Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-08-27
TneCsttIs Dise ssr.

| TIE cattle disease l. near u. l. has reaoh
ed Petersburg. The Express Of that city say:
this dangerous contagion is becoming very
common among the cattle in the vicinity o.
the city, and has already attacked some o.
the mich COWS kept in this city"
The Board of Health there have me. and
passed the following:
"Reso!yed, That 10 ,smuch az il has come to
the kno ~ledg of the Board Of Health that
there is probably prevailing in this city and
! 10 i,s vicinity. disease among the COW:
Which injurlOusiy affects both i5e milk and
the fesb
Therefore, We advise that milk, butter emo
beef be used with great caution and only
when purchased of persons kn0wl TO be Trust
! iul and responsible"
"Tbe symptoms" says that paper, appear
( upon The lips and tongue, which gradua!ij
( bee ,me swollen up to such au extent that the
afflicted animal dies. AS a remedy, strong
so ution Of cOpperas with which the entire
mouth is washed. has been tried by Dr.. p. C.
, Spencer with success"
The Warren,on y. C.) News says:
"Tbe remedy Of washing the mouth with
copperas, S., was tried with success. None
Of the cattle died We hear a COW belong ne
to Simon Fleming, esq, near Warrenton
was attacked last week, bat saved by admin
isterng vinegar, pepper and salt; but the
c3pperas receipt is tue NEST certain"
! Another paper has the following:
Ii il sometimes called the black tongue
and sumetimes murrnin. The njDrity Of
cases are said TO exhibit the black or sore
tongue. If not relieved, they die very quick
| ly. A writer IN the Savannah Republican
! describes n case which he saw, and which led
! him 10 conclude that il was severe craDp II
The stomach, which might he relieved 10y
prompt treatment when the first symptom,
| occur.
He advises persons to keep on hand, ready,
tho following prescription, and to administer
it promptly. There will be hO time to send
Tor medicine alter tho disease appears:
la Spts Camphor. ounces; TInct. Opp
2 ounces; Sp's. Turpeutine, ounce; Hott
mGus Auodyne, 2 ounces; Tinct. Cyauns
Pepper 2 ounces; Oil Peppermint, / ounce
Spt-. Lavender, Comp, ounces.
Alter this, drench with sirong solution o
sdH--)ne quart--snd wash the mouth witt
3 strong solution OF copperas or blu' stone
Another writer states sha: he had iteer
cases, and had lost none: "The disease
yields readily, SAYS be, when the proper rem
eiies ere applied in time. | use a strOng
solution of c9pperas water, alum, and salt
petrc with wnIch | wash tba m0u b out thor
oughly, twice Il day, though o!teaer would
do better. and drencn with salt water, and rot
powdered alum 10 the mouth. | hGd five u:
SIX appiicat ons to be suti9 ient TO produce a
cure. After the cattle pass the founder stage
with which they are first taken, you can't tel!
whether they have the disease or no, unless
you examine the mouth They fail away
daily, as they can't est anything. The tongue
and gums become dreadfuI!y swollen aud
turn black. When they get in this situation
the best plan would be 20 kock them in the
head, dig hole, and bury them.
The buzz ards are dying in all this section
of country, in consequence If eating the car
cases OF cattle which died Of this d'sease
There can be no IN TAX, abou! thls disease,
its diagnJstcs are too plain for that, and
! therefore if the meat Of cattle attacked there
with ke sold III market, II must be with the
| full know ledge OF the seller that tho animal
! had that disease.
| The malsdy comes on rapidly, and 1t
! promptly met, is but Of short duration, and
therefore the period during which the milk OF
the animal continues to be dangerous, must BE
short. Rich. South.