The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-26
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAI---TUEsDAY OCTOBER 28, 1885,
The PLEURO. PNEUMONIA
THAT HAS PREVAILED FOR SOME
WEEKS AT CHICAGO
Reported Upon by DR.. Salmon, Chief
OF the Bureau of Animal Indus.
try at Washington.

| w AbHlNGTON- OClOOpf ZO.-Df. sal
mon, Chief of the Bureau Of Anima
Industry, in his official report upoI
the outbreak Of pleur 1-pneumDnia a
Chicago, saws: "Ou September 22d
visited the Phoenix aud Shuleldt dis
tilleries' stables in company with tn,
State Live Stock Commissioners anC
the State Veterinarian. Pest morten
examinations were made on the car
cases of four animals and in every
one Lessons were revealed, which arr
considered by the veterinary profes
sion all the world over to be typics
and chars cite rstic OF contagious pleu
TO pneumonia. Ga several subst Quen
occasions / VISITED the same stables
and witnessed the examination o.
other rear C asst which presented equal
ly plain evidence OF the same disease.
The Doctor describes the manner il
which the plague was traced to and
discovered in these disiilleries etab e.,
and says that it was of Itself demon.
stration of its contagious character
The report continues as follows: "rhe
milkmen at fret stoutly denied the
tx stence OF any disease among their
cattle, but when the evidence became
too strong TO be longer contested, il
was adm tied they had recognized the
appearance Of lung disease in 1884.
They at first attributed it to chemi-
Gals used in thu mash by the dstil-
lers; a 30. to feeding slop too hot,
but had finally concluded it was con-
tagious pleuro.pneumonia, ard had
BEEN practicing inc ulation to lessen
the morialiy y. 1t YVES soon sscsr-
rained that cattle had been removed
from the infected oistillery stables,
driven over the streets of Chic 9go aud
allow d to pasture on the commons.
The first work to bs done was to pre-
vent anv more animals fiom leaving
the infected stab 'es, and the next
to learn how far the contagion
had been already disseminated. To
accomplish this first object the guards
were strengthened, two men being
placed at each stable in the daytime
and four at night, while The latter six
veterinary inspectors were directed to
examine ali of The herds found run
ming on the Commons alb ut the city.
The cattle in the disiilery stables have
bsen count d daily in order to insure
prompt detection CT any owner who
might succeed la removing any OF his
stock, and it might be safely said that
nothing of his kind could occur with
out Deidg known by members OF the
State Live Stock Commission. The
inspection OF city and subj ban herds
brought out the fsct that the contagion
had neen very widely disseminated,
that diseased animals had been run.
ming upon lots where many cattle
graz d, and that prac ically we must
consider all of the untsnce1 pas ures
and vacan lots on the We and South
sides OF Chicsgo as infected, and all
of the cattle running a. large as
exposed. Most Of the ca es of disease
found were chronic and some OF the
herds presented plain evidences OF hav-
ing been inoculated. This inosulatiou,
which Las been ex ensively resorted
to in Chicago, while it has lesssned
the losses, appears to be one Of the
means by which the contag on has
been so widely scattered The origin
of the con,agion in the distlle,y STA
b,es is still a matter OF dou,t. The
milkmen bslievs it was introduced
with some cows bought a the Union
Stockyards in the fall of 1884 by Mrs.
Mary Kelly. II this version is cor
ract, it is obviously impossible to
learn at this lats day whether the ami
mas were infected at some Of the
Cenlers of contagion which existed in
Illinois in that year, or whether this
occurred by contact wi h some of the
many calves which were then passing
through the yards. The State Live
Stock Commission has co-operated
cordially in the effort to dis
cover and isolate affected and exposed
cattle, but neither the State law
nor the appropra ions made to secure
the enforce ment Of it's provisions are
adequate to the emergency. Every
animal in the distil cry stables and
every one which has been upon the
commons of Chicago should
be summarily seized, condemned and
The experience of he
world vita this plague teaches us that
there is no other course which can be
relied upon to secure the extermina,
ton of the contagion. Unfortu-
nately, it is only too plain that such a
cannot be carried out and
that it will not be attempted without
additional legislat on. During the
lime which must elapse before decisive
and vigorous action can be taken,
pubic apathy will have largely SUI
ceeded the intense interest which has
been manifested in this outbreak of
disease; the doubt and suspicion
which the cattle dealers have Indus
labored to conceal in regard
to the nature of The disease will have
grown to larger proportions by con-
) ant repetitions the Interests aft ee ed
will have time to organize their oppo-
sition the contagion will have become
Moore deeply rooted; the task of Grad
cation will probably have increased in
These facts should be
borne in mind and should serve
% maintain the interest of everyone
concerned in the fate of tie twelve
hundred millions worth of cattle now
,wned in the United States; OF every
me who values a beef supply which |
zones from clttle unContaminated |
With disease; of every one who rea'-
z % the hard hips and misery which
would be entailed by a diminished |
ODD supply euch as would follow a
General dissemination of this disease
I'D finally of every one who sees the
TO us IS a nation of main
aiming our export trade in live cattle,
.nd in fresh, sailed and canned beef.
With contagious pleuIo.pneumonis
in the vicinity of Chicago
he great live stock center of the
ountrY, from which cattle are coll
lantly moving in all directions--it
nay be truly said that the cattle in.
ustry of this country has reached
risis. 1t may still be rescued from
his scourge if Congress, at the coming
ession, can be made to realize the ne
essities OF the situation.
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