The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-08-21
MINNESOTA NEWS IOTBS.


minnesota Doctors Iook up 0holera, Cat.
tie 0esease, 0laaAsEs ana Othsr Matters
Of Vital 1a1erest-A Report from Dr..
Hand ofthD Chicago visit.
Ds Hand and Hewitt, Of the state board Of
health, have returned from Chicago whore they
have boon prosecuting an investigation of sew
eral matters which are of vital interest and inn
portance to the people Of the Northwest
Prominent among them were cholera and the
cattle disease, which have been agitating the
country and the world Of late. A reporter
called on DR.. Hand and obtained from him .
statement Of the results Of the trip which were
substantially as follows. The primary object
Of our visit to Chicago was to look up the mat
ter Of cholera and make some provisions for
an emergency. So far as we can learn, the
general feeling and expectation is that the dis
ease win not reach this country this season in
time to do any serious damage; but that tho
probabilities are that we will catch it another
season The danger this season is considered
60 far past that the conference I expected to
attend at Washington was postponed sine die,
but subject to call Nevertheless, we thought
best to confer with the health officer of Chica-
60 and the state authorities there. and make
some arrangement for meeting the emergency
If it should unexpectedly arise. We find Chi
cago thoroughly reused over tho matter, and
Deneve that any amount of money could DO
raised to carry through the scheme that we
agreed upon. This was to have inspectors ap-
pointed, whose duty it should be to 20 through
every incoming and outgoing train, in the event
OF first case being reported in New York
and spot every case whore there was
even the least supcion. Our authori-
ties here are to be kept constantly in
formed Of suspicious cases, and we hope that
we will be able to keep cholera out of Mime
sofa, If it should strike the country As said,
however, the danger is considered practically
over for for this season. Chicago is being
ta up pretty generally, and the river GER
for years.
THE CATTLE DISEASE
We also made . thorough investigation of
the precise facts of the recent scare in Chicago
over the cattle disease, and the possibility Of
it's affecting Minnesota. The cases of the dis
ease-Texas fever-were confined to ono herd
Of 500 cattle, shipped from Kansas City,
val in Chicago; fifty more were found dead the
next morning, and 800 were shot by order of
the health authorities. The rest were slaugh-
tered under careful surveillance, and
thlrty-six more found to be diseased
eased cattle among. those in transit nor
in yards with those in transit; SO that
we think there is no danger of the disease
reaching Minnesota The fever is contagious,
and frost kills it No Texas cattle are driven
into Minnesota; so that there seems to be no
cause for alarm. Another matter we investi-
gated was glanders. We found the health de-
partment wide awake on this subject Every
horse known to be diseased is Instantly shot
and every one suspected is isolated It is =
very difficult matter to detect the disease One
main thing was anxious to do was to learn to
diagnose it, but don't know as have fully
done so yet We are trying to pursue the same
course here. There have been no new cases
reported for ten days. By the way, while in
Chicago we were invited to visit an almshouse
in Kane county, where there is a woman who
has CHAMBERS, having caught the disease from
horse