, 1879-08-06

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CHICAGO Aue. G.-J, II. Sanders, In lila
1vattoaa! Lfse Stock journal, Vol. 10. No. 8, page
$50, in m article headed, u The SwEne-pIaGstc
Communicable to Other Animals" tass: "At
tho ttmc Of the pleuro-pncumonta scare which
occurred at tho stock-Yards In this city
iato In Fcbruary,-asi account Of which
[luti o. prrycrs[ons nn,l msstatcmcnts| was
gwen on page 1a7 Of our Mazct, number,-
tic editor OF this journal called
tho attention OF Dr.. Dctmcrs 10 tho ar~
t!cc aboyr referred to, and to tho expert.
mcnts nlado by Our associate. and stcrcssca thc
possibility that tl,D case which )r D. had t.ast-
ly pronounced contagious pleuro'ptcumon'a
was nothing moro thnN communicated BWEno-
plague, as tho an!mn III t!ue,st1,o me-" nna nse .e,
hogs. II appears thAt DR.. ncInicrs tlas nctoh
upon this hint, for III the T1lE DAILY TRIBUNE
OF Ibis city OF July f2 VIC lind thu following,
whirI Ia announced rs ?" an important discovery
By Dr.. Datmcrs.h
Nov, Mi. snndcrs. there .yo.a tell your rcnl-
crs unotslcs abte-bodled lic When you cnmo 10
tho Stock-Yarls OIL acurta,o Friday In t'ie latter
nart Of February (Feb ~ you wcso as mad asn q
il. Paaron, Ind boon appointed by ,'he Con,,nfs-
IL iSr Dac o. pcsssa AEsaq5 b. I Penss ss''s" end d
nouues md ~ wnphsaias1 ;1co my ,ho Tor c,,.ism, ss'
industrial University. Instead Of your contrsb-
utor, n. II. Paaren. You aleo boastcd OF your
superior medical attalnnusts. bnt you never
even inttmatel such n hint or ahERestton,'n ns
you now assert you nude, and, even Il you hati,
It would hare come post date, because On Sun.
1ny, Fnb. 70, nfrc0uy cxnresscd sle opinion 70
Siessrs. Juhn B, Sherman and Nelson Morris
il,at We had very likely to do with case of
communicated swfnc-p1aguc, ns 10th gentlemen
will testify. and On that day. ny mind was
nortunity IN test my diagnosis. You and never
talked. Of congcrscd, about tho possibility ot the
case IN question bctrg transmtttcd Bw[ne.
plague. bccauso when ys'4 were, at lne
time met Won attor Fob. @',-you wero TOO
mad anu 100 full Of ytle abuse TO listen to any
reason. Further, you seek 10 doprIve mo OF tho
priority Of the discovery tlat swtne-ulaguc eat,
DO communicated to cattle. WIN you be kind
enough to furnish the proof tint somebody clsc
mnto tic experiment hcforr, MD succeeded, or
| hold your noacel Prof. Klein nud Prof. Low
llavc lnocu1atad, tho former rats asl the latter
rabbits md sheen, and have succeeded In co1il.
tnunfcating thu disoase. t'rof. Low commlcEccd
| to communicate swi,lc-plaguc tn chickens
| by feedhE the saino With some morbid
| tissues Of disoaael pig, rs can bc testified
tn by Prof. r. j. nusrlll and Dr. r. ". Prentice,
lntli Ut Champaign, III. It ia true tho chickens
ucro not Infected. hut ! monton thu fuct to
show Tint tic Idea Of the possibility Of comm,l.
nfcatfng awiue-!,a..ilo to Other anttnn Is was bot
borrowed from you, Or from, my of your nKso'
ciatcs. Can you show lino in your papcr In
which, !, T. atmssd t sTsnrpasao 's vo !" con-,
TINT I hastily pronounced tho dtseahe Of ll'F
| hciicr In question to bo contagious plgur0
pnaumonia. you state another malicious falsc'
huod, prbtnptel, probably, by tic dsnppu'nt,
| mcnt you experienced III falling 10 proctiru n!
| II, j, DErStEns