Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-09
TUBERCULOSIS IS
Being CONQUERED.
Wonderful Enlightenment Upon
Important Subject Comes
From Congress.
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/ CLIMATE NOT A FACTOR.
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CLIMATE NOT A FACTOR.
Proper Regard Of Rules of Health
Agreed Upon as Weapon With
Which to Combat Disease.
special CORRESPONDENTS

! Special Correspondents
Washington. D. c.. Oct 5.--If every
man and woman on earth could know
and appreciate the work Of the Tuber-
| culosis congress now in session in
Washington, consumption would soon
be stamped out Modern sanitary meth
DDS and modern ideas have elilninat-
ed from the list of human ills many of
| the diseases which formerly devastated
states, countries and nations. The
plague" which depopulated London
some centuries ago is practically un-
/ known today. Iyphus fever Is seldom
| heard of now and yellow Jack"
which was always present In Santi-
| ago and Havana to the menace of the
| United States has been almost elimin-
| ated since those cities were cleaned up
in 1892 as the results of American
| occupation.
The Phthisis experts. who are now in
| Washington, in attendance upon the
| congress. are agreed upon one point
at least They are practically unanl-
| nous in declaring that plenty of fresh
air, proper food and ample rest re-
| suit in the cure of even obstinate
cases OF consumption. They are also
agreed, apparently. that it is not nee
| essary to "change climate" The patient
| with symptoms of tuberculosis need not
1 leave Chicago. or Washington. New
| York or Omaha If he, or she, will OBJ
! serve the rules of health. Absolute
rest during the continuance of the few
er, which is n certain symptom of the
| disease, plenty of pure air and absence
4 of worry are the prime requisites, The
| very ablest practitioners who make
tuberculosis their specially are all
| agreed upon this and the results OF
| such treatment in Pennsylvania and
| New York particularly, bear out their
/ claims.
ONE OPEN QUESTION.
Yet there still remains an open ques-
| ton as to the best method of stamp
ing out the cause Of the prevalence and
| spread of "the great white plague
Among the delegates to the
i congress now In session here. is
DR.. G.. e. Dyson of Chicago, who is
one Of the most eminent veterinary sur
geons in the country, and who has de-
voted much of his time to human as
/ well as bovine tuberculosis, Is firmly
of The belief that the United States
/ can and should stamp out consumption.
Twenty years ago he said today,
i "pleuro-pneumonia and the foot and
/ mouth disease among cattle were COM
i mon in every section Of the country.
/ The causes of those diseases were un-
i known. Butsthe remedy was easily as
4 certained. 1t consisted solely tin the
i slaughter of every heard affected, and,
j under authority vested In 1t by the Cons
Il gressS of the United States the bureau
/ of animal industry of the department.
l OF agriculture proceeded to Kill and pay
i for every affected animal. The result?
Today there is not known case of
i either of those contagious diseases in.
! any herd of cattle in America.
ON the other hand, it Is known pos
itively that II per cent of all the dairy
cattle, from which the milk supply Of
the city of New York is obtained, are
| COWS suffering from tuberculosis. Many
/ cities have adonted ordinances which
assure the consumer of milk against
the COW with tuberculosis. But there
is no guarantee backed by federal au-
| thority that the consumptive COW of
| Iowa or Illinois does not furnish the
/ butter or milk for Milwaukee or New
York.
DISEASE IN COWS.
''The federal laws protect the con-
/ sumer Of meat and meat products from
/. the danger of consuming the flesh Of
1 diseased animals, provided of course
/ that tho animal is slaughtered in an
establishment which Is under govern
| ment supervision. But the reports
made to the bureau Of animal INDUSTRY
| of the department of agriculture snow
! that of all the carcasses Of beef cattle
! inspected 90 per cent OF those condemn
| ed are cows AS less than 80 per cent
of cattle slaughtered in the establish
ments under 1eder;T inspection are
cows, 1t follows that the geater number
of cows probably killed for food
by local butchers are tainted with the
bacillus of the dread disease.
TRUE ALSO OF HOGS.
"The same is true of hogs, especially
those which are bred and fed on dairy
farms. 1t has never been demonstrated
that a human being contracted con-
sumption from eating meat OF an AMI
NAL affected by tuberculosis. There
arc two prime reasons for this. IN
the first place a degree of heat suffl-
Gent to properly cook pork or beer
will certainly destroy the bacilii OF
consumption. Again the disease at
lacks the Emphatic glands and the
viscera and those are parts not usually
eaten. But on the other hand, the
hogs slaughtered by the packers OF
Chicago, Omaha, Kansas City, Buftalo
and other points which are condemned
by the federal inspectors are almost
always traced back to dairy farms,
and frequently to the experiment sta
tons. The natural inference is that
these hogs contract disease from IN
fected cattle. Now if hog can con-
| tract consumption from drinking the
| milk of q. COW llltcCleU Will tuDSi Nuio
sis it follows that an infant may pc.
and undoubtedly is, equally susceptible
to contract the disease from like
source. Consequently it would appear
& to be the duty of the federal govern
ment to step in and absolutely prohibit
the traffic in milk and dairy products,
butter and cheese, from one state to
another without federal inspection of
the herds which supply the dairy pro-
ducts.
CAN LOCATE DISEASE.
ut has been demonstrated, beyond
the shadow of doubt. that an animal
suffering from tuberculosis can be
picked out But the trouble lies In the
fact that tho disease Is most prevalent
among the high grade s'pampered'
animals. The owners resent the idea OF
Il federal interference and up to the
present time they have fought against
federal, state and municipal inspec-
ton. COW suffering from pleuro-
pneumonia or foot and mouth disease
q soon dies When she is worn out she
is still salable for beef to the local
butcher and the owner suffers no
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