Contamination of Milk. 45 



the Paris Exposition in 1900, milk and cream from several 

 such dairies in the United States were shipped to Paris, 

 arriving in good condition after 15-18 days transit. When 

 milk has been handled in such a way that by the time it 



Fio. 18. Bacterial content of milk drawn with care. Diminished germ con- 

 tent is shown by smaller number of colonies (330 bacteria per cc.). Compare 

 this culture with that shown in Fig. 12. 



reaches the consumer it contains no more germ life than 

 this, it is evident that it much more nearly approximates 

 the condition which exists in the udder of the animal than 

 the milk ordinarily sold by the milk dealer. 



Considerable difference of opinion has existed in the 

 minds of the medical profession as to the relative merits of 

 such sanitary milk in comparison with pasteurized or 

 sterilized milk as food for children. While it can gener- 

 ally be shown that properly pasteurized milk will contain 

 less germ life than this which has been milked and handled 

 under careful sanitary conditions, yet the fact that the 



