Bisbee daily review., 1907-06-28
BEWARE OF RAW MILK, SAY TIE
 DOCTURS
Much of It Is Full of Tuber- culoSis Germs, and Should Be PaSteurized Before Being Consumed by People.

The subject of. tuberculosis germs in milk, is one that should interest every community and is always time ly. There seems to be a well founded belief that infection from this source can be prevented by pasteurization and some go so far as to ure that people should be forced to use pas teurized milk. if they use any. The 1 following is an interesting article on that subject written by William Wirt Mills of Atlantic City for the latest issue of the Pacific Dairy Review.
 Editor Review: w:-Emphatic warning of the perils of raw milk, on account Of the danger of the presence of the germs of consumption, was issued [ day by the American Anti.Tuberculo- sis league at it's annual congress, held In Atlantic City, June 4th, under the presidency of Dr. George Brown of Atlanta, Ga.
 Dr. Florince O. Donohue of Syra- cuse, N. r., read paper in which he summarized the evidence of the trans mission of tuberculosis from the COW to the human being through milk
 This evidence" he said, must convince the most skeptical that milk Is common vehicle of infection"
 Dr. E. c. Shrieder, the federal ex- Der, Hrcte tnat milk infected with tubercle bacilli is a danger escond to none" and pointed out:
 Tt may be interesting and instruc- tive that Schloszmann has joined hands with Won Behring in the belief that all tuberculosis, at whatever age It makes it's appearance, is due to tu- bercle bacilli introduced into the body through the intestines during the milk-drinking period of life"
 Dr. Ernest J. Lederle, former com missioner of health of New York City, said that the prevalence of tuberculo- sis in the dairy herds was so great that pasteurization should be insisted upon in all cases in which there was no proof of the absence of the dis ease in the herds.
 Dr. H. D. Gill, the New York ex- pert on tuberculosis in cattle, told in detail of the extent to which tubercu- losis prevails among cattle.
 Nathan Straus, who for fifteen years has been fighting tuberculosis by supplying pasteurized milk to the poor of New York City, said he spoke from practical experience when he said that the peril of tuberculosis in milk can be absolutely removed by pasteuriZation Citing the demonstra- ton by Dr. Schroeder and the finding of the British royal commission of tuberculosis, Mir Straus said:
 Tn the face Of these irrefutable conclusions of science, it is criminal folly to rest in the ignorance of the past and to minimize the danger of raw milk
 It is easy enought to get the pub lie to do nothing. This is the tenden- cy of the unfortunate misstatements made by men who are ignoraDt of these demonstrations Thef% careless brushing aside of the milk peril is cal culated to luIl the people into a sense of security where there is no safety.
 Regard for human life demands that the proved facts of the peril of 1 tuberculosis in the milk be admitted and declared, not denied.
 Then the remedy will come in the presentation of the milk supplies where there is no positive proof of the origin of the milk from healthy cattle and of its protection from in i lection.
 Tt is significant of the progress that is being made that within the past week two medical commissions one in New York and one in Washing ton-have reported in favor of pas teurization.
 with the destruction of the tuber- cle bacilli in the milk it can be safely declared that New York's tubercu- losis record would De impossible.
 ''In the past five years, in this city, there were S7,767 new cases of tuber- | culosis of the lungs, and tuberculosis of all kinds caused 47,S31 deaths, which was over 13 per cent of the to- tai deaths from all causes, and 2S per I cent of these victims were under twenty-five years of age.
 1 Tt Is unthinkable that this slaugh. | ter should go on unchecked, when science has laid it's finger on the com mon cause of infection, pointing tc i the tubercle bacilli in the milk bottle 1 But the ravages of this diseaese will go on until every mother knows 1 that it is a crime to give her child raw milk, aud until the health author ities recognize that their first duty is to prevent the people. practically all of whom use raw milk, trying to sub sist upon a diet of consumptive germs
 Gentlemen, you are leading the world in this fight against tubercu losis by warning on the tubercle ba 1 cilli in the milk bottle, and I leave 1 with you the one word that is the key note of success-prevention. !"
 Dr. Simon Baruch of New York spoke from his experience as a prac titioner in advocating pasteurization | Dr. c. W. Saleeby, the British scien tist, said 1t was homicidal to give g child raw milk.