The Grand Haven news., 1865-12-20
The Rindsrpsst, or Cattle Plague.
(Concludsd from last sDssk.

"When the disease occurs on a farm
the affected animals nre not removed
from the shed, but tho apparently healthy
are taken to the quarantine station
Each commune is obliged to provide q
station Of this description, which is buil'
Of wood and divided into two parts, one
for the doubtful cases and the other foI
the supposed healthy. The commission,
ers have the power Of allowing medical
treatment Of the animals, but the seteri-
nary surgeon must remain in quarantine
and receive all that he requires at the end
Of a long pole. All churches, schools,
and public houses Of the district are clos.
ed, so as to prevent the congregating oI
people together, and remove those induce.
ments which might cause persons to come
from infected towns.
"On the occurrence of illness among
cattle from other causes, as well as the
pest, the commissioners, as a rule, do not
approach the animals, but standing at a
distance, aud within sight Of them, they
arrive at decision as to the nature OF
the ailment, frequently ordering some food
to be offered as test of their freedom or
otherwise from the malady. In those in
stances where commissioners enter the
stable, they are compelled, before leaving,
to wash their hands, &C., in vinegar, and
have their clothes fumigaled with chlo-
rine gas. All dogs, cats, rabbits, domes-
tic poultry, pigeons, &C., have to be kept
in places, Of security and close confine
ment. If the disease exists in a village
through which high road runs, the
course Of the road is turned if possible !;
but when this is not practicable, then q
guard accompanies the several travellers
who arrive at the boundaries of the Gordon
to see that they do not 60 upon any Of
the infected premises. The Gordon is fre-
quently maintained by the peasants, but
mono are taken for this purpose from an
infected village, the selection being made
from contiguous villages or farms where
the cattle are healthy.
GAS soon as malady is observed in q
commune, notices are sent to all the sur
rounding places, that precautionary meas
ures may be Immediately adopted by the
owners Of the cattle. Each commune
has to provide place for the burial Of
the animals which die or are slaughtered,
and also wagon and horses to carry
them upon; and on the disease passing
away the wagon is burned and the horses
are washed with solutution of chlorinat-
ed lime. The place of interment is like
wise inclosed, and not allowed to be dis
turbed for several years"
/ In these extraordinary measures we
read the no less extraordinary contagious
nature of the disease. Smallpox among
the human family, and where unprotect-
ed by vaccination, has never, perhaps,
possessed An equal power to propagate
itself or 10 destroy life. We see in the
case where the apprentice went to his
fathers and repaired = cattle etall, that
his clothes carried the infection and left
it upon the work he was doing, to be-
come a fatal medium of imparting the
disease. Surely disease SO malignant
called for the energetic measures adopted
among the German nations, and demand
cd upon the part Of the English govern
meut an unceasing care to prevent its in
PRODUCTION into the British islands.
The following are some of the conclus-
ions Of The report of Professor Simonds,
and we now see that the last one may
have bad too quie,ing an influence on the
watchfulness Of the agricultural societies
of Great britain, and thus so fatal dis
ease has at last passed " through hundreds
Of military cordons and found its way,
not only through both eastern and west
efn Germano, but into Great Britain ITSELF
Conclusions Of the report.-The re-
port contains, among other things, the
following conclusions:
"Tbat all the facts connected with
the history Of the outbreak Of the rim
dcrpest concur in proving that the mala-
dy does not spread from country to coun-
Try as an ordinary epizootic, and if it we're
disease exclusively belonging to this
class, the sanitary measures which are
had recourse 10 throughout Europe wo'd
he inefficient in preventing its extension,
and consequently that in all probability
We should long since have been both
practically and painfully fsmiliar with it
in this country, as huudrods Of our cattle
would have succumbed to its destructive
effects.
That IL is one Of the most infectious
moiadies Of ohich zoe have any erperi.
ence, and that il is capable Of being con-