The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-22
GOVERNMENT AID FOR CATTLE
WHY NOT A LITTLE FOR MAN

Farmers Bulletins in editions of mil
lions, is entirely too poor to issue tn,
valuable public health bulletins of th,
public health service in editions Of
more than few thousands. That Il
lcannot afford department of health
Igoes without saying. The national
government cannot afford to give tc
the health of it's citizens the attention
that it gives to live stock. Most of us
cannot help feeling more interest IN
the health and welfare of human be.
Iings than in that of cattle and hogs
This, we admit, is unstatesmanlike.
Yet, after all, is not human being
even a child-worth something? Not
so much as an Alderney COW. of course.
but still something to Justify
the expenditure of few cents to save
the life of the child where dollars are
spent to save the life of the COW? 1t
is our possibly misguided belief, says
The Journal of the American Medical
Association that it is worth at least
this much; and this must be our apol.
Iogy for Offering plan for utilizing
some of the agricultural department
publications in the prevention of di-
Isease among human beings. We has
ten to add that the added expense for
paper and typesetting would be in.
|finitesimal; we do not believe that the
interests of the live stock will be
jeopardized
We have before us Farmers Bulle-
tin on tuberculosis in farm animals.
which begins with a section on the
Mature of the Disease" We read:
Tuberculosis is contagious, it may
not attract much notice from the
owner of the cattle, as the disease is
slow to develop and COW may be af-
fected for several months" etc. Our
suggestion would be to insert Tin brac-
kets, so that attention would not be
too seriously diverted from the cattle)
the words father or mother of the
children" after owner of the cattle
and the word child" after Cow" We
have no suggestions to offer as to the
chapter on Importance; the problem
is clearly stated: "The Importance of
the disease must be estimated from
two points of view; first, the loss it en-
tails on the cattle-owner and second,
the danger to human beings"
The chapter on Symptoms" is fair |
ly satisfactory; careful perusal of |
this chapter might enable a mother to |
suspect that her child was not suffer |
Ing from common bad cough" (just |
as it helps the cattle-owner to see that |
unusual is wrong with mis- |
cow and it was time to consult a
physician. We must admit that tie
section "Post-Mortem Appearances"
might not be of directly practical value |
still its perusal might possibly con-
vince person with leanings toward
1ddyism that it would be little hard
o will away "tuberculous Jumps" The
,hapter on ''The Tubercle Bacillus"
would be very useful, for here we
would find practical statements, such
Is that the bacillus "can live for a long
ime in favorable surroundings, such
IS dark or dirty stables (rooms)."
similarly the chapter on How the
Disease Spreads" would be decidedly
PRACTICAL: Sooner or later the tuber-
ulous COW (person) begins to give off
he germs of the disease" they es-
ape from the COW (human being) by
he mouth, nose. ETC.; germs are
oughed up and strayed over the food
n front of the COW Individually cows
people) in adjoining stalls (beds) may
cquire the disease in this way" "The
erms get into the milk, and hogs and
alves (little boys and girls) are very
eadily infected by it, The chapter
n How Herd (Family) is Infected"
excellent, as is also the chapter on
Sanitation" In the latter, for ex-
bple, we would read that dark, dirty,
rowded stables (houses) are favor
Bile to tuberculosis; clean, airy, we'll
GIFTED stables (houses) are unfayor-
BILE to the development of the di-
ease" Stables (houses) should
ave plenty of air space for each ami
al (whether of monetary value or
1ly man, etc. But the advice about
lnitary homes (for cattle) is so ex-
Silent that we might safely advise the
sople to build such stables and then J
,cupy them themselves.
But after ALL Might we not hope :
lat in the course Of time it would be
,ssible for the United States govern
ent occasionally to discuss the man