The Newtown bee., 1901-04-19

Gated from a COW to human being, SO
that in the absence of any positive
proof to the contrary we are morally
bound to remember that the accused
is entitled to the benefit of reason
able doubt, and laying aside the weak
circumstantial evidence that has been
presented pronounce our verdict in
favor of the COW: "Not guilty because
the charges are not proven"
TUBERCULOSIS TRANSMITTED.
tuberculosis may be transmitted
from one animal to another in three
ways.
First, by incubation or through the
circulation.
Second, by ingestion or through the
food channels.
Third, by inhalation or through the
respiratory organs.
AS tuberculosis is disease of the
blood, incubation is the the surest
way of contracting it providing the
living germs of diseased subject are
permitted to get into the circulation.
This, however, is easily guarded
against by taking simple precautions,
and it .nnot be too strongly urged that
n person with cracks or cuts on theil
hands can with safety to themselves
handle cloths used by consumptives tC
eXpectorate upon or permit their
Sputum to come into contact with
their hands. 1t would also be impru
dent if not positively dangerous for
sucl persons to remove the skins from
diseased animals or conduct post
mortem examinations. AS simple
precautionary measure all persons do.
ing such work should either wear rub
Der gloves or thoroughly wash their
hand in an antiseptic solution both
before and after engaging in theil
work.
The danger of contracting the dis
ease from germs taken into the body
through the food channels is very
slight for the following reasons.
First. The digestive organs are not
particularly susceptible to the disease.
Second. The digestive economy of
man tends to throw off all poisonous
and injurious substances found in the
food.
Third. Milk, Meat, or any other
food containing tubercle bacilli are
rendered innOcuous by cooking, as a
temperature of 100 F. destroys the vi
tally of the germs.
Fourth. While it is true that there
is possibility that milk drawn from
a COW having tuberculosis localized
in the udder or suffering from gener.
allied tuberculosis in the latter stages
of the disease may contain the
dreaded germ, it should be borne in
mind that probably less than five per
cent. of the cows in the state of Con.
necticut have bovine tuberculosis, and
that not more than two per cent. OF
this number have tuberculosis udderS
AS there are in round numbers 10000
cows in this state we find by computa
ton that there are only about $50 at
fected udders in the state or consider.
ably less than an average of one in
every town, and as these COWS are dry
not less than three months in year
the danger, if any exists, is correspond
ingly lessened, so that there is no oc-
casion for anxiety or alarm in the
minds of any who like good butter
and cheese or who enjoy the refresh.
ing draught of glass of cool milk OF
who appreciate the affinity that exists
between strawberries, sugar and cream
The records Of thousands of post
norton examinations of cattle affect
ed with bovine tuberculosis have eStab
lished the fact that the organs of res
piration are found to be diseased in
about ninety per cent of cases. This
leads to the conclusion that the bron
chial tubes and lungs are much more
susceptible to the disease than are the
digestive organs. In the stages of the
disease when there is a breaking down
of the tissue and the formation of pus
the animal is very likely to cough and
discharge tuberculosis matter, there.
by communicating the stall, the man
ger, it's own food, the stable floor, the
water tub, and in fact anything and
everything where the virus may find