258 THE COMMON SENSE OF THE MILK QUESTION 



careless "heating" and "boiling" practised by mothers 

 in their homes. Much of the scurvy attributed to 

 pasteurization should be properly attributed to 

 over-boiling, as Jacobi," among others, has pointed 

 out. 



In connection with this criticism it is significant to 

 note that in the great London hospitals milk is almost 

 invariably either pasteurized or sterilized before it 

 is given to children, and none of the evils complained 

 of have been encoxmtered." It is also worthy of note 

 that in France, in connection with the Goutees de 

 Lait, there has been a decrease of scorbutic diseases 

 among infants rather than an increase." I have been 

 assured by the most competent medical observers 

 that the disease is quite as rare as in this or any other 

 country. Dr. Jacobi advocates the boiling of milk, 

 but is careful to point out that over-boiling leads 

 frequently to scorbutus. I know a physician whose 

 sister's child suffered from a severe scorbutic disease. 

 He was called to attend the child and decided that 

 the trouble arose from the use of pasteurized milk. 

 Henceforth he became an opponent of pasteurization. 

 Raw milk was ordered and tried, but the baby did 

 not improve in any way. Another physician was 

 called in and at once ordered that pasteurized milk be 

 given. He was told of the former experience and 

 decided ihat he would make an investigation. I need 

 not here describe his investigation in detail as he de- 



