Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-08-14

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II was delighted to see in the Her.
cid this morning the editorial ON
The Sterilization Fad Il was time
~. eminently sensible and full Of
msat." said br. Louis Fisher. "The
Herald has properly characterized
this medical erase for sterilization
and pasteurisation - precisely what
It is--a fad. and Il IL one concern.
ing which there 10 much misunder.
standing and no little misrepresensa'
tion."
Dr.. Fisher 10 Q recognized authority
q high standing on the subject. He
q Q fellow Of the New York Academy
Of Medicine. a visiting physician to
the Willard Parker and Riverside
hospitals, q former instructor In the
diseases OF children In the New York
fest- Graduate Medical School and
Hospital and the author OF standard
treatise on the diseases Of infancy
and childhood.
"Ths fact is." Dr. Fisher continued,
"men who have made careful study
Of the subject are coming to recog.
niss more fully the fact that sterili.
sation and pasteurixation Of milk. In
stead Of being . cure oil. 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 It to such . degree ~ TO
adapt II TO the asslmilative capacity
Of the child under treatment.
ION the question Of sterilised 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'
terra. The profession has been ed.
ucated to the belief that we must
kin all living micro-organisms 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
sterilized milk. Within the last few
years sentiment has changed. Ster'
ilization accom- plishes 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 Q great many
children fed on sterilised milk do
velop scurvy. The same 10 true OF
children fed on boiled milk. 1t 10
evident that children require phos.
phatic and fsrric proteids In Nv
ing form. which ore only contained
In raw milk. In my own practice
have 90 frequently been disappointed
In the use Of stsrilised milk that
within the last few years ! have en-
tirely discontinued ks use.
"WhGt q have said OF stsrilised
milk applies in lesser degree TO pas
teurised milk. have frequently found
cases OF infants ted on pasteuriSed
milk that showed the same symp'
toms, though In q milder degree
than what We know to be true 0i
steriNzed milk feeding.
"In applying the principle OF In
fant feeding the first thing 70 DO Is
10 initiate nature. That means 70 give