FROM THE PRACTICAL VIEWPOINT 



the dairymen object to this, much preferring the 

 unheated skim milk. The dangers are not gen- 

 erally appreciated. 



It became apparent to some people that that 

 which was good for preventing disease among cat- 

 tle would also be useful in preserving health 

 among children, and in 1866 Soxhlet advocated that 

 milk which was fed to infants be heated. About 

 this time, Jacobi, the distinguished American pedi- 

 atrist, advised the boiling of milk fed to infants. 

 In 1869 he referred to the apparatus devised by 

 Soxhlet, this being the first American reference 

 to the subject. This was before it was so well 

 known, as is now generally accepted, that milk is 

 a means of carrying infectious diseases, such as 

 diphtheria, typhoid, scarlet fever, etc. Jacobi found 

 that children fed upon boiled milk were less liable 

 to have intestinal disorders, and his long and con- 

 tinued success in treating children tends to dis- 

 credit the assertions made by some that the pas- 

 teurization of milk at comparatively low tempera- 

 tures destroys its nutritive value and is injurious 

 to children. Jacobi still advocates the boiling of 

 milk. 



It was soon brought to the attention of milk 

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