. Bovine tuberculosis and its control. Tuberculosis; Cattle. CHAPTER I History of Tuberculosis in Cattle UBERCULOSIS is one of the oldest diseases of cattle of which we have identifying records. The Mosaic laws (Leviticus xxii, 22) contain rules that the flesh of animals which sufifer from "wen or scurvy" should not be used as food. The Talmud, especially the Mishnah, codified at the close of the second century, and the Gemara (fifth century) contain numerous enactments against the eating of such flesh. It is stated on good authority that "kandi" and "timari" refe
. Bovine tuberculosis and its control. Tuberculosis; Cattle. CHAPTER I History of Tuberculosis in Cattle UBERCULOSIS is one of the oldest diseases of cattle of which we have identifying records. The Mosaic laws (Leviticus xxii, 22) contain rules that the flesh of animals which sufifer from "wen or scurvy" should not be used as food. The Talmud, especially the Mishnah, codified at the close of the second century, and the Gemara (fifth century) contain numerous enactments against the eating of such flesh. It is stated on good authority that "kandi" and "timari" refer to tuberculosis. It is evident that in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, tuberculosis was fairly well known to the Arabian Rabbi, Isaak ben Jacob Alfasi, an authority on the Talmud, and the French physician Rashi (1040-1105). In the ninth century, the Franks enacted ecclesiastical laws against the eating of the flesh of cattle and swine which were affected with tuberculosis of the serous membranes. In 1370 it was forbidden in Munich to offer for sale the flesh of tuberculous animals. Similar laws were passed in 1343 in Wiirtsburg; in 1394 in Passau; in 1401 in Landshut; in 1558 in Wiirtemburg; and later similar regulations were enforced in other provinces. In 1702 Florinus gave a description of the symptoms of the disease during life. At that time the name "French disease" was applied to it in Germany. This grew out of the belief which prevailed in certain quarters that tuberculosis was connected with or related to human syphilis. The term Franzosenkrankheit is said to have been first used by Helmont. In consequence of this theory of its origin, all tuberculous cattle had to be destroyed. Severe penalties were imposed for the violation of this sanitary Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the orig
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