New-York tribune., 1907-06-05
DANGER In RAW MILK.
Paper by Nathan Straus Read Before
the Anti-TubercuIOSis League.

Atlantic City, June "A paper by Nathan Straus
of New York Citys was read before the American
Ant-Tuberculosis League here tonight. Inc SUD
jest Raw Milk. In part it was as follows
Science has demonstrated two facts that are OK
supreme Importance 70 the millions Ut pasIe
live in daily dread of the Sreat Whlte pas So T
ventable disease. Second-That raw mlk Is es Lns
common cause of tuberculosis Ana ! se"S SI = t6is
of tuberculosis in milk can be absolutely removed
by proper pasteurizaton. These statements sum up
the progress that has been made since IIoleSSoi
Dr. +. c. Schroeder the federal invesuS.,l99F % %,
the modes of tubeTCuaT infection. has proEea tle
relative unimportance OF other nletIouS i,, ~ -
tion. He says: There is no means by wnich per per
tuberculous material than milk obtained from and
in the environment OF tu6ereu99sS show that
bacini is greatly underestimated especially when it
IS mixed in the customary way from tuberculo IS
cows with healthy udders or from shI're'S i'"'''''
Such authoritative body as the british R9yaf az
Commission on TgeercHl05is' slyg very large
proportion of tuberculosis contracted ny III
considera ble amount OF disease and loss Of NE es
pecially among the young must De az ~ t'bcrcIe
Dr D. E. Salmon when CHIEF of the dairy dvis-
must be admitted that the milk from tuherculous
as can be ascertained. the udder is III normal con
1t is significant of the progress that is being
made that two medical commissions have reported
Mission SAYS The commission recommends tina:
the Board OF Health should according to ciIcuIii
cation of all milk which it finds unsafe for CON con
S 4P nressnr @ r" of fbeross m or other disease in
the cows or unsanitary conditions at the DAIRY OF
persistent high bacterial content" orb, COW
The Washington commission says: Tho com
mittee in the interest OF public health str@hs'H iI
l1ifS''''e' milk '''' '''''''''' anu
Captain Thomas Franklin in charge of the cadet
mess at the United States Military Academy at
West Point writes to me telling of the eradica-
zation OF the milk supply He adds: = have
noticed that many otherwise very Wen I1torinso 5
the positive assertion that the pasteurzatiOn So
changes the chemical composition of the milk that
and that it Is indgestble and otherwise noxiOus.
The best proof in refutatlon OF tins theory Is an
dred young men whose physical equals and whose
health , record i would be hard 10 equal any any
Of Cadets and 90 per cent Of them drink milk
dr1fiy 1i at all meals We use an average OF @ lso
who drink it are the picture Of health"
the milk It can be safely declared that New
Yorks tuberculosis record would be impossible.
new cases Of tuberculosis OF the lungs and tuber-
ruoSs @ ot a., - klis caused t'."l deaths whlch was
all causes and % per cent OF these victims were
that this slaughter should go on unchecked when
science has laid It's finger on the common cause of
milk bottle. But the ravaEes Of this disease will
to give her child raw milk. and nntiI tba beai'b
authorities recognize that their first duty is 20
prevent the people practically all of whom use
raw milk from trying to subsist upon a diet OF
consumption germs
, The following officers We're chosen by the league:
President DR. FlOriUCe ODOnOhue. OF Syracuse:
vicep president. DR. W. H. Mayffeld of st Toufe
Dr. oDonohue. the newly elected president made
one OF the principal addresses at days session
Dr, O'Donohue's subject "Tuberculosis in
Milk He said of all the products of the tuher-
CuloUs COW milk ts the most 10 he dreaded II .
consumed uncooked by the infant and invalid
whose digestion is often poor that baciHl safely
pass through the tntestnes. Or. O'Donohue said
the danger especially to the infant and invalid
portions OF the community from the use OF the
product from tuberculous animals furnished album
dant reasons why well considered efforts should be
made to rid dairies of all Of tuberculosis