ARE BOVINE AND HUMAN TUBERCULOSIS THE SAME 28 5 
organs in man it receives different names; consumption, scrofuia, 
lupus, hip disease, nephritis are some of its common names. 
Resistance Against Tuberculosis—Although this organism 
can attack almost any part of the body, it is also certain that the 
body has a strong resisting power against it. It by no means 
follows that a person will take the disease because some of the 
bacilli find entrance into his body. On the contrary, as a general 
rule, they are soon overcome by the body resistance. Careful 
study has shown that most people, by the time they have reached 
twenty-five years of age, have not only been exposed to the disease, 
‘but have had mild attacks, from which they have completely 
recovered. By building up a proper physical vigor, an individual 
may successfully combat these parasites. Plenty of wholesome, 
but not too rich food, exercise, life out of doors as much as possible, 
sleeping in rooms with windows open in winter as well as in sum- 
mer, and deep breathing exercises, by means of which the lungs are 
filled with fresh air, are the means by which such resistance can 
be developed and maintained. All of these conditions are usually 
within the reach of everyone, so that there is no reason why a per- 
son who will, cannot develop a high resistance against this dreaded 
disease. 
ARE BOVINE AND HUMAN TUBERCULOSIS THE 
SAME? 
Apart from its relation to the human being, the farmer is most 
naturally interested in this disease, since it attacks his cattle. 
Bovine tuberculosis is one of the most serious dangers, and threat- 
ens the continuance of dairying. 
The significance of the question whether human and bovine 
tuberculosis are identical is self-evident. If the two are the same, 
it will follow that the disease may pass from animals to man; if 
they are not identical such transmission is impossible. For some 
fifteen years after the cause of the disease was discovered, no ques- 
