Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-12-13

huuehs fhHltTs
Through.courtesy of Gov. Click, wh
takes much interest in all matters r,
Iating to stock, we were permitted
read two letters addressed to him 6
governor, on the subject above nance
One of the letters was dated at |
Dorado, in Butler county, Novembt
y. 1t was written by physician an
veterinary surgeon employed by til
United States department of ngricu
lure for the investigation of disease
among our domestic animals. I'll
writer calls the governors attention t
he fact that he, the doctor, "fohnd i
Harper county, Kas., three horses n
icctcd by glanders, in an advance
stage of the disease" He gives I'll
names of the owners Of the ail'ecte
animals, and REQUESTS the governor
take prompt action to eradicate I'll
disease" for, he says, sit offers a col
l'inued menace to human life as Ion
Is allowed to exist"
The other letter is dated Hutchisor
Kas., Nov. 10. The writer SAYS tbs
in Pratt county seven horses and on
man have died from glanders in II
asst few months. ALSO, in Reno an
Rice counties several have died, an
he disease is still spreading" I'll
writer urges some energetic action i
the matter.
These letters bring up two lines {
thought-onc, that we have glanders i
Kansas; the other, what arc we goin
70 do about ii. 1t may be that most {
our readers, at least many of them, d
not know anything about the disease
It is as dangerous among horses as
small poX among men. Whetherit al
.ccts other animals and to what exten
is debatable question, and we are nc
certain that any eminent veterinaria
has satisfied himself that any know
liscGse Of other animals is glanders
Recently, however, sOlhe cases Of dis
easCd cattle in Illinois was examine
by experts, and the disease was b
some pronounced glanders. Last sum
..... :. M = 49,.
''.t -, ,.'' i"u", sI''!o 'ps.' anu eN
but nothing very definite was settled
Difference in anatomical structure is
Hv.nnl's, '"uuE u " ''oeo"nt ior Sllii iii
"a. o,'"feo ~, "PEv"IinS y, " proIuco uii
;', Vi,na '"Cuio mPUn ., ",mIienv I,'sseS .
''iI' 's'.i"'I' Tnol' IN ''I,l' vno encctS ar
pi'o'oeiS tno o"iir'' w. pc ~ ''llS rs II may
nn sahp I man l''"I KNOWS "hythlhs
h"ou' SI'hucrs "o.'lu consent 10 haN'
tt on ms premises longer 'hah lhe tim'
'eq'tlou ~ gcI r'u ot It, loi IL Is uah
9eTouS' 10 say inc ieaSt' ana that no
only 10 "hllii"iS' ouI TO humans
The mostmarked symptoms of CLAN
lerS is the nasal discharge. At frs
this is watery, bnt it soon becomes yel
lo"lSh ana stlcNy' CAUSING halr oi
wnlch 'he matter accumuIates IN an'
~, 1rounu inc noS'riiS 10 SUCK 'o9elher
nc u,ScnhrSe looHs l'Ne me!tea butter
nuwhen cropped ihIo water IL SINKS
omaIl yello" points win purple Dasc
aLe ,.1 seen on the waIlS between thG nos
tI,s' 'l,Ii anu tney s0ou PIouuco ulcers
l hese uic'rS' WIN eleTaleu Dases ah'
loRteSSeu cehtGr" anu purple pHSes
VIII SPreau ana oeconie cohliuenl, cal
ng away the membrane llil llttle ol
lo'Iihg OF II IS Iei'' the uischaree IN
'fe"ses ana mas horrible offensive
','or Tue lungs become aIec'cu by
lieeta forming IN mem 'he oreathlng
.''p!uo' ,,, i''oreu, "lu 'iio "I''lihl 'ile'
oioe ! '"o % nioS' cilacIl''u .:,, "1" ..,i us
'uHthS o"I'ct ih'aSlnHU!e' Inc
e'lluS' Fi,'pI' +. eutG!S arc lahSuor' losS
u "PPe'i'e' lIou'>"' ""tcl$ eyes
''''NuI'v" ~ ol''''',.'s' " ny I'"-PuiP P''
o'oi VI 'h' @ poao 'lhing' iwoot threc
'tNS is 'he ,'S''a' peEiou oi 'he uiSeaSe'
rulo ioI'n' ifo"i beginning 10 emu
Isere is no use in wasting time on
ms disorder "tor'' says good au,
hority, ''it is always fatal in spite OF
he most scientific and persistent
ilortr; the fatal termination may be
os!Ppncd for while, but the animal
sowing the contagion all the time,
nd doing an ineStimable amount OF
The fact that the disease is
10 men and always fatal
20, IS another reason why no man
louId attemp. to treat case n mo-
.ent after ho discovers its real char
ter When any doubt exists, or a
casa is seen, isolate the ami.
aI ut once, and quarantine him; pre-
mt nny communication with other.
and await developments. The.
scharge OF catarrh being whitish and
ore mucous in character, is easily.
cognized, and the nasal membrane
'yor assumes that mouse-eaten ap-'
'arance that is seen in glanders (
moot every animal known TO he af.
ctcd with CHAMBERS, and bury the car.
lss very Deep Pictorial Cyclic
rdia of Live Stock, pages 3O6 and
~
What we are to do or what we ought
do about it is not easy of decision.
here. was an honest effort made al
10 last session of the legislature to-,
,tablish q veterinary branch of the
ate board Of agriculture. A bill for
mt purpose, introduced, if we rcmem-
9r correctly, by Mr.. Click, passed the
luse but failed in the senate. That
as one good step. At tho next ses.
on the subject will probably receive
10 attention its Importance makes
i''','o'I ""9 " "'%St WI " he's" - ~ ioon
'ei Su0'i o"7o'' A"V na0 ooeH "Vn.
otner ,! staLeS we 90 not know; p%ui %
,.nlng has peeh zone IN hanSaS' an
iimat' auecteu WIN ?,ahuers ougnt 10
sioL ana nuTie9 without cereiuonl