Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-11

| slaeIdDly TO The cost OF milk as to
make 1t a luxury except for the rich.
The Remedy.
1t is easy to see the magnitude of
the evil, but what is to be the RENE
dy? Obviously the thing to be aimed
al Is compulsory examination of all
] COWS by the tubercuin test and weed :
| ing out of those found to be tubercu-
lous. This is distinctly recommended
IN the bulletin and it is very wisely
suggested that the Objectionable cows
should be purchased out of u govern
ment compensation fund, as in fact
Is already done in Pennsylvania.
|. This Is assuredly a most important,
! If not the first, requirement---to raise
/, the veterinary standard oe the cattle
turnout the country to the highest pos
sible pitch 1t is however. still more
imperative to urge the necessity of inn
provement in dairy procedure from
first to last, so as to minimize the risk
of injecting healthy milk on its way
to the consumer. Much OF this I'M
provement could be effected without
any great outlay. but as already hint
ed. the maximum of scrupulosity en-
tails an increase in the. price of the
product which places 1t beyond the
reach of ordinary purchasers.
There remains, therefore. for the
present at least. but one way of dealing
with all milk whatever, except In a
few special cases, where 1t is procured
under exceptionally favorable condi-
tions-and that is, in my opinion, pas
teurization.
observation-disclosures Advantages.
"'rhe effective pasteuriZation Of milk
or heating of milk as DIR. Rosenau pre-
fers to call 1t, consists in maintaining
the milk at a temperature of 14o de-
grees Fahrenheit for twenty minutes
in closed vessel, and then cooling it
rapidly. Exposure to that temperature
for that amount of time Is fatal to the
germs of tuberculosis. typhoid diph-
iberia. dysentery, cholera, etc. but
does not destroy the chemical ferments
present in milk. which, are supposed, In
the absence of definite information. to
be Of great value in making the milk
digestible
Now it is pretty generally admitted
that milk heated in the way Dr. Ros-
enau describes Is a great safeguard
against the diseases mentioned, and
that 1t has a beneficial effect in re-
ducing the risk of infantile diarrhoea,
but there are still doctors who believe
that its disadvantages outweigh It's
merits as food for infants.
Alleged Disadvantages.
For instance, it has been asserted
that scurvy may result from feeding
children with heated milk, but our two
doctors show that in the rare instances
when it occurs 1t is very likely due to
over feeding with milk that Is ex-
cessively fat and deficient in potassium
salts. In all cases the scurvy readily
yields to simple treatment.
"Rickets Is another disease that has
been attributed to the use of pas
teurized milk, but the general opinion
of physicians regards 1T as due to other
Authorization and i'm
proper hygiene.
80 FAR from pasteurized milk being
more difficult Of digestion that raw
milk, as is sometimes asserted, the
heated milk Is found to be more COM
pletely absorbed than the raw; the
curd is softer and will therefore be-
have In the stomach more like the fine
curd of human milk; large fat curds
are less likely to be formed in the
stomach.
II have always pasteurized at 15T
degrees F., for twenty minutes, and this
heat has not been found to destroy the
chemical ferments. Experience is bet
ter than theory, and my experience has
so demonstrated the success of 157 de-
grees that am 10th to change my
method