﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  527 
  

  

  tliree-year-old 
  child 
  and 
  two 
  grown 
  sons 
  died 
  of 
  tuberculosis. 
  Tu- 
  

   berculosis 
  was 
  unknown 
  in 
  the 
  parents' 
  families. 
  ^^ 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Kelly, 
  veterinarian, 
  Albany, 
  gives 
  the 
  following: 
  In 
  a 
  

   family 
  of 
  five 
  a 
  son, 
  aged 
  19 
  years, 
  was 
  very 
  fond 
  of 
  milk 
  and 
  

   drank 
  it 
  fresh 
  from 
  the 
  cow, 
  and 
  contracted 
  tuberculosis. 
  Some 
  

   months 
  later 
  the 
  farm 
  herd 
  of 
  seventeen 
  registered 
  Jerseys 
  were 
  

   tested 
  with 
  tuberculin, 
  and 
  thirteen 
  reacted 
  and 
  showed 
  extensive 
  

   tuberculosis 
  when 
  killed. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Cooper, 
  veterinarian, 
  Paterson, 
  N. 
  J., 
  furnishes 
  this: 
  A 
  

   child, 
  fed 
  on 
  the 
  milk 
  of 
  a 
  cow, 
  contracted 
  tabes 
  mesenterica. 
  

   Examination 
  revealed 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  tubercle 
  bacilli 
  in 
  the 
  milk. 
  

   The 
  milk 
  was 
  then 
  fed 
  to 
  ten 
  kittens, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  became 
  ill 
  and 
  

   emaciated, 
  and 
  when 
  killed 
  showed 
  tuberculosis. 
  

  

  Such 
  cases, 
  in 
  connection 
  -with 
  the 
  experimental 
  inoculations, 
  

   furnish 
  more 
  than 
  mere 
  circumstantial 
  evidence. 
  Tliey 
  are 
  cor- 
  

   roborated 
  and 
  strengthened 
  by 
  the 
  very 
  uniform 
  diffusion 
  of 
  tuber- 
  

   culosis 
  in 
  man 
  and 
  stalled 
  cattle 
  in 
  practically 
  all 
  civilized 
  coun- 
  

   tries. 
  Of 
  the 
  closer 
  connection 
  in 
  individual 
  cases 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  in- 
  

   stances 
  may 
  here 
  be 
  added 
  as 
  drawn 
  from 
  personal 
  observation 
  : 
  

  

  1. 
  In 
  one 
  case 
  a 
  family 
  cow 
  and 
  the 
  owner's 
  wife 
  had 
  both 
  ad- 
  

   vanced 
  tuberculosis. 
  The 
  lady 
  consumed 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  the 
  cow's 
  

   milk, 
  but 
  when 
  she 
  gave 
  up 
  its 
  use 
  she 
  felt 
  decidedly 
  better. 
  

  

  2. 
  The 
  owner 
  of 
  a 
  thoroughbred 
  herd 
  of 
  sixty 
  head 
  had 
  suffered 
  

   for 
  years 
  from 
  consumption, 
  and 
  attributed 
  the 
  poor 
  condition 
  of 
  

   the 
  animals 
  to 
  lack 
  of 
  care 
  since 
  he 
  had 
  been 
  laid 
  aside. 
  Without 
  

   the 
  tuberculin 
  test 
  I 
  diagnosed 
  tuberculosis 
  in 
  59 
  of 
  the 
  animals. 
  

  

  3. 
  In 
  a 
  second 
  thoroughbred 
  herd 
  there 
  never 
  lacked 
  one 
  or 
  

   two 
  cases 
  of 
  advanced 
  tuberculosis, 
  and 
  the 
  eldest 
  son 
  of 
  the 
  fam- 
  

   ily, 
  who 
  was 
  fond 
  of 
  milk 
  and 
  vegetable 
  food, 
  contracted 
  pul- 
  

   monary 
  tuberculosis, 
  and 
  had 
  to 
  seek 
  a 
  permanent 
  cluange 
  of 
  climate. 
  

  

  4. 
  A 
  dairy 
  of 
  common 
  cows 
  had 
  seventeen 
  out 
  of 
  twenty-six 
  de- 
  

   stroyed 
  for 
  tuberculosis, 
  and 
  the 
  farmer's 
  wife, 
  father-in-law, 
  and 
  

   two 
  brothers-in-law 
  had 
  shortly 
  before 
  died 
  of 
  consumption. 
  The 
  

  

  19 
  Report 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  Board 
  of 
  Health. 
  

  

  