On the food of cities : read before the Medical Society of the State of New York at its annual meeting, February, 1864 / by Samuel R. Percy.

  • Percy, Samuel R., 1816-1890
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[1864?]
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Credit: On the food of cities : read before the Medical Society of the State of New York at its annual meeting, February, 1864 / by Samuel R. Percy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    that were compulsory. I have seen the root of the tail ulcerated in consequence, and large and deep ulcers over the spine and thighs of the animals. I saw one poor brute inoculated with this lung matter a few days after it came to the stable; after a few days the milk maid said that it had taken well, and opened the bandage and removed the virus; on the fifth day the tail was fearfully swollen and about two-thirds of it was amputated; the next day the poor brute was down and unable to rise; it was kicked and beaten, and its tail pulled and twisted to make it get up at milking time, but it was at last lifted up and leaned against the side of the stall while the milk maid with his head firmly braced against it, prevented it from falling. After being milked it gradually slid down, for its spine was so tender it was unable to move. Ulcers broke out around the tail, on each side of the spine, on the udder, thigh and buttocks. It was lifted up to be milked, and the milk mixed with the purulent matter running from the ulcers, was mixed with the rest for sale. At last, one hot, sultry morning, it was dragged out of the stable to die, where it soon became covered with millions of flies, and living maggots were crawling in the sores; the fresh air revived the poor animal somewhat, and as milking time again came round, it was lifted out of the mud to be milked, and this milk, mud and ulcerated matter was mixed with the rest for sale. It died during the night. I have seen several animals in a dying condition, carted off to be butchered; I have many, many time seen animals too weak to stand, lifted and leaned against the side of the stall, and kept in that posi- tion by the head of the milk maid; and I have seen