MILK DANGERS AND REMEDIES 137 



out of place to quote the following from the 

 published report of the proceedings : 



"A cow was brought into the city for sale as food, 

 and the evidence showed it to be in the last stages of 

 tubercular disease. 'Its head was hanging down; it 

 breathed with difficulty, and it had frequent fits of 

 coughing; while its udder was swollen with the disease.' 

 All the organs were diseased, and the milk teemed with 

 bacilli. Yet, it seemed, the milk from this animal had 

 been regularly sent into Edinburgh for sale. In face of 

 facts like these, it is difficult to see on what grounds the 

 claim of towns to inspect country dairies doing a town 

 business can be resisted. At least the towns should 

 have the power to refuse admission to milk from sources 

 not open to inspection. It is not enough for the county 

 authorities to say that they inspect the dairies in their 

 own areas. In this case the condition of the animal 

 was only found out when it was brought into the town 

 to be sold for food." 



Further comment is unnecessary ! 



Some German investigators have discovered the 

 interesting fact that the centrifugal method of 

 separating milk not only has a remarkable effect 

 upon its bacterial contents, but also upon tubercle 

 bacilli when present. On examining the so-called 

 "separator slime," it is found to contain not only 

 large quantities of solid matters, but also masses 

 of bacteria which have been thrown out during 

 the operation. This method of treating milk has, 



