The Washington herald., 1912-01-07
BERLTNERS REMARKABLE CAREER
A BOON TO MODERN SCIENCE

lead the world IN mechanical and scien-
tfic work"
what caused you to take up the sub
ject of health 20
they lose a child that the Lord gave, but
the Lord has seen proper TO recall His
gift. I lost q child. Afterward another
was at the edge of death. Doctors came
and went. They experimented. but did
the child no good. Then Mre. Berllner
and took charge Of the case ourselves
We began. as was sensible, with the
child's food. In q little while Il was
called the laboratory baby by our
friends. saw in a short time that the
child was getting strong and weil-thst
pure milk, air. and sunshine were helping
nature TO perform its functions. So there
was one instance, coming within my
own knowledge, you see, when the Lord
did not recall His Gift. though He might
have let the child die had itz parents sat
down, wrung their hands, and believed
the doctors. That baby ~ now girl
eleven years old and Is IN the best Of
health
The Slaughter of Haman Beings.
Naturally, I became greatly interested
In the cause OF infant mortality. had
made one experiment and Il had been
successful. got statistics and books and
found that the slaughter--and slaughter
is the word I want to use--that the
slaughter of babies In this country could
be directly traced to contaminated eowB'
milk. Likewise. discovered that adults
here in Washington and elsewhere IN the
United States were dying all the time
OF tuberculosis and typhoid fever also be-
cause OF the use OF disease-spreAding
milk. I organised, therefore. the Society
for the Prevention Of Sickness. Its Of
fee Is right here in this library. I am
It's secretary and only ofhcer. For nine
years I have been printing pamphlets and
weekly bulletins, principally about milk.
1 have been honored by the presence in
this room OF the ablest and most noted
health authorities connected with the ma
tional government
Robert Koch. the German who discov-
cred the bacilli Of tuberculosis In lSs2
and Of cholera in 1sS3 has said that
cows with consumption cannot communi-
cate the disease to mankind. DR.. Ernest
c. Schroeder, superintendent OF the ex-
pertinent station OF the Bureau Of AMI
NAL Industry. United States Agricultural
Department, during a conference at my
home, made known his discovery. now
accepted by scientific men, that bovine
tuberculosis can be spread among human
beings, not that the milk contains tubercle
that II becomes infected during the OPP
Grafton OF milking. the germs falling OF
the COW into the bucket, and. being pres
ent in the excreta on the flour, are
likely to be found on the hair OF every
COW In the stable. Bovine bacillus.
Schroeder and others have shown, II
changed into the human kind when i
enters the blood OF a human being.
1T is my belief. founded on careful
investigation, that a large percentage Of
the persons dying OF tuberculosis con-
tracted the disease BY the use OF milk
Prof. Won Behring, a celebrated European
specialist on consumption. says that the
longer he studies the fight against tuber-
culosis, the more certain he becomes that
cows milk Is the principal source Of
Americans die Of tuberculosis annually,
which means that 100000 men, women.
and children now living will die OF that
disease. unless headway Is made TO pre-
vent contagion.
Infected MIX sold Everywhere.
'One-tourth Of the COWS IN the country.
I have reason to think, have consump-
ton. Milk from those cows is being sold
in villages and cities. Grown people
drink It and die Infants drink 1t and
die, not necessarily at once but when
they grow up, because, as schlossman,
OF Dusseldorf ont the Rhine, asserts. the
dormant, but become active in later life
and lead to death"
you have said that medical societies
oppose the pasteuri1ation OF milk?"
II have made that statement many