New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-08-23
Glandered Horses.

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The Health Board is meeting with
some resistance in It's efforts to destroy
horses that the health officer believes TO
Re affected with CHAMBERS. but so far the
Board IS on top. Sometime ago DR..
Fritsche quarantined a horse belonging
to kretsch s. Berg. DIR. Mueller had
pronounced it a case of CHAMBERS and so
had DR., Frltsche. the latter bringing to
| his AID the use of the newly discovered
nlaliein. DR.. Behnke however disputed
the claim, and a Nankato veterinary was
t permitted to examine the animal and he
concurred with DR.. Behnke Instructions
| We're then received from the State Health
officer to shoot any animal upon which
| the use of the mallein had Indicated the
presence OF the disease Some more
wrangHng went on, and Fritsche gave
instructions to keep the horse in quaran-
tine until he gave orders that it be shot.
These instructions,it seems, were violat-
ed, for last week the horse was taken out
OF the barn and some distance out of th,
city where it was shot without the know
ledge of Health Officer Fritsche DR..
Behnke and the Mankato veterinary per
formed a post-mortem examination and
brought a portion of one of the lungs to
the livery stable and gave it as their re-
peated opinion that the horse had not
suffered from CHAMBERS. The violation of
his Instructions induced Fritsche to tele-
graph for Prof. Schwartzkopff, late state
veterinarian, and on Friday he arrived.
In company with the Health Officer he
made an inspection of all the livery barns
and at Kretsch & Berg's he discovered
four or five animals that he suggested
placing under observation. One of these
was DR.. Fritsche's horses, and so it can
hardly be urged that the Health Officer
has been acting out Or prejudice in the
matter. Schwartzkopff also suggested
complete cleaning up and disinfection of
the barn and was very plain an,, deter
mined in his opinion and instructions.
He then proceeded to the place where
the horses had been buried. From the ow-
ners they conld obtain ne. definite infor-
nation as to its whereabouts and neither
would they accompany the officials.
Starting out alone Schwarzkopff,
Fritsche, Koehne, Lipp Mueller
made a search of nearly an
hour and finally struck upon the burying
place. 1t was in Schaeffer's woods in Cot
tonwood and upon digging down for the
carcass they made some peculiar discov-
cries. They first dug up d horse belong
ing to Schneider & Schaeffer that had
died of farcy. Going still deeper they
came across the animal that was wanted
for the examination. The entire viscera
had been taken out and these were bur
led even deeper in the ground beneath
the horse, SO that it looked good deal
like a case of dead men tell no tales"
As soon as DR.. Schwartzkopf saw the
lungs and other glands and had eSamiD-
ed them,he pronounced it clear case OF
CHAMBERS. 4 section of the diseased lungs
and other diseased glands were then |
brought to town and carefully preserved
to await further action in the much dis
puted matter. .....
These are the facts as near as the Re-
view can ascertain them Dr. Fritsche has
been bitterly abused for his action in the
matter but we believe that he has acted |
conscientiously and with sole regard |
fol the public interest.