The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-02-07
RED CROSS HEALTH LESSONS.
Milk
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why do we have a milk question? Because milk is apt to be
Why is milk apt to be more dangerous to health than other
animal food is cooked. Thorough cooking kills the harmful @fa germs rms
as charcoal does. 1t will soon taste of tobacco, onions, fish OF frut
if exposed to these things in an open pitcher 81 90 ou dr n -" also
onions and other strong tasting substances fed to IN e" ~ aIo
e"' MIX should have no odor at all, or at most a slight character
itc odor. A "cowy" odor means smelly barns poor DAIRY me'no
"' Does milk decompose readily? MIX decomposes more readily
than any other food. 1t spols ever more quickly than tresh Irm'
handle and transport n a safe and satisfactory manner. u Tequ"tS
the greatest care from pasture i 10 b Pni' ,h amg II rO \ q p cas- " w " of telling
the good from the bad.
Is milk apt to contain more impurities than drinking water
Water contains only a few diseases-typhoid fever mainly. MILK
conveys many diseases -t tuberculosis, scarlet fever diPhtherla' sepuc
terra, as a rule, soon die in water, while they gro" u multiply !"
Is milk more dangerous than other foods? MIR is i responsible aG
for more sickness and more deaths than all other odstutiS pu'
"ee1 How much milk is used? Ten billion gallons a year in this
navies of the world. only about one-quart Of this vast amount y
Each person in the United States use on an average nan q
=" How is milk made? MIX is formed from the blood directly and
contains many of its important substances Some Oh mes ~ ar
changed chang cha from the blood into the mix one''' "s' - -
OF what special importance is the fact that milk is formed d
rectly from the oloo %acunn u T igeoa same some If these substance pass
from the blood into the milk and are of benefit to the nursing baby
For instance. mothers milk may contain the antitoXin Of dlphthera
Cows milk does not contain diphtheria antitoTin because cow are
mot notu SuG'e erot t. dlph, rhch is ef found e V only in an mothers milk.
Does milk contain life? MIR is a vita fiuId, p Dut II tnnS Is 10 81
alive. III act Ilh Is hNao INV pNSE5
is drawn, just IS blood decomposes 500 after it is shed. Ie oly
i've thinps i'm milk m the bacteria, and they are very much awe
WHY did III parents hear nothing about n dangerous pacleil"
in milk when they were young? Because the dangers we're no
realized until recent years. Even after the tuberculosis germ was
discovered in 1882, 1t took a long time before IL va louhu t"
these germs often contaminate milk. The same story Is ior
tvphod bacilli. diphtheria, and other infectious germs.
We often hear people say, Look at me! an maze au healE
and so years. | have always been fond of milk, and II ia never
hurt me-" Such people forget that the fruits of victory cannot oe
measured by the survivors alone. W e must have the list OF n khleu
and wounded too. More victims have fallen rs a result OF lnfected
milk than as a result of bullets in war.
Is milk often dirty? Yes, very often. Frequently II ohtalh
so much dirt that the specks may be seen a 8 a sediment IN ne bot
tom al the bottle or glass. Ordinarily the dirt cannot be seen e
special machine called a elarifier. The bacteria and posons cahho.
be filtered out nor separated out. The commissioner OF healh OF
chicago estimated that twenty-five tons of dirt are brought Ia
through the city milk supply every year. ..
How often does milk contain germs OF tuberculosis! ABOUT
ona sample mi of every twelve of the milk found i a city contains
germs of tuberculosis. i.
Are the tubercle germs in milk dangerous? Yes; especially to
children. About % per cent of tuberculosis IN hiule y Vi Oe
bovine variety. That is one out of every four cases of tuberculosis
In children Is contracted from cows milk.
Do cattle suffer often from tuberculosis? very otteh. -
How "a the danger from tuberculosis IN mix ID Voueu
There ar two methods of prevention. The flrst is o hmhat
tuberculosis from cattle. and the second to pasteuriZe n mix.
Is 1t easy to eliminate tuberculosis from cattle! II IS M as
diffcult II eliminate tuberculosis from cattle rs 1t is nan
Can milk ever be trusted? If a herd OF cows ma Deeh
carefully tested with tubercuHn, and these tests are repeated every
sly months and If the herd, furthermore, is examined from time o
time by a skilled veterinary surgeon, then the milk from such a
herd may with all reasonable safety, be regarded a s re- ron dah-
ger of conveying tubercle baelh.
Lesson No. Q will be Fresh Air" Watch for it,
N. A. WINTERS.