Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-07-06


Investigating a ease Of tuberculosis and it, re
suitant effects In the family OF Luther Bridges.
Bridges has had COW four years, and his
family OF nine children. al under IL years of axe.
with one exception. have lived upon the milk,
and while heretofore they have been quite well.
they haye always been emaciated and poorly
nourished. Five Of them have recently had
tuhercular pneumonia and one died TUES
day. one Wednesday. one Thursday. and three
others now lie At the point of death. There Is
said to be prospect that other deaths will fol
low.
the animal had the worst case OF tuberculosis
that has ever come "a bis notice The little girl,
the only child having an aversion To milk and
not drinking any, Is strong. and appears TO en-
joy the best of health.
The board, having had It's attention
called 10 these articles, concluded that
In Justice 10 the farmers Of the state
IL should make full and careful inves-
tigation.
The first step was TO write the attend
ing physician OF the family. DIR. o. Lit
tletield Of Bluehill, and from him IL was
learned BY letter. under date OF June
9Th that, In his opinion, the sickness and
death of the children were caused by
pneumonia, brought on by taking severe
ee,d while recovering from the measles,
add this opinion was confirmed by DIR.
J. y. Manning Of Ellsworth, who was
called In consultation, IN letter under
same date. DIR. w. l.. West, a veteri-
nary Of Ellsworth, was next consulted,
and he Informed US on June 9th, that he
was called TO see the COW, that he ap-
piled the tuberculin test at night with
normal temperature Of about l0l de-
grees, and that the next morning the
temperature had risen to about lO4 de-
grees. He then killed and buried the
cow without making post mortem ex-
animation, depending solely upon the
tuberculin test TO diagnose the case,
and for future protection to his pro-
fessionsl skill and Judgment. When
asked why he did not examine the COW
after killing her, he said, IL did not
consider it necessary DR.. West said AT
that time, June 9th, that DR.. Bailey had
not seen the COW, and that no one had
examined her in any way.
Mr.. Nahum Hinckley, the member OF
the board for Hancock County, engaged
DIR. j. F. Manning Of Ellsworth, on
June 10th, to visit Bluehill and obtain
portions OF the COW, and the lungs OF the
cnlluTeu IL tut CVusCut Va thS Aoe"S'
could be obtained. All necessary ar
rangements having been made, DR.. Man
ming went on Friday, June 1lth, to
Bluehili. When he reached Mr.. Bridges
he found that DIR. West and DIR. Bailey
had been there and dug up the COW and
examined her, but had apparently car
ried away no portion Of any OF the Or
gsns. He took portions OF the udder
and Of the lungs of the COW, assisted by
Mr.. Osgood, the town clerk. He then
obtained the lungs entire from two OF the
children, carried the whole to Ellsworth
that night, and sent them to DR.. Chas.
ID. Smith Of Portland by express on June
18th.
| DIR. Smith has made very careful ex-
| aminations undes the direction OF the
board of agriculture and makes the fol-
lowing report:
| "Portland, June 10, 1897.
/ II. Walker Mckeen. Esq, Secretary OF Board OF
| Agriculture .
Dear Sir IL have the honor TO submit report
upon the pathological EXAMINATIONS OF certain