Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-01
be any loss to the farmers. The COM
munity will foot the expense think"

AhH hEMEb1 Al HAND.
DR.. Neale-"Germany and France
suffered for 200 or 300 years from this
trouble. The farms became infested.
Pasteur has discovered the remedy We
can obtain the vaccine from Paris. The
> experimental station can get it if it cau't
7 be made.
but burning is the best method. Our
: station will furnish oil and wood, You
need only telegraph G. o. D. and we
will send it.
Seattle recovered from anthrax inocu.
lation are not attacked again. There is
a mild attack, lasting only day. Then
1t il all over. They ere not susceptible
to the malignant form of the disease.
"In Europe they yaccinate every year
and don't lose over 2 per cent Of the
cattle.n
DIR. Leonard Pearson stated that there
Is some Pasteur virus at the university
laboratory and that DIR. Neale can get
what he wants.
On the suggestion Of DR.. Neale a
committee of five members Of the insti-
tute be appointed TO act conformity with
the committees OF the State Board Of
Health and the grange upon the anthrax
matter.
The following were appointed Chair
man DR.. Black, David j. Murphy, j. w.
II. Watson, Thomas Holcomb, Edward
Reybold.
The institute then adjourned at call Of
the chair.
ANOTHER ANTHRAX DEATH.
DR.. II. p. Ewes reports another death
from anthrax Thursday in the woods
adjoining the New Castle works, one
mile from Newport, The victim was a
horse.
There were two new deaths from an
thrax Sunday. One occurred in the
picnic woods about 200 yards from the
New Castle pumping station, on the
road from Newport to New Castle.
The horse was driven Saturday after
noon and had been turned out into the
woods, apparently in perfect health.
Upon gong to him early yesterday
morning the owner found his horse with
its throat very much swollen. Also it
was breathing very hard and otherwise
suffering. There was no doubt about
its suffering from anthrax.
DR.. Ewes was summoned Immediately.
He found that this was the same owner
who had lost horse from anthrax last
Friday. The owner related to Dr. Ewes
how the present victim had been seen
licking the dead horse on Friday morn.
ing.
The second case was pony the prop.
erty of a gentleman VINO had pastured
ON the same farm. 1t had been sick
Tor three days and was under the care
Of DIR. Ewes. II had been isolated in 9
pen.
The poor brute was in such dis
Ahaf ~,
surgeon had no hesitation in shooting
the animal right away
Both victims were buried in the eight
feet pit near to where the horse had died
DIR. Pearson, the University of Penn
sylvania specialist had expressed de
sire last week to be present at the mex
examination of a horse anthrax victim
The following telegram was sent to hin
Sunday.
WILMrSGToN, DEL, Aug. 2s.--Come a
once. Two interesting cases Of anthrax.
ii. +. Ewes.
The special arrived at l,57 y. m. or
Sunday, when both veterinary surgeons
accompanied by DIR. Buckingham, drove
yut to Newport. After a close invest
cation of all circumstances the twt
horses were buried in the pit, as alread,
described. The animals We're wei
packed in with lime.
CATTLE Al THE FAIR
DR.. Ewes has been appointed by til,
Wilmington Fair Association toexamin
Ill animals entering Tor exhibition |
guaranteed thereby that no animals o
any kind from the affected district, vii
on any account be admitted to the fai
grounds
DIR. Ewes thinks that with such car
as may be properly exerted under TIL
circumstances there is no danger to ex
hibitors in regard to their herds.