Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-07-11

cular plants (Rhus toxicodendron, etc). J
That these plants in themselves are not
the pathogenic elements Is shown by their
innocuous properties when grown In places
out of the regions of milk sickness infeC-
tions. 1t seems altogether probable that
here as in anthrax we are dealing with a
mcrozyme which has developed pathoEo'
mic properties and which can be reproduced
indefinitely in the bodies of living animals.
The great danger of potency through the
flesh and milk and through manufactured
products of the latter, butter, milk and
cheese.
Some even hold that in animals giving
milk the system does not suffer materially,
but that 1t is saved by the drainage of the
germs through the mammary glands and
that thus a miik-sick COW may remain 1or
a considerable time unsupported while her
milk butter and cheese are conveying
mental and physical decay and death TO
many human beings near and remote. FOR
the disorder proves as fatal in man as IN
animals, and II in particular cases 1t fails
to destroy life. II usually leaves the sub
| ject in a condition of hetetude ana physi-
cal weakness that makes life miserable.
ot-rcrton- or rt-prpc,rIoSIS
! In considering in brlet way a
few of the diseases common TO, ana
transmissible from amman 10 man.
II have dcsignedly left until the
hoi,,, ono n, The nresent time. of more
than ordinary interest to the average YER
monter. 1t is "a disease that AFFECTS near
ly all of our domestic ANIMALS Catie
suffer more than any other domesuc am
NAL. ana tubcrculouS Cattle are eSpccI"ly
to be dreaded, seeing that they furhlSh so
much food for the consumption OF men,
STATISTICS snow that from 10 per cent
of the cattle in our Northern states SUI
fer from TINS disease while III some local
tiles 5O percent. or more arc tunercuio.' =
The question whether the oacillus wnlcn
produces the disease IN man Is ldchtlcal
with that 'ounu III cattie mas aiwuHs zen
one OF very great llipoi ,ahco pun INC
affirmative settlement or the question rests
the possin'hty OF the 'rahsierehce u 'ne
disease from ahlhalS 10 man anu man "
animals IL mas neen sencraily peieNeu W
sclentis's from the nrs' ''''tl ''le sp'c''S ~
bacilIus iouhd IN man ana cat'ie are tle
same. me apparent oi'tereHce .hat MAY
exist may De accounted ior III 'ie oilel
eflce IN environment ~ h"" p''h "s,lo"
s'ratea that tho lupercuious mat i"i i'u''
man may produce the tuocrculous us
ease III 'a'tie' anu 'iicie nave p''" ma ,
Instances Una. luiHt " wv '''''' Ufl'',
that the alscase mas pee" 'r"lSill' 'e''
from cattle 10 man. II 'he discaSe can ne
earned from one 10 ,ie o''ivl' '"9re
De no quesuoh tlat the pac'ilus 'e me
same III po'n ahihldIS'
" T..
,
Dr. j.. H. EruSh OF NOUN vernon ~
Y e, very prlsht ana loSlCd Mii'cl 50
on record as a oeheNer III the i'ea ma ma
tuoercCioslS orlglhateu as d ouN me MS
lie say one Simple rae, 'nat 81 ems 'Le..S
ilosis is all derived from the bovine spe-
cies is, that where this animal does not eN-
list pulmonary consumption Is unknown
The kirGhiz on the stcppes OF RUSSIA
l who have no COWS, have domesticated the
horse, using its meat milk and skin, aud
a case of pulmonary tuberculosis has
never been known to exist among the
; Tribe.
The Esquimau has no COWS, neither mas
. he pulmonary phthlsls anc thlnK IL can h(
laid down as fact that where dairy cows
are unknown CONSUMPTION is unknown ne
further says that the reas) that tubercu
losis IL not more frequently transml't'
y from cattle to man is accounted for In th'
difference in temperature. germ cult
waited in the COW Is tropical growth be
cause her average temperature is between
10l degrees and 1903 degrees F. The human
race by this mode OF lllustration' repre-
sents the temperate zone.
" Coffee will not grow in Connecticut ut
less you put 1t In "a hot house The baol!
lus introduced from the Cow into tn'
9 healthy man finds a difference of tempera
ture OF degrees or degrees, ana AZ
- tnougn IL may i've anu III ii iSSStitd h'Sic
i increase, it does not become virulent unit
p from some other cause the temperature o
u the man is Increased, when 1t rapidly mul
o r,rnr,o, tnr,ncrat',re such g we ind i,
:, most cases of tuberculosis.
u ppopopT1oN ar, INFECTION
II
thdoupl'uiS HhoIe ued,HS iio'H '"ort '"
llosls occur among the hu'ndH race 'ld'
= among ahiHals' n't 'here hic iai ilot
= dairy COWS infected with tupercuioS'S 1
= proportion 10 theIr number 'rah III IA
u human fanny iheie Is one very SUI
l. reason why te"er ueaths occur amor
i DAIRY aliliidls tnan al'i',ils hia'hiiI'
< Which Is the hlgh natural teHleia'ui
We know pretty conciuslNeiy that w
y tubercle bacliIus requires Ter its srowtl
" multiplication ana pathoeehicltS' d zen
o perature above that OF 'he norman DO"
. ana curiously enough the raised tempe
< AZURE OF the human SUBJECT tua' - paWAo
- gnomohc OF the CROWN 81 the tupcrcO
/ ious masses is the normal bovine temper
le fure. consequently tupercie VIII gro"
lie the COW without any dlsturnahce OF Nc
'e normal temperature ana the traih OF Coi's'
g quences mat follows the eHects Oh II
n creased bodily neat docs not occur IN u!
re COW from an INVASION OF tuperculosl
Therefore, the progress goes on IN VI
81 animal ana unless other morniu cohdltloi
81 superVene TO Increase the bovine telnperf
is lure the tubercle does not break uoWh al
ie cause sepsls which Is always the cause
"a death where the primary disease III tu'
~ erculosis.
s. WHY CATTLE APPEAR HEALTHY.