RELATION OF VETERINARY PRACTITIONER TO FOOD INSPECTION. 
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salary the veterinarian has in most instances shown his spleen by 
refusing to take any interest in the matter whatsoever. 
The Tuberculosis Problem. 
As sanitarians, what is to be our attitude respecting tubercu¬ 
losis? We have reached a crisis. We must go forward, but 
how? This is not only the greatest of disease problems, but it 
has a tremendous economic significance. I doubt if there are a 
dozen cities in the United States that has detected and removed 
every tuberculous cow from its milk supply. We are groping in 
the dark, making a spasmodic but ineffectual effort, here and 
there, and silently praying for a Moses to lead us out of the 
wilderness. Science has revealed many important facts and now 
it is for us to find ways and means of using them. We are eat¬ 
ing the meat and drinking the milk of tuberculous animals; we 
are practically certain that children especially are contracting the 
disease from cattle; we have a means of detecting the presence 
of tuberculosis in animals; there is a financial loss of millions of 
dollars every year ; we feel that we must do something, but we 
have no definite plan for united action. On the other hand, 
while there are millions of dollars invested in breeding and dairy 
animals, these animals, even though tuberculous, still represent 
in most cases some real value. Property rights must be respected 
and King Mammon has not been dethroned. The Bang system, 
with some modifications, it seems to me, is the best solution at 
this time. The American method of testing and slaughtering all 
reactors, if generally enforced, would bankrupt every state in 
the Union. 
As an outline of a general policy respecting this disease in 
Colorado, I am willing to compromise on the following basis: 
1. The compulsory testing of all breeding and dairy cattle. 
2. Instead of slaughtering all reactors, isolate them and build 
up a healthy herd, according to the Bang system. 
3. Allow the sale of milk from reacting cows, after pas¬ 
teurization and proper labeling. 
4. A general and efficient supervision of pasteurization of 
milk. 
