The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-23
sanitary statisticians


prove to US that one-tenth of the hui
man family dies annually of consump
ton, and that, considered relatively
every tenth man, woman and chill,
you meet is suffering from tuberculo
sis. Tremendous as are the ravage
OF this disease among the members o
the human race, its ravages become al
the more appalling when we conside
that one of the best friends of man
the domestic COW, is subject to tn
same disease and may communicate i
] to the human being
! During the last two years and a half
at the state experimental station il
connection with the agricultural de
! partment of the University of Mime
sofa, extensive and important inves
| legations have been under way. no
only in the testing of cattle for tuber
culosis and demonstrating the in
errancy of tuberculin as a diagnostit
agent, but in that even more impor
tant work, attempting curative meas
ures among cattle who have beer
found to be tuberculous. Manifestly
If the cure of consumption can be as
Sured, even in cattle, marvellous ad.
vance has been made. And, as the
bacillus which infests The tissues of &
COW suffering from consumption is alb.
soiutely Identical with the bacillus OF
consumption in a human being, the
cure of the disease in cattle holds
splendid hope for humanity
A bulletin from the above-mentioned
station is soon to be issued which will
embody the salient points of the inves-
legations which have been carried or
by the veterinarian of the institution
Professor NJ. H. Reynolds. 1t Will
snow some remarkable results and in
dlcates by the success already attained
that the future work in this line will
be still more important. On the farm
IN connection with the institution were
some high bred cattle of various
strains. 1t was determined to begin
the work of investigation among these
cattle-to ascertain, first, if cattle hav-
ing every advantage in the way of
prime food, finely ventilated stables
and all the health-inducing surround
ings of modern sanitation-to find out
II these cattle were infected. 1t would
be not so strange if cattle housed in
unwholesome diaries. exposed to all the
untoWard circumstances which sur
round such cattle, should be subject
to the disease, just as poorly fed and
poorly cared for people in tenement
districts are supposed to be more sus-
ceptlble to disease than their more
fortunate fellows in the brown stone
front around the corner
Tuberculin was used as the test.
that manufactured by the govern
ment in Washington. A small portion,
from one and one-half to three, or. in
some cases, four cubic centimeters of
tuberculin was used as a dose. In
case the temperature of the animal
rose during the next "a hours-the in
lection of the tuberculin being at 10
o'clock in the evening-it was a sure
indication that she was tuberculous.
So sure is it a tuberculous animal will
respond to this test that it is now
considered practically infallible, fully
80 per cent or over of tests being
found accurate.
In case there was no reaction-the
term reaction, somewhat of a mis-
homer, indicating rise in tempera-
ture-it was considered that the ami
NAL was free from the disease, and
whenever an animal thus failed to re-
spond and has been post mortemed it
has been found in almost every case
that there was no disease while, as
indicated, in more than 80 per cent of
the cattle treated, where there was a
rise in temperature the disease was
found at the post norton.
And not only was the home herd of
cattle tested, but herds of fine cattle
and common herds all over the state
were tested in the same manner and
with the same results. During the
period Professor Reynolds, as shown in
the bulletin, has made tests in over
], 100 cases, and has fully demonstrated
the inerrancy of the tuberculin.
Before showing some of the curative
work which has been done, it may be
we'll to give a few instances of the use
no Of h.
station noted. The cattle in every case
showed no sign of disease. On the con-
trary, they were particularly sleek,
we'll groomed, well-rounded, healthy
looking animals, with never a visible
trace of the terrible disease which had
fastened itself upon them One instance
which occurred a year ago will indicate
this: a wealthy gentleman living in a
neighboring city, who was bent on
having his children reared on milk that
was above reproach, bought a crack
Jersey cow, one with an unblemished
pedigree and in the pink of condition.
She appeared one day to be coughing a
little, and Professor Reynolds was con-
suited. He asked that a. test be made
The gentleman secuted the idea of his
fine Jersey having anything serious the
mater with her, but the test was al
lowed, she showed unmistakable re-
action, was poSt-mortemed and found
to be fairly alive with tuberculosis. OF
it does not follow that every
COW will carry consump-
ton to every one who drinks of her
milk, but it is beyond dispute that
when a COW does not respond to the
test and shows that she has no tuber-
,ulosis in her system there is no dan
ger to man or babe in the milk from
such a COW While in the case of
cow-well, sound sense
would prescribe the only method of
action.
Fancy's Bull was the name of one of
he prime cattle of the herd, a high
price polled angus, one of the best of
MS kind. He was as fine looking ami
nal as ever delighted the eyes of
in cattle. He was 1 year
I'D, weighed 700 pounds and was in
inc condition. Here is the main record
IF his treatment:
Amount of Rise in
Date of dose in cubic temperature
treatment centimeters. above normal
Nay 8, 1884,. Is 40
June 90 1884,. is "A
Nov 3 1884,. IL 40
Nov. 10, 1884, 20 80
Nov. 26. 1884, So 90