city of Richmond has A right to
| demand milk from healthy cows, no mat
| ter i'm what State the COWS are located,
| and people sending milk into this city
| for sale would have 10 abide by the rules
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