A text-book on hygiene and pediatrics from a chiropractic standpointCraven, J. H. (John Henry)
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A text-book on hygiene and pediatrics from a chiropractic standpoint
Craven, J. H. (John Henry)
Children -- Diseases; Chiropractic; Sanitation
Stable should be constructed to assure proper ventilation and to
provide proper shelter for the animals. The floors should be of
material that is non-absorbent, well drained, and easily cleaned.
Concrete is best. Each cow should have a separate stall furnished
with a stanchion. The walls should be of material that can be
cleaned. There should be 600 cubic feet space for each cow in the
barn.
Bottling
Milk should be strained through gauze placed over the wire strainer.
All the utensils should be thoroughly cleaned after each milking and,
if possible, sterilized in a steam sterilizer. The straining should
not be done in the barns where the cows are, but in special separate
milk houses. The bottling should be done only in establishments
specially fitted for such purpose.
Proper Temperature
Milk should be kept at a temperature not above 50° F. during
transportation. The cans or bottles should be properly covered,
sealed, and the milk protected from too much agitation.
Because milk undergoes a very rapid change, beginning almost as soon
as it is drawn from the cow, it is necessary to either consume it
in a short time or provide some means of preserving it. Milk soon
deteriorates, becomes sour and unfit for use as food.
The best means of preserving milk is to keep it at a low temperature.
Bacteria are not destroyed in low temperature, but the activity
is inhibited and their development retarded. In this way milk is
kept from souring and from undergoing fermentative changes. The
digestibility and character of milk are not changed by cold, and it
will be sweet for a day or even longer if kept at a temperature under
50° F.
An entirely sterile milk may be furnished only by raising the
temperature to 248° F. for at least two hours, but this destroys the
milk ferments. There are certain changes produced by boiling milk
which renders it less desirable for food, making it less digestible.
It is, therefore, especially undesirable for infants.
PREPARATION OF MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS
Pasteurization of Milk
In pasteurizing milk it is heated to a temperature of 60° C. (140°
F.) for a period of twenty minutes. This destroys the so-called
pathogenic germs, yet does not destroy the ordinary milk ferments. It
does not change its digestibility nor alter the taste or appearance.
All of the so-called pathogenic germs, such as tuberculosis, typhoid,
dysentery and diphtheria, for example, are completely destroyed by
pasteurization, but the ferments are not destroyed and the milk is
in no way altered. This process may be accomplished on a large scale
and thus furnish as safe milk for commercial consumption. Pasteurized
milk should be rapidly cooled after heating, and if kept cool
furnishes a clean, healthy milk entirely safe and satisfactory for
infant food as well as for adults.
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