Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-15
For the Transmission of Disease
Considered Scientifically.
DANGERS TO GUARD AGAINST
estIng Phases. Conditions Under
Which Transmission May TAX.
Place. AS TO Typhoid Fever.


Mi .. T. Beaumont. the wel!-knowa
sanitary engineer. This gentleman 90
day contributes another article on 4
subject scarcely less important, I,ar,ic- |.
ularly AT this time. II WI! be rea'. with
interest by ALL as everyone uses ;rill,
in one way or another. The title Of the
ar,cl, is milk, the Medium iur III.
Transmission Of Disease. The Taper
is as follows:
The possibility of transmitting dis
ease by different articles Of food is 30
thoroughly proven by the results OF
carefully conducted Investigations and
Well observed facts that it is no longer
doubted By learned physicians and stu
dents Of sanitary science. The trans
mission may take ,lac. from infection
Of articles Of food by tn" virus u dis
ease, or from diseases Of animals whose
flesh is used for food. that ar. culnlnu-
nlcablc To mankind. The fact that dis
eases can b., thus transmitted has not
lonS been established. nor have y" as
Yet 50 definite Il knowledge concerning |
the second method nor 50 clear proofs |
on Ill points as could be desired
The subject Of discussion comes u.?t;cr
the first uiviSion-the transmission If |
diseases by Infection of articles Of food. |
and especially milk IT is not my IN |
tcnlion to dis .uSss tn" authorizations Of
milk except incidentally. as the trans
mission u typhoid fever. for instance. |
by adding to the milk water that hau
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Of cream.
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ne nrinc'l!al sunlcci IS me trarsmlS-
1iii - l,''..s ~ n'us diseases
me tSpho!a leNer' ScaIlcl lever, OF ulr-
thcr;t by infected milk
The transmission may take place u:!-
der the following conditions:
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N'ue - a''le'
second ne mix may pc obtained
from Il tubel%ulous COW
ihlrd-Mllk may be drawn from an
lnilinled uddcr. This. when mixed with |
d iarsc quantity 81 good milk, is often
est solu. 1t may, when thus mixed.
cause o'atrohea and indigestion, az 1t
contains puS blood and broken down
tissues, 1t must be unwholesome.
fourth-Ihe milk may have UNDER |
gone cAenical or fermentative changes.
MS ~ lllplc 70 occur where COW milk |
u pu'tcrlnllk are drank, and sold to be
CRANK. me lower forms nf bacteria
iii'as uc't''l, III Such mix ana cause Sc |
49,: !"rc 'hIoht
ST. nc mix may nave become In
i.'tc'l win me conlaElon Of an animal
u.'.'9e, rs thc Slaildcfs, Tor instance.
or nc 1907 ana mouth disease.
ne MIX may nave become in
icSte" ~ me coltaSlon OF human dis
$685. when IS thr particular topic I'M
url discussion. Ihc others, with the
> 'l, y. 81 ne transmission ~ dis
,,ini =. 'n'''i''''s ,"'hlnunici'hle to man
Nina such as tuberculosis are seldom
lltnlc " occur, but their enumeration |