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  Seventh 
  Annual 
  IIepokt 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  wife 
  felt 
  ill 
  in 
  the 
  close 
  house 
  air, 
  and 
  with 
  h-er 
  father 
  occupied 
  

   herself 
  much 
  about 
  the 
  cattle. 
  

  

  5. 
  A 
  veterinary 
  professor, 
  who 
  was 
  meat 
  inspector 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  

   abattoir, 
  died 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  ago 
  of 
  tuberculosis, 
  which 
  he 
  h-andled 
  

   so 
  constantly 
  in 
  his 
  daily 
  duties. 
  

  

  Increased 
  mortality 
  from 
  tales 
  mesenterica. 
  In 
  his 
  Harben 
  

   lectures 
  the 
  late 
  Sir 
  Richard 
  Thome 
  pointed 
  out 
  that 
  a 
  better 
  

   sanitary 
  system 
  in 
  England 
  had, 
  in 
  the 
  space 
  of 
  forty 
  years, 
  led 
  

   to 
  a 
  notable 
  decrease 
  of 
  mortality 
  from 
  tuberculosis, 
  phthisis 
  in 
  

   particular 
  having 
  for 
  certain 
  ages 
  undergone 
  a 
  reduction 
  of 
  60 
  

   per 
  cent. 
  Against 
  this 
  he 
  places 
  the 
  testimony 
  of 
  the 
  vital 
  statis- 
  

   tics 
  that 
  in 
  children 
  under 
  a 
  year 
  old 
  tabes 
  mesenterica 
  had 
  in- 
  

   creased 
  by 
  about 
  one-third 
  (3169 
  to 
  4462). 
  ]!^ursing 
  with 
  the 
  

   bottle 
  is 
  doubtless 
  much' 
  more 
  common 
  than 
  it 
  was 
  forty 
  years 
  ago, 
  

   yet 
  it 
  seems 
  incredible 
  that 
  this 
  enormous 
  increase 
  could 
  have 
  come 
  

   from 
  this 
  alone. 
  Until 
  the 
  increase 
  can 
  be 
  more 
  satisfactorily 
  ex- 
  

   plained 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  well 
  to 
  keep 
  our 
  eyes 
  open 
  to 
  the 
  facts 
  and 
  ascer- 
  

   tain 
  bow 
  far 
  the 
  nursing-bottle 
  and 
  cow's 
  milk 
  are 
  the 
  real 
  etio- 
  

   logical 
  factors. 
  

  

  The 
  systematic 
  introduction 
  and 
  propagation 
  of 
  tuberculosis 
  in 
  

   the 
  bovine 
  herds 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  In 
  concluding 
  this 
  paper 
  I 
  wish 
  

   to 
  refer 
  to 
  a 
  condition 
  of 
  th'e 
  cattle 
  trade 
  of 
  I^^Tew 
  York 
  which 
  

   cannot 
  fail 
  to 
  lead 
  to 
  a 
  material 
  increase 
  of 
  tuberculosis 
  in 
  tbe 
  herds 
  

   of 
  this 
  State. 
  Canada, 
  Massachusetts, 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  and 
  Pennsyl- 
  

   vania, 
  of 
  adjacent 
  States, 
  and 
  Illinois 
  and 
  Kansas, 
  of 
  those 
  tEat 
  are 
  

   more 
  remote, 
  refuse 
  to 
  admit 
  milch 
  cows 
  unless 
  they 
  have 
  recently 
  

   successfully 
  stood 
  the 
  tuberculin 
  test. 
  The 
  result 
  can 
  be 
  imagined 
  : 
  

  

  1. 
  Cows 
  from 
  the 
  west 
  are 
  shipped 
  to 
  Buffalo 
  and 
  other 
  New 
  

   York 
  markets, 
  and 
  there 
  put 
  through 
  the 
  tuberculin 
  test. 
  Those 
  

   that 
  successfully 
  pass 
  the 
  test 
  are 
  sent 
  on 
  into 
  the 
  self-protecting 
  

   States 
  named, 
  while 
  those 
  that 
  fail 
  to 
  bear 
  the 
  test 
  are 
  left 
  to 
  be 
  

   disposed 
  of 
  to 
  New 
  York 
  dairymen. 
  These 
  tests 
  are 
  not 
  made 
  

   by 
  New 
  York 
  officials, 
  as 
  such, 
  and 
  we 
  have 
  no 
  law 
  that 
  reaches 
  

   the 
  case. 
  

  

  