Chicago eagle., 1909-07-31

over the protest Of the inspector on
that floor and 1t went to the public
marked u. 8. Inspected and Passed.
Meanwhile the traction graft, stolen
from the city, has been lost sight Of.
Il was delighted to see in the Her.
ald this morning the editorial ON
The Sterilization Fad It was time.
ly. eminently sensible and full 0f
meat" said Dr. Louis Fisher. "The
Herald has properly characterized
this medical craze for sterilization
and pasteurixation a. precisely what
It is-a tad. and Il IL one concern.
Ing which there u much misunder.
standing and no little misrepresents'
0on."
Dr.. FISHER 10 Q recognized authority
q high standing on the subject. Hc
= . fellow Of the New York Academy
Of Medicine. . visiting physician 10
She willard Parker and Riverside
hospitals, q former instructor in the
diseases Of children In the New York
fe0t-G Graduate Medical School and
Hospital ana the author Of standard
treatise on the diseases Of infancy
and childhood.
"The fact is." Dr. Fisher continued,
smen who have made careful study
OF <he subject are coming to recog.
niss more fully the fact that sterili'
sation and pasteurisation Of milk. In
stead Of being q cure all. a. many
physicians and others would have 10
think. 10 really an additional evil. In
my hospital practice uniformly use
the raw milk. merely modifying or
diluting Il to such q degree a. to
adapt Il TO the assimilative capacity
Of the child under treatment
ION the question Of sterilized milk
the weight OF evidence seems to
show that the process, while prevent
Ing undue fermentation. SO changes
certain OF the natural ferments and
some Of the fats that the milk 10 less
easily digested and less nutritious
The Sterilization OF milk 10 advocated
chiefly TO destroy pathogenic bac'
teria. The profession has been ed
ucated to the belief that we must
kin all living micro-orsanisms In food.
Sentiment Has Changed.
when the method was hrst advo'
Gated the profession adopted It In all
parts Of the world, 20 that thousands
Of babies have been brought up on
sterilised milk. Within the last few
years sentiment has changed. Ster.
iii1ation accomplishes the destruction
Of pathogenic bacteria. but It also
possesses certain disadvantages. and
II must be constantly borne in mind
that the spores OF pathogenic bac'
teria cannot be destroyed by the or
dinary process Of sterilization.
I'VE know now that great many
children fed on sterilized milk dc
velop scurvy. The same is true OF
children fed on boiled milk. II ID
evident that children require phos'
phatic and ferric proteids In a Nv
ing form, which are only contained
In raw milk. In my own practice
have so frequently been disappointed
In the use OF sterilized milk that
within the last few years ! have en-
tirely discontinued its use.
"What I have said OF sterilized
milk applies In lesser degree to pas
teurized milk. have frequently found
cases of infants fed on pasteurized
milk that showed the same symp
toms. though in a milder degree
than what We know to be true ~
steriNzed milk feeding.
I'm applying the principle OF In
FAINT feeding the first thing 10 do II
to initiate nature. That means TO give
to the baby Just what nature has or
dained for II to receive-raw milk
Since clinical experience has demon
strated that the prolonged use o
sterilized milk and boiled milk will
produce scurvy. and that improve
ment Is Immediately noted when raw
milk II given or raw beef Juice, does
II not seem more plausible to com