The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-04

piled to milk consists in heating it
for a short period Of time at a tenn
! Eerature below the boiling point, fol-
: lowed by rapid chilling.
Pasteurization does not mean.
simply the heating Of milk; the sub
ssquent rapid cooling is a very inn
portant part OF the process.
The records of tuberculosis caus-
ing the death of children in some
parts Of Europe and the United
States, show that ten per cent of
the deaths are from that cause, i
. believe If more thorough %investiga-
ton is made, 1t would show a great
er percentage, because many of the
intestinal troubles are due to that
and a number of other so-called
children's dlseases might we'll be
classed in the same category. Among
persons who live to old age, there
are a great many who show that
they have had tuberculosis in earlier
; life. the remaining scars told the
= story"
/ believe the above remarks are
just as applicable to bovine tubercu-
losis.
! We all realize that it is a more
difficult matter to diagnose tubercul-
losis in cattle. 7 lat is by the ordi-
nary methods used in physical dag
nosis. But Wen it comes to using
tuberculin tests the advantage is in
favor of the skilled veterinarian.
DR.. w. c. White OF Pittsburg, re-
ports a rather unusual case when
there was no doubt, but hat there
we're t~uberculous infections from the
use of milk. The abstract account
in the journal is as follows:
There developed in is months 8
cases of tuberculosis in a family of
8 who had not lived together for 10
years. who were scattered in 6 diff
ferent homes in S different American
and Canadian cities. The ages of
the victims ranged from Z to 20
years. There was no known source
of infection; they had always lived
under the best conditions. Four
were diagnosticated by the presence
of tubercle bacilli, one by tubercu-
lin, and three by physical signs and
symptoms. White made or confirm
ed the diagnosis in every case. The
members Of the family were brought
up on milk without other beverage
a " water until they left home. The
father consumed large quantities of
cream. The mother, who escaped,
took very little milk, no can save
in her tea, and very little butter.
About the time the family ceased to
live together they moved into a new
house. and the source Of milk short
ly after changed. The symptoms of
intestinal distress were common to
all patients. lney We're SO marked
in two cases that the appendix was
removed from each under the sup
position that this was the fault. The
tnbercle bacilli were in the four
cases in which they were found, of
similar morphologic structure, that
conforming to the bovine type as
described by Weber and others.
The Congress on Tuberculosis de-
cided. that cattle may communicate
the disease to, human beings. BY a
unanimous vote it was decided that
preventive measures to continue
against bovine tuberculosis and that
the possibility of the. transmission OF
these to man be recognized.
The decision was that every effort
to prevent the spread of the disease.
should be begun and that the human
race should receive the benefit of the
doubt as to the transmission of the
disease. T.
For sometime / have been con-
WINGED that mixed infection has a
great deal to do with the virulency
of a tubercular disease, and tends
toward producing cavities in the
lungs and causing liberation of It's
sue more than does the plain case
of tuberculosis. .s
Prof. Revenel says That cavity for
nation as seen in the chronic, ulcera-
tive type of tuberculosis is peculiar
to men. In cattle large aseous
spaces are found which usually per-
sists for a long time.
Mixed infections do not seem to
be found with anything like that in
men. He also says that in swine
there is a marked tendency to fibor-
osis of the lung, and little or no ten
dency to cavity formation. Hence
he believes that the lower animals
are more free from the general run
of bacteria.
Bovine tuberculosis Through the Di-
gestive Tract 8
A series Of experiments by noted
men r as follows:
From the findings of all these men
1t is safe to conclude that an easy
route for tubercle bacilli to follow
in forcing an entry into a healthy
animals organs is through the in
testinal mucosa. 1t also appears
that a great many animals are equal
ly susceptible to the bacilli of bovine
and human tuberculosis, and it APP
pears, further. that young animals
fall victims to tuberculosis through
alimentary canal infection much
more easily than do older animals.
Knopf and Won Behring have indie
pendently advanced the theory that
it is probable that a nigh percentage
Of those who first show signs of tu-
berculosis during adolescence have
contracted their infection during in
fancy or early childhood, and that
the foci Of disease have remained
dormant during years Of outdoor life
only to awaken to activity at the
time when maturity is approaching,