The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-25
fosr-N0RrK11s on HOGS.
veterinary Surgeons Otill DisaGreo
About the Condomnod gvsne.

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Inc statement Of Herman Meyer, the butcher,
that he would Immediately bring damaee quit
sean6 the city because the health department
condemned and ordered killed ninety eight
noGe tnat were said TO be af1fcted with cholera.
~ nos worried the city physician, Dr.. g. Fl. +.
1perlsng, to any great extent. To make his &C.
non more convincing, however, the city physi-
c'An has taken steps to secure additional evil
oence Tor the city In the event the case does
come into court. Upon reading the interviev
With Herman Meyer and Din. Green and Nu-
rent veterinary surgeons, - published In the
fosf-IN1xILdGsNCKR yesterday morning, DR..
epeliing and Mr.. d. Creighton, sanitary oficer,
nad Drs. J. ". Mcintosh, r. Riddell and WILL
lam kaunt, veterinary surgeons, 60 to the
slaughter-house on Grant street bridge, where
the dead hogs ere, yesterday, and another exam
turned 70 the city physicians ohcs after the ex-
dsvit:
.sThis Il 10 tessify thst Ne have personally cx-
amined some Of the hogs 1t Meyers slaughter
house, and We believe said hogs 70 be afflicted
with the dissase known - hog cholera"
Dr. Sparkling said. last evening:
I'VE ere certain beyond . doubt that the
swine had hog cholera, and personally do not
believe that Herman Meyer will bring suit
against the city. There II one incident in con-
necttou with this case that savors of trickery,
and do not like Il When we examined the
car load Of hogs at the Seattle Transfer Com
panys stock yards, and aftsrward condemned
them, We saw two animals that were especially
sick. They were left there when the rest were
driven TO the slaughter house. We gave the
foreman Of the stock yards orders not TO allow
anyone to remove those two animals until We
were hrst notified. We wanted to make
further examination of the disease
in il advanced stages. We thought
nothing moro about the matter until yesterday
morning, when, accompanied BY the three vet
erinaries, We went out to the slaughter-house to
make another postmortem examination. After
the three surgeons finished their investigation
ct the slaughter-house, said, Come, so down
70 the stockyard and further examine the two
live ones down there When we arrived there
the two hogs were gone. The forenoon said one
of Herman Meyers men had driven them down
to the slaughter house and killed them. We
went back to the daughter house, and after
looking about some time We found the two dead
animals. One OF them had died of the disease.
and was lying there, but the other one had been
butchered and hung up. The futestines OF both
animals were removed and thrown away, and
We could not mako the desired investigation.
1t may have been done for the purpose Of con-
cealing evidence.
ssThe animal that had died was 20 far gone
with disease and was in such IN advanced con-
dition Of decomposition that the three veteri-
narians unanimously pronounced Is unfit for
rendering into tallow, that Is would be danger.
ous 70 b even converted into soap. The CARCASS
was then ordered to be burned Al the dead
animal lay Close to where great deal Of meat
that was to b. used for food We hanging, and
as the good meat was liable to contagion. the
animal was ordered removed Immediately"
Drs. Green \ Nugent, veterinary surgeons,
who made an examination of the swine for
Herman Meyer and who pronounced the ami
mails free from any cholera symptoms, were
again seen last evening by = Posr-INTELLiGEN-
the hogs were not afiicted with cholera, and
still aaDsrt that the city health oficerS have
made serious mistake, ell bscsuss they were
oyersselons. Dr.. Green said:
"How could those three veterinary surgeons
make post-mortem examination Of the hogs
when the intestines-the parts Of the animals
necessary TO analysis before the character Of the
disease can BE- "Reminiscences gone? Their
afidAvtt from such an examination Is astound-
ing. When those veterinarians went out to the
slaughteE-house yesterday they were too late.
All that could be examined was the carcasses.
No veterinarian can determine the character OF
q disease in an animal unless the intestines, the
lungs and the liver are first examined. 1t IL
those parts Of . hog that must be investigated
70 determine whether there are any LESSONS char
acteristic Of the cholera; and unless the intes-
tines are examined no man, don't care who he
ID, can honestly say that hog was afflicted with
cholera
"How do you account for Meyers men driving
away and killing those two hogs that were left
in the stockyards to be examined later on by the
health department."
ssThat il very easily explained. Herman
Meyer had nothing to 90 with that 1t was my
self and DR.. Nugent who ordered those two
animals taken to the slaughter house. did not
know anything about the health depart
ment's orders. We killed the live
one. The other one was dead. 1t
had died while in the stockysrds. We
examined the live one; then he was killed
and we held Q post-mortem examination. He
was suffering from pneumonia, not cholera.
Then We took out the intestines OF the dog that
had died and we have them preserved in
alcohol, and it will be presented In evidence on
the day OF trial, when the damage case comes
up. There were no symptoms of cholera The