The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-11-16

bacillus is spread chiefly through dis
charges from the nose and throat
bovine tuberculosis is spread through
the ejecta of the bowels. 1t is easy to
see that the stable must be immacu-
late in which there is no chance for
dirt or pollution of the milk This
explains, too, why tuberculosis is so
much on the increase amonS hogs
Allowed to root in the manure of tn ;
barn yard, they may be sim ply living
on germs. There is also with cows
tuberculosis of tie udder, in which
case the bacillus passes directly into
the milk and is very virulent
Works Quickly.
The speed with which infection
takes place is apparent from an ex-
pertinent carried on by the animal in
dustry department Three consump-
tive cattle were placed in the corral
with seven perfectly healthy cows
Within six months the seven healthy
ones were also tubercular.
Pasteurization of the milk does kill
the germs if properly done, but much
of the commercial pasterization con-
sista in merely heating the milk to a
high temperature for a very short
time. II has the possible effect of de-
Stroying some of the food properties
of the milk and certainly does not kill
The germs
To insure the determination of the
germs it is necessary to hold the milk
ut l40 degrees for twenty minutes. or
1t $50 degrees for ten minutes
Sunlight is the worst enemy of the
great white plague. Germs exposed
to it die quickly, while in the dark
and wet they will live for months.
Germs of tuberculosis have been
found to remain alive and effective in
butter for one hundred and sixty
days.
Contracted When Young.
The great point being made now in
regard to the control and prevention
Of consumption which is killing of
the people of the country at the rate
of one in five, is that it is during
childhood that the disease is con-
tracted, Protect the children and you
have the disease under control Emf
nent European scientists who have
made tests with hundreds of children
and older people, give out ASTONISHING
figures with regard to the prevalence
of the tuberculosis bacillus in children
from one to seventeen years old. The
figures for children from one to two
years show about % per cent infected
from four to ten years, anywhere
from 40 to II per cent; and between
ten and seventeen so, "a and in one
case 100 per cent. AS these figures
were obtained from children from the
poorer classes in European cities, the
average may be higher than for q
more general examination, but ever
as they are, it is a matter for the
greatest alarm.
Not All Die.
Not all of these children will die OF
tuberculosis. The scientists do MOI
mean to say that, but they argue thai
no person can have consumption with
out acquiring the tuberculosis bacillu!
at some time, and that the time wher
it is most generally taken into the
system is during childhood In strong
healthy children, brought up with
| plenty of sunshine and air, it may
never develop into anything serious
Some scientists go so far as to say
/ that practically no one contracts tn.
| berculosis after the age of puberty
|
worlds greatest authorities, says tina
| from tests made that it was possible
to demonstrate by the reaction tC
tuberculin that almost everyone al
| one time or another in life has beel
| infected but that this infection led tC
a clinical disease, or even to death
only in a relatively small percentag,
of the cases. OF the greatest import
ance was the discovery that these in
fections took place in childhood, Sc
that at fourteen practically everybod.
had been subject to it,
| For the cases of infection so yer,
young milk seems the obvious cause
! The consumptive COW is therefor,
! the greatest enemy tothe child. Will
| healthy herds maintaine there is NJ
need why the child should get into it!
system this evil little plant, the tuher
culosis germ, which may grow an(
grow until it chokes out the chil1'.
life. 1t may lie dormant for years
! and then. when the system is eall-
ened by illness or shock or ovcrwork
seize the advantage and grow int
something too strong for fighting