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sumption appeared among the people and has been gradu¬ 
ally increasing. 
New Zealand —Among the native Maories phthisis was 
unknown previous to the settlement of the English, and 
they possessed no cattle, but since that time tuberculosis 
has become a veritable scourge. Hirsch has said, “ In my 
opinion the death rate from phthsis will keep on increasing 
in that locality if the breeding of cattle is not properly 
regulated by law.” 
South Africa —The coast tribes of Africa have been 
inbreeding cattle for centuries, and the natives have been 
tuberculous, while the tribes in the interior have had no 
cattle, because of the Tsetse fly which stings and kills 
them, have always been free from consumption. 
Madagascar —The fflesh and milk of cattle has been the 
principle diet of the native and they have been severely 
afflicted. 
North American Indians —The native American Indians 
were always free from consumption until Uncle Sam began 
dealing out meat and cattle to them. Their habit of eating 
any and all parts of the carcas, often without cooking, has 
aggravated the conditions for the most favorable transmis¬ 
sion of the disease and they have become consumptive. 
The Esquimaux —Dr. Johnson has well expressed it 
when he says, “The Esquimaux has his dogs and reindeer, 
but no tuberculosis, while the indian has his dogs and beef 
and is seriously afflicted with tuberculosis.” On the other 
hand, it is found that the Indian is no more susceptible to 
the disease than is the Esquimaux, for when the latter is 
brought in contact with the white man and his cow he 
readily contracts the disease, etc. 
Italy —The people are tuberculous, notwithstanding 
they have one of the balmiest climates of the earth. 
China —Notwithstanding their dense population, con¬ 
sumption is rare, because the lower classes, which constitute 
the mass of the population, get very little or no meat or 
milk. And so he goes on with a review of the different 
people of various countries and islands of the globe, show¬ 
ing in each and every instance that those people who use 
the milk or meat of cattle are consumptive and just in 
proportion as they use said products and those who do not 
possess cattle at all are entirely free from it. 
Climate —Immunity does not exist in any climate, or 
among any race of people. And while high and dry 
