The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-08-21
MINNESOTA NEWS NOTES.
OF A1uv1sxIaATuo TOUR.

1ginnssota Doctors Look up Cholera, Cat
To Dsseass. Qiandsrs ana Other Matters
Of Vital 1ntersst-A Report from -Dr.
Hand Of ths Chicago visit. " 8
Drs Hand and Hewitt, of the state board OF
health, have returned from Chicago where they
have been prosecuting an investigation of sew
eral matters which are of vital interest and i'm
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 a
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 aud make some provisions for
an emergens. D. fer - we can learn, the
general feeling Ait expectation is that the dis
ease will not reach this country this season in
time to do any serious damage; but that the
probabilities are that we will catch it another
season = The danger this season is considered
30 far past that the conference expected to
attend at Washington was postponed sine die,
but subject to call Nevertheless, We thought
best to confer with tho health officer of Chica-
go and the state authorities there, and make
some arrangement for meeting the emergency
II it should unexpectedly arise We find Chi
cago thoroughly reused over the matter, and I
believe that any amount of money could be
raised to carry through the scheme that we
agreed upon. This was to have inspectors ap-
pointed, whose duty it should be to go through
every incoming and outgoing train, in the event
OF first case being reported in New York,
and spot every case where there was
even the least supcion Our authori-
ties here are to be kept constantly in
formed OF suspicious cases, and we hope that
sofa, if it should strike the country. As I said,
however, the danger is considered practically
over for for this season Chicago is being
cleaned up pretty generally, and the river GER
tainly is in better condition than it has been
THE CATTLE DISEASE
We also made q thorough Investigation of
over the cattle disease, and the possibility Of
its affecting Minnesota. The cases Of the dis
ease-Texas fever-were confined to one herd
Of 500 cattle, shipped from Kansas City.
Twenty three were found dead on their arri-
next morning, and 300 were shot by order of
the health authorities. The rest were slaugh-
tered under careful surveillance, and
thirty.six more found to be diseased.
We found that there had been no dis
o0eou catt1e anOuS tuose IN translJ 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 CHAMBERS 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 woman who
has CHAMBERS, having caught the disease froma
horse.