The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-13
DESTRUCTION OF
GERMS in MILK
1t Would Save ManyLittle Lives and
Much Keen Anguish.
FAITH-HEALING AND THE COW
The Aid Of the Latter Being Invoked
TO Rescue Young Woman From
the Criminal Folly of the Form
er-Mosquitoa and Mrlaria.
.FAITH-HEALlNG AND THE COW

After a very unusual delay, spring mas
AZ LAST arrived. The vegetable world Is
i snrinetns into renewed life and growth.
| Bacteria belong to the vegetable kaisuo'ii'
and their growth is promoted by the Same
conditions that Influence plants vlsioie
10 the naked eye. The dnfectlon Oh lhiiA
By certain bacteria and the towns pro
duced therein by the rapid deVeiopnleht
in a temperature above 60 degrees, is the
chief cause of cholera infantum, ana tne
infantile dlarrhoeas which are responsible
for SUCH a large percentage OF the NOR
talitv Of THE summer season. Inc lact
that ninety-seven per cent. OIL the deaths
from these causes occur in bottte-fed IN
fants is significant. A large proportion
of these deaths could be prevented by q
little care. OF course, the hygiene OIL the
dairv is insportant, but this is beyond the
control of the consumer in many instances.
The question, therefore, is largely an
terested in the treatment of the milk at
Ter it has come into the consumers pos
! session i is practically impossible 10 pre-
vent the infection of the milk, so that the
object to be sought is to destroy, or at
least inhibit, the growth OF the bacterid
before they can develop the poison lfls
can be accomplished by, attention Ito
three things: pasteurization of the milk
as soon after delivering as possible; keep
ing ii cool after this has been done, and
perfect cleanliness bf all vessels con-
tanning the milk, the nursing bottle ana
nipple in particular.
INSTRUMENTATION.
Pasteurization is big word, but nc Is
not a. big thing, outside of uts beHeicent
results There are special apparatus tor
the purpose, which can be bought at a
Tow. price; but, in the absence of such, 1e
can tbe practically done in this way: Get
p sufficient number of eight-ounce bot
ties from the drug store. Alter the zlirsL
time wash them as clean as Iosslple;
and then boil them every morning Whils
breakfast is cooking. FI1 the requisite
number with milk. Stop their mouths isht-
~ with raw cotton-geIuns cannot pass
through raw cotton, as ut is an effect
i've stratner for tlhe1n-place the bottles
of milk in a tin bucket filled with water
IN TO their neckS, together with a thar
! .mometer. Set the bucket in the stove and
LET it remain there until the Temperature
reaches 155 or 100 degrees. Then remove
the bucket and wrap ut in a blanket, or
some other wooden material; leave It near
the st1ve in order to keep the tempera-
rlrf,<as near that point as possible for a
f,a If hour. lAt the end of that time take
ont the bottles and put them In the re-
frjeerator or the coolest place available.
Give the baby a fresh bottle every time
it IS fed. AFTER the cotton stopper is
removed the milk will be reinfected. If
nossible adj BOTTLES should be nursing
bottles nf such a character as to permit
the fitting on Of the nipple. This prevents
trouble and the damage from possible
carelessness in thoroughly cleansing the
nursing bottle if only one is used. The
naryple should he washed clean each time
ana kept In a solution of boranic acid of
the strength Of one ounce to a quart of
water. The nursing bottle should be
boiled at least once every day.
Following these directions many lit
tie life will be saved and many a moth.
eq.s heart spared the keenest anguish.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The New York Medical Journal culls
from an editorial insthe Denver Medical.
Times the following rega riding the res.
pectfye respons itflities of physician and
patient, which. it says, iorcibly expresses
a truth that cannot 9be too often repeat.
i, cd
Gare.essness in the sick-room resulting
from too much air or too alttla ali. nYer-