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been shaken in their attitude to-
wards this greatest of all foods. Like
many scare articles, this one was
probably many years ahead of its
time, but it had certain fundamen-
tai truths.
! Before giving the facts we would
like to quote Mr.. A. v. Hardy of
Iowa City who is connected with
the State University of Iowa College
of Medicine. He says: 'Undulant
fever has been termed disease of
the future, but the rapidly increas-
isg recognition of cases makes it a
problem demanding immediate at
tention. When any new condition in
volving the public health thus sud
denly presents itself, there is always
danger of making regrettable err
rors, particularly in legislation con-
corning it. In undulant fever, due
caution in the Interpretation of the
observations should largely eliminate
T, this danger. A conservative attitude is
justified, since it appears obvious that
the disease is not new one, but one
newly recognized.
deaths are very few, serious
/ sequelae are infrequent and acute
suffering is unusual, but there is now
occurring an undetermined and prob
| ably severe economic loss. In pre-
venting this, the livestock and dairy
industry will APPARENTLY be concerned
and prematurely attempted eradi-
cation of contagious abortion would
prove both ineffective and disastrous.
4 In <An 1oIr
Of undulant fever is very inadequate,
and one can not wisely at this time
/ make llasty conclusions or incriminat-
ing statements. Much economic waste
and even impairment of human
health Through a decreased con-
sumption of milky may be avoided,
if we are content to study carefully
and quietly and then act wisely"
J DIR. Theobald Smith, one of the
leading Psychologists of the world
and member of the Rockefeller In
stitute, discussed at the annual state
conference in June the subject
'The Truth About Undulant Fever
Dr. Smith holds degrees as Doc
tor of Medicine and Doctor of Sci.
ence from American and foreign
universities. He has devoted his long
and eventful life to research and has
made many very important contribu-
lions to science.
Some of DR.. Smiths contributions
are as follows:
The bacillus is destroyed in the
process of pasteurization of milk
that if raw milk from cows suffer.
ing from contagious abortion is as
dangerous as a few over-enthusias-
tic persons think it is, then the dis
ease would be common; that the out
break from certain quarters con-
corning the danger of contracting
undulant fever from drinking raw
milk does not particularly affect
the larger cities, but it would hurt
the rural communities if the state.
ments were accepted and followed
and that thousand times more in.
jury would follow through discon.
tinuing the use of milk thar
would be experienced if all undulan,
fever cases were caused by the COW
that the stubborn fact remains, sc
far as he is able to learn, that nc
one yet has conclusively demon
strated that the milk coming from
: cows affected with contagious abor
ton will cause undulant fever.
Another striking paragraph in tn,
article is:
, Scientists have not demonstrated
yet that milk from cows infected
. with contagious abortion has eve
, been the cause Of. single case o
a undulant fever. Millions upon mil
r lions Of people consume raw mill
and comparatively few have &C
a CURED undulant fever. Even if al
S cases of undulant fever were due t,
i, milk, what a slight risk perso,
, would take in contracting undulan
;. fever through the use of raw milk /!
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