The Journal of Malacology, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint)

The origin Of the Oyster scare which is so seriously afiecting one of our great national industries, that of Oyster culture, appears to be known to few outside the medical profession, and many erroneous Opinions are held with reference to the manner in which the Oysters cause Typhoid Fever. The two diseases which Oysters are believed to have helped to disseminate are Cholera and Typhoid Fever, both of which are now well known to be due to the entrance into the human system of certain organisms - Bacilli - peculiar to these diseases. Cholera cannot arise without the Cholera Bacillus, nor Typhoid Fever without the Typhoid Bacillus. It follows, therefore, that no article of food, including oysters, can cause either of these diseases unless the living bacilli are present. Such being the case, it is nonsense to talk about dead or stale oysters, or decaying food being the cause of either Typhoid Fever or Cholera. The freshest food, the freshest oysters, if contaminated with the specific bacilli, will cause one or other of these diseases, if partaken of by a susceptible person.

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