Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-03-24
TUBERcULoUs c4YTL n.
A Herd of so Jerseys mt villa Nova to he
Killed within - Few Days.


A very interesting experiment is now
going on al the farm of President Gilling-
kan of the Delaware a. Chesapeake canal
At Villa Nova. Chester county, Pa. herd
of so cattle affected with tuberculosis is to
be tested with koch's lymph and then
killed.
The experiment is well worth the atten-
ton of New Castle county farmers. Veteri-
nary Surgeon ii. =. Ewes OF this city, who
is professor in the veterinary department
OF Delaware College, and also DIR. Day of
Talleyville, are attending the experiments
kochs lymph known as tuhercuin was
given thorough test on "Wednesday last
y herd Of cows belonging to Mr. Gilling-
ham, president of the Delaware & Chesa-
peake canal, at his farm near Villa Nova,
"a His herd consisted of 80 thorough
bred jersey cows, one OF the finest herds
in this country. purchased by MIR. Gilling-
ham at cost Of $4,000. The disease
tuberculosis or consumption had been dis
covered in the herd some time ago and DR.,
Bridge, state veterinarian of Pennsylvania
killed several cows. Mr.. Gillingham learn
ing of the danger of transmission not only
to others of the herd but to the human
family, concluded to have at his own ex-
pense, strictly scientific inspection made,
lie employed DR.. Pearson of Philadelphia
q graduate OF the veterinary department of
the University of PENNSYLVANIA and at
present professor Of Internal pathology at
the above named college. to make the in
speclion. in order to make a thorough in
spcCLion he used "tuhereulin' or lymph
the Introduction of which caused SO much
stir in scientific circles two years ago and
1t the TINT was supposed TO be a cure for
consumption but has been proven since
only Of value in making diagnosis OF the
disease, II is proven fact that given
pure sample of tubcrculin and inject il
hypodcrmically in 4 few hours provided
the patient is consumptive, that decided
rise of temperature follows. If the patient
is not consumptivc the reaction does not
| occur. II apparently docs not require tho
disease To be extensive but If the least de-
| post exists the reaction follows
DR.. Pearson gave each OF the 80 cows
one-fuurth of grim. of the fluid. The
| temperature was taken every three hours
for II hours. |, was found that 30 OF tile
COWS responded and ii was decided by Mr..
dillingham; to have them slaughtered, this
| both for safety and cconomy's sake, as he
| recognized the fact that the disease would
not or could not be eradeated from tbs
| herd without the destruction of all those
| affected. The killing took place on last
| Wednesday. The cows were apparently
| in prime condition and from external
| observation consumption would probably
be the last disease thought Of They an
| had good uppetites, were all milking and
| ~ all appearances were enjoying perfect
health. The veterinarians present in
| great many cases could and did detect the
disease in u number Of them by ordinary
| physical examination.
| Dr. Pearson delivered very instructive
| preliminary address, telling those present
what they might expect and explained the
action of the lymph. He stated he wit
messed y case in Germany where a COW re-
ceived the ordinary dose and il was fol
| lowed by a decided rise in temperature,
| At the autopsy no LESSONS were revealed nj
first, but not being satisfied the vertebrm
| were split open aud large deposit of
| tubercnlar matter was found within.
| OF the six cows killed on Wednesday,
| the disease was found satisfactorily n nj
but one, and thorough examination was
| to be made in that case as her tempcra-
turc arose in 10 hours from 1918. which
is normal in the COW, to 1868. The
| results Of this case caused great deal of
comment, and those present are awaiting
anXiously for an official report from the
| investigating committee, which consists
OF three Of the best pathologists of tho
country.
Drs. =. @, Shakespeare and Guibcras
delivered very instructive addresses.