Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-06-21

as well as peculiar movements in a
circle, ohlique position of the head,
etc. Lydtin quotes the following
description of the disease as taken
from a Swiss sanitary order:
"a dry, short interrupted, hoarse
cough, which the sick animals man
ifest especially in the morning at
feeding time, still more after some
what violent exertion. At first
these animals may be full-blooded
and lay on considerable amount
of fat when well fed. AS the disease
progresses they grow thin and show
more and more those appearances
which indicate diseased nutrition,
such as a staring, lustreless, dis
heVeled coat; dirty, tense skin,
which appears very pale in those
regions free from hair. The temper
ature of the skin is below normal.
The loss of fat causes sinking of the
eyes in their sockets. They appear
swimming in the water, and their
expression is weak. The cough is
more frequent, but never or very
rarely accompanied by discharge.
The body continues to emaciate
even with plenty of food and a good
appetite, so that the quantity of
milk is small. At times, in the early
stages of the disease, still more in
the later stages, the diseased ami
mails manifest considerable tender
ness when pressure is applied to the
front or sides of the chest by cough
ing, moaning, etc. Often symp-
toms are wanting in spite of the
existence of the disease"
Lydtin also quotes at length
description of the abnormal sexual
desire occasionally observed among
cows when affected with this
disease.
A disease so varied in its attack
upon the different organs of the
body and in the extent of the
disease process must necessarily
lead to mistakes of diagnosis. 1t
has been confounded with the later
stages of pleuro-pneumonia, with
parasitic diseases of the brain,
the lungs, and intestines. A para
site disease in cattle, quite common
in the United States, which is ac-
companied by tubercles under the
mucous membrane of the small
inteStines, has been mistaken for
tuberculosis. The tubercles vary
in size from mere specks to peas.
The larger ones contain a crumbling
Gaseous mass of a dirty grayish
color. In many of them the worm
causing the tubercle is still within,
and may be detected under the
microscope in the contents of the
tubercle. The absence of tuber-
culosiS of the lungs, pleura, and
Emphatic glands in the animal is
pretty certain indication that
tuberculosis does not exist.
tuberculosis does not, as a rule,
end in recovery, and treatment is
useless. Preventive measures in
this as in this other diseases are the
only reliable ones. They consist in
removing and isolating the suspected
animals and destroying them when
there is sufficient evidence that tuber-
culoSiS exists. The milk of such ami
mails should not be used in the feed
ing of calves, swine and other
domesticated animals. Concerning
the use of the flesh and milk for
human food, some facts will be
given further on. The carcasses of
tuberculous animals should be care
fully buried, or burned if possible.
In short, the diseased animals and
their remains should be regarded as
a menance to the health of man and
animals, and treated accordingly.
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