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infant feeding when condensed or evaporated milk 

 cannot be used. 



Even if pasteurization of milk (Marshall* ) did 

 nothing more than to kill disease producing germs 

 (Fleischmann**) which may get into the milk or 

 cream, we would feel warranted in establishing a 

 system of pasteurization in all city milk plants. 



233. Whenever anything new is introduced, it is 

 usually received with suspicion and disfavor, re- 

 gardless of its value to mankind. Instances are 

 known where the introduction of something new, 

 although of great value to mankind, was met with 

 unwarranted opposition. In some ways this tendency 

 of the public is commendable, because it acts as a 

 check upon the introduction of useless things de- 

 vised mainly for the purpose of deceiving the public. 

 Any method, system, procedure or device which 

 gains favor in spite of opposition must be fundamen- 

 tally right. Pasteurization occupies such a place at 

 present. It is gaining in favor among all classes of 

 people and is of great economic value to the dairy 

 industry today. Should the death of a person be the 

 direct result of the use of pasteurized milk, this 

 would be made known to all the world; but we all 

 know that very little is said regarding all the lives 

 that are saved by the use of pasteurized milk. It is 

 acknowledged that the mortality in children, espe- 

 cially those under the age of three years, has been 

 greatly reduced by the use of pasteurized milk and 

 cream. Some even claim (Marshall***) that infant 



* Marshall, C. E. Bacteria and the Dairy. Bulletin Fo. 46, p. 48. Mich. 1907. 

 •* Fleischman, W. The Book of the Dairy. Chapter VI, page 276. 1896. 

 ••* Marshall, C. E. Killing the Tubercle Bacilli in Milk. Mich. Bulletin 

 172-173, page 321. 1899. 



