The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-18
THE O CHOLERA,
An Investigation OF tho Du,ease Under the
National Jionfd's AuspIre..

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An Investigation OF tho Dt,ea.e Under the
National IionId's Anspirr..
Dr.. Rose, OF Washington, D. G., ar.
rived in the city yesterday, having been
sent here by DR.. Salmon, the chief OF tho
Veterinary department in the Bureau Of
Agriculture, TO investigate into the hog
cholera, which is epidemic in the country
districts Of this county, and which has
recently spread among the hogs belonging
to the Brooke county farmers. A rcpor.
ter OF the lSTELLiGINcIR called Yesterday
afternoon at the Office OF DR.. Reeves. tho
efficient and wide awake secretary Of tho
State Board OF Health, for tho PURPOSE of
Learning from DR.. Roso what DO proposed
doing. DR.. Rose was not there, but DR..
Reeves favored the reporter with a half
hours interesting talk about tho hog chol.
era, which Is a subject Of serious lmpor.
lance.
DR.. Roses presence here nj this time il
the result OF II visit made by Dr.. Reeves
to the bureau Of Agriculture when he
was III Washington last week. Before he
LETT for there he had been aiding the
County Health Board in its efforts to sup.
press the epidemic, which ut that time
time was raging in Liberty district; no
had been furnished mt that time with
specimens obtained by Drs. llosc and
Robinson from n post mortem examina-
ton they had made on u hog that hal
been sick with the cholera.
These specimens were carefully exam.
ined BY Dir. Reeves through n microscope,
and the appearance OF the disease germ
was such that he deemed it proper 10 in
form the Government authorities. There
is, so the Doctor says, u difference OF
opinion Us to this germ some authorities
declare II to be Il Dacillis-in shape like n
little rod, and Others n Microscopus-or
little dot OF infected matter.
TIE CHOLERA GERM.
Tho specimens that DR.. Reeves had
mounted and took TO Washington with
him were examined with great interest by
DR.. Salmon and his assistants, and we're
also sent to Prof Stonebcrg, OF the Johns
Hopkins University, OF Baltimore, who
found them similar to those described by
a celebrated English doctor in Il work OF,
the disease.
To-day DR.. Rose, DR.. Reeves, and Drs,
Hoge, Baird and Wilson will 20 to Wells.
burg for the purpose OF having a piu
afflicted with the disease killed and max.
ing a post norton examination. Specimens
will be collected and DR.. Rose will take
them to Washington, where the virus OF
infected matter will be inocculatcd in q
pig in good condition which will after.
wards be killed md another post morton
held. In this way the disease will be
carefully followed up and investigated
The arrival OF DR.. Rose here on this mis-
sion again demonstrates the good that re-
suits to the State by reason OF its having 7
trst.class Board Of Health system. No
only are the citizens warned OF impendin.
danger, but their live stock also engage.
the attention Of the Board as shown nov
and on Il former occasion when the Texa.
cattle fever was prevalent.
In talking yesterday, DR.. Reeves said
"This is u matter about which the pres:
cannot sound an alarm too loudly. Owe
500 hogs have died in this county iron
the disease, and l am positive that otheI
animals suffering from it have been killed
and sold in our markets. l have beer
told that pork has been sold in the Secont
ward market for four centsa pound. Tha'
in itself is evidence enough that something
was wrong with it. l am told also that {
hogs carcass was displayed iii the sam
market that had been skinned. Yer,
likely that animal had had a very bat
case OF the cholera, for when thew bay,
that disease their skin becomes mottlet
and looks very disasreeable.
gEALSEgD.
"This city ought to have BY all means
meat and milk inspector.
"As Iye said, l have no doubt that til,
carcasses OF hogs diseased with the cholcr,
and those OF sheep with ~ioot-rot, havt
been sold in our markets and the Lor,
only knows what has gone into sausages
True, there is a law that inficts n heav,
penalty on any n that sells diseased
meat, but how is it to be iniorced unles.
such a person can be found? And there
is another thing that makes it still mort
difficult to them and that is the apathy o
the regular and reputable butchers. J
talked with a number Of them yesterda,
and endeayored to impress them will
the fact that their business would he in
jured unless they stirred themselves ant
assisted in mapping some OF these cheay
sellers.
Here is q letter I received this morn.
ing from Dr.. Cooper, OF Wellsburg, presi.
dent Of the Brooke county Board o.
Health. He says that hogs are dying in
that vicinity from the cholera and that ir
many instances the dead carcasses are be.
ingthrown in the river.
A SOURCE OF DANGER.
THAT is simply awful, and1've written
to him to issue his proclamation forbid,
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