No. 7. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. ^8l 



Tuesday, January 22, 7:30 P. M. 



The evening session opened with Vice President S. M. McHenry 

 in the Chair. 



The CHAIRMAN: Is Prof. Cochran of West Chester here? 



The SECRETARY: I have not seen him to-day, and don't think 

 he is here. 



The CHAIRMAN: Next in order is the report of Dr. Groff; is he 

 here ? 



The SECRETARY: Dr. Cxroff is not here, but his report is, and 

 can be read, or received and placed on file, as desired. 



It was moved and seconded that the report be received and 

 placed on file, for publication with the other reports. 



Agreed to. 



The report is as follows: 



REPORT OF HYGIENIST. 



Bt Dk. Geo. G. GBOFr, Leivisburg, Pa. 



Tuberculosis, Typhoid Fever, and Cancer are the three germ 

 diseases which now claim the greatest number of victims in our 

 State. Beyond a doubt, all are communicable from person to per 

 son. 



Tuberculosis is common to man and many of the lower animals, 

 though it is doubtful if it is often communicated to man from these 

 lower animals. The reason of this seems to be, that the tempera- 

 ture of the common domestic animals is higher than in man, so 

 that when the germs find their way into the human body, they fail 

 to live and multiply in the lov\'er temperature of the human body. 

 The cow, sheep, hog and poultry are all subject to Tuberculosis, 

 and any animal known to be affected, should not be used for human 

 food, and in the case of affected cows, they should not be kept in 

 dairies, but should be removed and killed. 



Whenever an inmate of a family is stricken with this dread dis- 

 ease, or whenever any signs of the disease appear, an outdoor life 

 should at once be entered upon. Such person should live out of 

 doors day and night. He should get all the fresh air, milk and eggs 

 possible in the twenty-four hours. The germs of the disease are 

 eating his body up. The air, milk and eggs are prescribed in order, 

 if possible, that they may build up the body, more rapidly than the 

 germs destroy it, and sometimes the treatment succeeds. There is 

 almost no use to use medicine for the disease. Care should be taken 

 that no one else in the family takes the disease from the sick person. 

 He should never spit upon the ground or upon a floor, but into a 



