The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-23


The danger Of getting germs O
tuberculosis IN the kys,ern BY eating
or drinking dairy products from ta-
berculoug cows does not disturb
many persons. for the reason that
they have been consuming dairy |
products and are still alive MOST
Of rs have taken these germs with
our food many times. and not lev
have been affected more or less Sc
rionsly with some form OF tubercu-
Iosis without knowing IL indeed
IL Is rare that a person reaches much
age without having been overcome
| BY these germs or overcoming many
of them. This seems at first thought
to remove the subject from serious
consideration: but one OF the prop
lens OF the future Is 10 save man
from tuberculosis, and In that Work
| IL seems that the greatest part OF
the problem will be III avoiding the
use of the dairy products that carry
tuberculosis germs.
| Serious ProbIem.-If one will
of his own acquaintance have died
from consumption or tuberculosis in
some form, he will begin to realize
how serious the problem is. 1t may
be his turn next; or, IL not his turn
that of some friend or relative.
Dairymen will complain when health
boards insist on wholesome milk.
- huc 10
fered with. Those who are legally
the representatives of the people can
do no higher service to the people
than to protect them against I'M
, wholesome food. Packers and can
ners of food are under more or less
restraint now; the dairymen might
as we'll make up their minds that
they, too, will be held accountable
for the quality of the food they pre-
!, pare for market.
. Some Startling Tests.-A circular
: juse issued by the Bureau of Anima
- Industry, United States Department
!. of Agriculture, No. 1877, deals will
= investigations of DR.. e. G. Schroeder
and Mr.. w. E. Cotton relative t
? tuberculosis germs in butter. Butter
- was made from the milk of a tuber
= culous cow, kept for various periods
- and then inoculated into guinea pigs
With the exception of five that dice
prematurely and one that was killed
all the guinea pigs died Of general
lied tuberculosis. The one that wa
ki1Iod Uac also affQ6tpH
d One-fOurth of the Samples Infect
If ed!-The results of the experiment
Is prove conclusively that tubercle ba
b. cilli- may live and retain their viru
1T lence in ordinary sailed butter praC
r tically four and half months, o
ut longer. Not much has been sal
~ heretofore about the danger of cal
ing affected butter, while much ha
e, been said about the use of affecte
t. milk or cream. But these exper
ut ments show that the danger in affect
Id ed butter deserves serious attention
a. Tubercle bacilli in milk move bot
Is upward and downward, away froI
re the intermediate layer of skim mill
)0t The downward movement is due t
e. their high specific gravity and tn
Mt upward movement to the tenacit
y with which they adhere to the con
r paratively large cream globules. Th
W. sediment at the bottom of the vesse
lis therefore, and the cream will cor
On tain more bacilli per volume tina
d. the milk. 1t may be noted here tia
lie an annual report of the Secretary
rk Agriculture states that the examin:
I'D ton of sediment taken from creal
is separators of public creamerie
throughout the country has demon
Sc strated the presence of tubercle b;
ne cilli in about one-fourth of the san
er pies. One-fourth of the sample
Is. mind you. Is that not enough |
Mt make man think seriously?
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