The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-03-13
ESTABLISHED IN 1857.
THE ABSORBING SUBJECT.
Testimony OF the Authorities on the
Foot and AaOuth Disease.

THE ABSORBING SUBJECT.
Testimony Of the Authorities on the
Foot and Mouth Disease.
Tbs Commonwealth of Yesterday
morning publishes the following:
BLACKBERRY, Ill March 8, 1884.
To His ExeeIiency. q. W. Click, Governor OF
kAnSas:
DEAR SIR: am retired veterinary
surg, on, on account IF poor health. 1
am now confined to my bed, and have.
been tUr nearly Two years past, SO l
write in bed and have T. use pencil.
notice in the paper the outbreak of
the foot and mouth disease (epiZooIic
aptha), which, from what have sen OF
II IN England. when young man, on my
fathers farm, is very contagious dis
ease and not TO be triiled with. Father
uiedmany remedies and employed ex-
perienced veterinary surgeons, but met
vita poJr success, and found The only
remedy to be the death Of Every animal
affected, which proyeI IN his case 10 be
the cheapest and best plan. In the dis
tTlcts where the disFase IL raging people
cannot be too careful about HppIOaching
the animals affected, for the reason thai
The animal affected may cough or snort
md throw some of the virus on the
clothes OF the visitor or attendant and
thus scat er the disease nearly beyond
remedy. People, if they would extin-
guish the disease, ought TO be as careful
as If they were attending case of Vitn-
lent smallpox in the human family. 1
should advise the slaug htering and burn
lag OF every animal Affected copy an
exuact from one OF myveterinAry work.,
which was taken from Tie Veterinarian
~ the time whea The disease Was raging
IN England. You haYe, / see, some
noted veterinary surgeons down with
you i think delays in such cases are
dangerous, and prompt and effecIual
remedies ia the beginning will save u
vast amount Of moHey and time. ! re.
ma yours truly,
WILLIAM BoARDMAN.
PROM THE vETERINARIAN"
"EplzOOtic aptha, commonly known
as foot and mouth complaint, is y fe
brtle, very cotagious and panzoutic al
fections, that is readily communicated
from one species to another, met with
IN the horse goat, pig, fowl, hare, etc.
but most commonly IN the OK aud sheep,
la which two last mentioned animals 1t
consists of vCsicles breaking out on the
mouth, gums and lips, and around the
ronary surface of the foot, between
the skin and hoOf. Ii Is an epizOOtIc al.
lection, spreading over large tracts of
country, interfering very seriously with
the capabilitY of the OK to put on fat,
while preparing for the butcher and
the mich COW, Tend ring the supply OF
milk small, if not altogether suspending
it.
In this disease the OK exhibits the fol-
lowing symptoms: constipation, some
times, though rarely dIarrhea, great
flow of saliva from the the mouth and
severe lameness.
Milk taken from COWS affected with
this disease should never be drank, as it
will most readily pro. uce aptha in man.
To prove this fact, Professor HertWig,
together with two medical men, Mann
and VilIon. drank the warm milk of an
apthous COW and the result was that each
became the subject of severe inifammA-
ton OF the throat, associated with vesic-
ular eruptiOns mentioned above as midi
cative of this malady. Prof. Simonds
alsn gave warm milk of an spthous COW
10 pigs with the same result"
The following is furnished THE News
by F. McHardy, of this city:
Rev J II. Bret, Carsington Rectory,
writes as follows TO the English agricul-
tural papers Some few years ago when
the foot and mouth disease was prevail
ing, gave farmer in this parish, who
had the disease among his cattle, some
sulphrOus acid, and advised him to
make trial of the following treatment:
To put about two ounces of the acid into
quart bottle and ill up with water, and
then give about q tablespoonful " this
diluliun three times a day to the dis
eased ca'tle. He acted upon my ADVICE,
and the result was that the cattle were
quickly cured of the disease. Again,
two or three weeks ago,
one of my paIishoneIs
came TO me to inform me that one of his
COWS was affected with the disease, and
to ask me il could give him anything
for il. gave hinI some of the game
acid, to be US d as above stated, and ad-
vised him also to burn a little sulphur
in the shed in which the diseased COW
was kept, two or three times day. He
followed my advice, and three or four
days after was informed that the COW
was doing nicely and was giving her
milk again. My confidence in the rem.
edy is therefore confirmed, and | think
II my duty to make il as widely known
rs possible. In addition TO giving the
acid internally, | advised the moisten.
ing also of the affected foot with the
same dllutIon with a sponge.
The sulphuTous acid acts remedially,
conclude, by being destructive OF the
microbes, or exceedingly minute ami
malcuie, that gives rise to the disease
and feel persuaded that, il the owners
of cattle would take the trouble to burn
little sulphur once or twice a week in
the cattle sheds, they would not only
protect their cattle frcm att tcks of foot
and mouth disc Ase, but have them also
in a more healthy and vigorous condi-
tIoD especially in the season of tying up
and confinement.
would call especial attention I'd the
last syllable of sulphurous TO guard
against mistake. Sulphuric acid would
only be productive of mischief Sui
phurous acid may be obtained through
any druggist in sealed stOppered bottles
at a small expense.
The simplest way OF burning sulphur
inNthe cowsheds, is as follows: Take
slip of cardboard, OF of extra stout brown
paper, about foot long and two inches
wide, and place on one extremity about
as much coarsely pow deTed birthstone as
would lie on penny piece, hold il by
the other end aud apply the flame of the
candle till the sulphur is ignited, and
then wave il about the shed In order to
dispense the vapOr among the cattle;
il there be straw or anything else in
fiammable about, hold a tile or something
nf the sort In the other hand, under
the burning sulphur, - catch any that