Show 0 0 0 I i It nOME HOME PASTEURIZATION NECESSARY SAFEGUARD In 1836 1886 David Bruce found the or or- organism organism organism that caused a disease that was quite common on the island of Malta and on the shores of the Medi Medi- Mediterranean Mediterranean which some 20 years later was found to result from the drinking of raw goats goat's milk In 1897 a Danish veterinarian found A- A the Organism c that caused contagious Dr Nathan S S. S InI abortion Bangs Bang's Davits Davis S III disease in cattle In 1918 Alice Allee Evans found that the organisms discovered by Bruce and Bang Bmg were identical and a little later Traum found that the organism also was the cause of an infectious disease in i s swine This organism was named after Bruce the Brucella and the disease became This disease which only a few years ago was considered rare and I limited to the Mediterranean area and a few districts elsewhere where I raw goats goat's mill milk was used has now been found to be one of the most Number of Physicians in U. U S. S POPULATION PER PHYSICIAN PHYSICIAN toiS 92 1938 1886 78 1886 1900 1925 1915 1938 a widespread of all the infectious dis dis- dis eases It has an incubation period of from 5 to more than 30 days and anda a gradual onset in most instances though it may start with a sharp chill and rapid rise of temperature Varied Symptoms In the acute form the signs and symptoms are quite characteristic though the diagnosis can not be made definite without the help of laboratory tests Less than 10 per percent percent percent cent of the chronic cases have had any manifestations of the acute dis disease dis- dis disease ease and some of the ordinary lab lab- laboratory l b. b oratory tests maybe may be negative though the more delicate ones are positive In many of these cases the patient is only partially disabled for work and complains chiefly of weak weak- weakness weakness weakness ness and exhaustion with or with with- without without out mild fever loss of weight head head- headache headache ache and muscular and joint pains Man seems to be most susceptible to the variety of Brucella causing the disease of goats next to that affecting swine and least to that af af- affecting affecting affecting cattle Nevertheless the dis dis- disease disease dis- dis disease ease in man is most commonly due to drinking raw milk from cows with Bangs Bang's disease The widespread distribution distri ution of the Bangs Bang's disease in cattle makes it difficult to control the disease at the source A cow may appear appear per per- perfectly healthy and yet eliminate large numbers of Brucella in the milk Bangs Bang's disease is so conta conta- contagious contagious in cattle that it is impractical cal to test them often enough As is generally a milk milk- born disease the logical method for its prevention is the pasteurization of all milk and milk products Those handling fresh killed pork must also be careful to avoid infection through any cuts or abrasions Strict Supervision Of course is is only one of ot many diseases that may be trans transmitted to man through the use of raw and milk and dairy products pr ducts even when certified Complete pasteurization de degrees grees F. F for 30 minutes will de destroy stroy these organisms The require require- requirement requirement requirement ment by various boards of health that all milk sold in the area over which they have jurisdiction must be pasteurized under strict supervision supervision sion Is amply justified Home pas pas- pasteurization pasteurization should be the rule for those who live on farms or in small communities that do not no as yet re require require quire pasteurization This may be carried out by placing the milk in inan Inan inan an aluminum vessel and heating it 11 to degrees F. F C. C stirring constantly then Immediately setting the vessel in cold water and contin contino continuing continuing the stirring until cooL The best doctors doctor are arc Dr Diet Dr Quiet and Dr Merriman Prom From the Reg Regimen imen irnen Salemi |