The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-01-28

c,'lture on his operations Of the season
iuyt past.
The swiuc plazuu ~ me last season. IN
Illinois, whcn; Df Ditmers work was
CHIEF, performed, was " mild type.
but ne found ample scope for bis irves-
LEGATIONS. lie Describes ~ epVth IL
experiments, both with single animals
and with herds lie apparently satisfied
himself that several hntidOtcs for the
swine plague are effective lie says.
however; "Of all the antisepsics expert
mentod with ~ propbylactics. carb0lio
acid, everything considered. has given
by far the most Satisfactory results. con-
sidcring the small doses, eight W <n
drops Of n ninety-6ve per cent. solution,
three times a day, for every one hun
dred pounds Of live weight 70 is ,efy
inexpensive, as n pound goes great
way, and pound Of MalluckrOdts best
crystaGzed carbolic acid, such as have
almost exclusively used in my expert
menis, Gun be bought. if purchased in
large quantities, for sixty-fve cents. IL
Is notdisagreeable 10 the hogs. does not
destroy their appetites, nor perceptibly
interfere with any organic funC.
tons, except that il reduces animal
heat, which is. perhaps. just what
makes it IN efficient prOphylactc. OF
ga. &c, II tGaeh iniper doses than those
indicated an gI"-'-i, = ,a{ 8 not ~ nll
necessary. il becomes a dea,ll, p0isys,.,
IL is. however, only prophylactic. and
all it does. or can be expected 10 do. is
to destroy the conditions necessary to
the development and propagation Of
the swine plague. schizophytes. It will
mot and ranair or pa1ttpf,
the morbid chunges which have already
been produced. and are still existing,
and, therefore, cannot be expected To
effect n cure Of diseased animal Such
a thing is out of the question. All
that carbolic acid or any other prophv-
Tactic can be expected to do is to pre-
ventand to arrest the morbid process,
by changing or destroying certain con-
ditions necessary to the metamorphoses
and propagation of the pathalogenic
schizophytes. If cessation of the
morbid processes has been effected by
arresting or neutralizing its cause, and
the morbid changes produced are not
already irreparable, a recovery may
safely be left to nature. If the morbid
changes have become irreparable. the
animal will, in all probability. die If
~ tNCSs ~ " Ill OlllY DdIltlN TtcONGF,
and never be healthy again.
As to the medical treatment of an an
imal in the advanced stages of swine
plague, DR.. Ditmers says he has no sug-
gestions to Offer and expresses the
opinion that the sooner such an animal
dies, naturally or violently, the better it
will be for the herd and its owner. To
illustrate the thoroughness of his eXper-
I.~ L.. l..
ON one occasion six young and healthy
pigs, to which he administered for a
period somewhat in excess of the usual
length of time required for the develop
nent OF the plague, carbolic acid in
their drink. He then inoculated them
with virus of the most malignant char
acter procnrable. He stopped acid
treatment with four of the pigs at once,
and continued it for week longer with
the remaining two. The latter were
not affected in the least by their inocu-
lation. The others took the disease in a
mild form, Two of them recovered,
and the others were in fair way to re-
cover when they were slaughtered for
the purpose of examining their internal
condition. Inoculation of pigs which
had not been treated with carbolc acid
ueNei ldlleu 10 DrOuuce Ine plague IN q
malignant form, usually within six DAYS.
In his experiments with herds Dr.
dinners met some unforeseen difficulties
In almost every instance when he found
herd in which the disease had begun
60 manifest itself, and sought the oppor-
tunity to made observations and expert
ments, the owner stepped in and put an
end to the work by selling off his whole
herd. DIR. dinners states instances
where he visited herds which he had
been trustworthy informed were i'll
fected, and found the herds on their way
to the market in Chicago. On the 10th
of May, he found an infected herd near
Champaign, ILL.,, upon which he was
permitted to experiment. 1t consisted
OF fifty-eight animals, three of which
were hopelessly i'll, and in considera-
BILE number the early stages of disease
were manifest. A part of the herd, in
GLIDING some of the slightly diseased
animals, was subjected to treatment at
once and was found in healthy condi-
ton few days later. The remainder of
the herd, excepting the three very sick
animals, was afterward placed where it
could get no water except that which
had been previously prepared, and with
in short time the entire herd was free
from tho hisaacA ll,.