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GEORGE H. BAILEY. 
large breeder of Jersey cows as well as a prominent physician, I 
think we can safely rely upon his conclusions. 
I quote Dr. Whittier (M. D.), who compares the causes of 
syphilis and tuberculosis. He says, “ One man is not more pre¬ 
disposed to either disease than another ; syphilis affects one per¬ 
son more than another because the virus finds a better lodgment 
upon the mucous membrane. Tuberculosis finds also fortui¬ 
tously, a better nidus in one case than another. The virus of 
tuberculosis is lodged in one case, and not coughed up ; just as 
in syphilis the virus is secreted, and not washed off.” 
It is less than a quarter of a century ago since glanders and 
tuberculosis were considered the same disease, and glanders in 
man has often been mistaken for syphilis. Cattle, fortunately, 
possess an immunity from glanders, and no cases are recorded. 
In the northern part of New York City, there were recently 
tested 139 cows, 27 of which were found to be tuberculous, and 
these same animals had recently been supplying with milk the 
New York Juvenile Asylum and the Institute for Instruction of 
the Deaf and Dumb. 
In a dairy in England, three cows were found to have tuber¬ 
culous disease of the udder. In the institution to which this 
milk was supplied, the mortality from tuberculosis during the 
past year was thirty per cent., and during the preceding year 
forty per cent, of the total mortality. 
The protoplasmic problem might be solved by Pasteuriza¬ 
tion, which can .be successfully applied without lessening or in¬ 
juring the nutritive value of the milk. Heating up to 167° F. 
(75 C.) for fifteen or twenty minutes and then cooling rapidly as 
possible, is sufficient to destroy the pathogenic germs which are 
most feared in milk, including the bacillus tuberculosis, bacillus 
typhosis, the bacillus diphtheria, and many other pathogenic 
bacteria. A higher temperature coagulates the albumen, lessens 
the digestibility, and increases the liability to constipation. 
Separating the cream by centrifugal force “ Separators,” is also 
said to free the product from not only large numbers of the ba¬ 
cilli but also a large amount of other impurities. 
