The infectiousness of milk : result of investigations made for the trustees of the Massachusetts Society for promoting agriculture.

  • Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture.
Date:
1895
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Credit: The infectiousness of milk : result of investigations made for the trustees of the Massachusetts Society for promoting agriculture. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    From this table it appears that there were 88 guinear-pigs inoculated with milk from 15 different cows; that tubercu- losis was found in 12, and that these results came after the use of milk or cream from six different animals, as follows: No. Source. Material used. Results found in 24 Cow P. Milk before death. Lung. 25 U Cream after death. Liver and spleen. 26 U Cream after death. L. and s. and renal capsules. 27 CowO. Cream. Glands and lung. 28 Cream. Liver and spleen. 37 CowF. Cream, Liver and spleen. 53 CowO. Cream. Liver. 59 Slooum, MUk. Gland. 60 Saunders'. Milk. Spleen. 63 Mayhew. Milk. Spleen. 64 Cream. Gland. 65 (( Cream. Gland. TABLE in. iNOCtJIiATIONS OF RaBBITS. (All inoculations subcutaneous.) Note. — L. of m. means that the specimen of vn\\U was taken at the end of milking; 1 of m. means that it was taken when the milking was begun. Number. Date of Inocula- tion. Material used and Source. Quan- tity used. Date Killed. Time Elapsed. Besiilts. 1889 1889 1 Jan. 15 1 of m. 5 c. c. March 1 44 d. Negative. CowD. 2 (( 11 10 c. 0. II II II 3 (( L. of m. CowD. 6 c. c. II II Negative. Small amount fluid in abdomen. Cul- Jan. 19 tures sterile. 4 L. of m. II II 40 d. Negative. CowE. 5 (( II 8 CO. II 11 6 (1 1 of m. 7 c. c. Mar. 11 51 d. Negative. Punctate hem- Jan. 22 Cow E. orrhage in lungs. 7 1 of m. 3 c. c. Mar. 1 38 d. Negative, 8 (1 Cow F. II II Mar. 11 48 d. 11 G II L. of m. Cow F. 5 c. 0. II 11 II 10 Jan. 26 1 of m. Cow G. II Mar. 12 45 d. II II