The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-02
Boil All Milk.

Boil All Milk
At the recent convention of the Amer
iran Association of Clinical Research,
seld in Baltimore, notice was served on
me public the 5th of November. by the
Goctors there assembled. to boil all the
milk used In the thirteen States where
the foot and mouth ailment prevails.
II mothers will boil the milk. even
from tuberculin-tested herds or the milk
sually certified and supposed 10 be
~ gienic. they will make no mistake.
ma insures protection to the infant. as
U ell as any others who NAV imblbe this
snoWy. ambrosial nectar. Very delicate
T2rsons and infants not nursed at the
least, are peculiarly susceptible TO this
s.sWest of modern plaques.
In remote fashion a few Of the vari-
IL symptoms of this dread cattle
scourge resemble biblical leprosy. IL
J.. however, more inflammaole, decided
l. more contagious. and less chronic In
It's course. Furthermore. the m,crobe OF
lcprosy was identified a score of years
ago, and is known as the leprosy ba-
Cillus
On the other hand. the parasite OF
loot and mouth plague is so tiny that
the ultra-microscope, as well as all of
the meteorological bureaus of the
Rockefeller Institute have been I'M
able to detect it. Prof. Simon Flexner
and DR.. Hidyco Nogochi, each of whom
has to his credit the discovery of the
OF infantfle paralysis and rabies. have
IS yet failed to track to its lair the
even smaller demon of hoof and mouth
infection.
Symptoms and Cure.
In the human body. NJ less than in
O. tile, sheep and pigs. this modern
-o--,-go 1. r,or5;rarilv ocrrta euddeD
snd explosive in its course. From three
20 Eve days after a child feeds upon in
fected milk or a farmland, COW. sheep,
or pig has been in contact with an i'll
oreature. they, too. are down with the
malady.
What seems TO be a group Of fever
blisters or cold sores are observed upon
the lips. mouth, gums. tongue or ada
cent neighborhoods. These blisters soon
become filled with matter, break down,
nd form ugly ulcers and open sores.
The Individual or the affected animal
egins at once to exhibit symptoms of
-nguor, fatigue. wanness, and loss of
fesh
= the malady has its origin in the
ct of the COW. as is often the fact,
80 milk may or may not show definite
differences in color. thickness, and other
Visible qualities.
Fever, to be sure. is present. This is
rsuallv a conspicuous symptom in man.
Various types Of dermal cruptions anal
Gus to blisters and sores are also ap-
rent in the human instances of this
- TEMPER. Children are particularly
me 10 dysenteries restlessness, irri-
bility. crossness, and kidney compli-
IONS
one in every ten individuals go to
cir happy hunting grounds, while
any others never regain complete
-calth after en- attack. That is to say.
he mortality rate rises as high as ten
p the hundred.
Meat does not transmit the unseen.
. Donsible for hoof and mouth infections
Warnings issued against eating meat
during the present epidemic are, per-
Iaps, wise from economic reasons but
not for hygienic ones. Cattle and other
mails suspected Of harboring this
plague are destroyed not for the safety
~ humanity so much as for economic
"A ID husbandrv purposes.
Once this arch demon Of bovine dis
q "Ders invades the human tissues iso-
lion is necessary. disinfection with ap-
'opriate indictments of the sores
q eruptions must be carried out: /
? neutrality-suspicious. and citrate Of
"a are 10 be given internally. and the
al measures made to raise the heat
ID energy Of the ailinR body with
silly digested and strengthening food. |
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