THE VETERINARIAN AS A SANITARIAN. 
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The habits of the attendant should be cleanly and himself free 
from any contagions disease. No animals affected with a zymotic 
or septic disease, such as tuberculosis, contagious pleuro-pneumonia, 
epizootic aptha, retention of placenta, etc., should be allowed to 
occupy the same stable wherein healthy cows are milked, as the 
milk would readily become contaminated with the emanations 
from such. 
The system of delivering milk in private cans to families 
should be prohibited; these cans being frequently taken into the 
sick room and there opened, returned to the dairy to be cleaned, 
still retaining a certain portion of the contents, after being ex¬ 
posed to the contaminated atmosphere of the sick chamber, to be 
handled and cleaned by the hands of the person who takes an ac¬ 
tive part in the next milking. On the same principle I think no 
milk should be sold out of a store having a connection with a 
family dwelling place. Is it not most likely to occur that the 
mother proceeds to milk the cows or dispense milk in the store 
directly after nursing or administering to the wants of some mem¬ 
ber of the family affected with some contagious disease ? Milk 
cows in cities are largely fed upon sloppy food, so as to increase 
their yield, but this system of feeding renders the faeces of a semi¬ 
liquid condition, and very largely increases the secretion of urine, 
complicating the sanitary arrangements necessary to keep such 
stables clean. 
The flooring upon which cows stand should be water-tight and 
of such length that the faeces and urine drop into the gutter, 
which should be at least eight inches deep and twelve wide, and 
so arranged that all liquids readily run into a cesspool and the 
manure removed at least twelve yards from the stable into water¬ 
tight vaults. By having the gutter of this depth and so arranged, 
there is no danger of having the udder of the animal fouled upon 
its lying down, and, to absorb any liquid that may be left, the 
cow should be liberally bedded with straw or turners’ shavings; 
and before milking the teats and udder should be cleaned with a 
cloth and water kept for that purpose. One has only to see the 
contents of a milk pail before the milk is strained to appreciate 
the necessity of this arrangement. And, as I have already said, 
