The Portland daily press., 1898-02-05

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and fixed to the jaw, but never softens W
suppuration. :,
The ulcers or chancres are develo pea ~
the texture of the membrane, from pl9
size of a millet seed to that OF sAn
pea, and perfectly defined. 10 tine ~
they appear as little round BODIES u ho "
yellowish color, slightly projecting %.
yond the level Of the membrane, which ab
their margin is pale or inflamed accorulns
to the progress of the disease. Ihey arc
rapidly developed, and in two or 1Ireo
days l1quify, become softened, the eplthe- |
lium covering them is.detached, allowing
the pus to escape leaving small concaVe
depression. This stage constitutes COLI
firmed CHAMBERS.
In farcy, the local symptoms consist ~
the appearance of superficial 1ndolenC
tumors or "farcy buds" on the skin IN
various parts of the body, and which
soon ulcerate and become chancrous. con-
shutting the specific feature of the
malady Some begin to form alt gether
beneathssthe skin, which is only affected
when they begin to ulcerate. They are
generally found where the skin is thiE-
nest and most sensitive, particularly
around the eyes, nostrils. and lips, lnsloe
the legs, upper part of the shoulders,
| TANKS, inside the thighs, and abdomen.
Once developed these tuInors invariably
result in alterations. AT first, each. con-
sidered separately, is a small hardy booy,
slightly OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the skin, nov
very painful, butt surroundedsbysa
swelling. In two or three days thes.tunlo. i
increases in size, and commences to sorten
in the center, ossthat in four to ten days,
If pupcture1, gives exit.tosa small guam
titv of thin yellowish, oily-looking pus,
characteristic of this affection. The farcy
ulcer has no tendency to neal ike az
ordinary sore, and If not tnterfered WIN
it extends by destroying the TISSUES
| DO rn4n
| liar Jagged border and hard base. as wei
as marked depression in the centre OF
the ulcer.
While CHAMBERS is very common among
horses th0t are kept in narrow, ll-ven.l'
lated stalls, and often, under such CIR.
cumStances assumes d very mallgnan0
character, closer and more thorough ex-
animation has pointed to the fact thai
the very best hygienic conditions Were
not in themselves sufficient to prevent
an outbreak of CHAMBERS, kwhen diseased
horse CHANGED to come among them ana
that the. disease extended from anln ma
| to animal, and unfavorable hygienlc con
ditions were simply important alossin
the extension of the disease.
| Not only does it appear thatsthe poison
of CHAMBERS is communicated by 1mme-
diate or direct contract of the dlseaseu
with the healthy; it is in addition tolera-
bly, certain that it may be propagated by
mediate indirect contact; that ia, by
some intermediate bearer of the virus
which, being charged with the infected
material, conveys it to the still healthy.
The external media acting in this man
ner are the harness and clothing OF dl-
seased horses, the wood work, fittings,
and utensils of stables, as also the SIM
lar accessories of railway cars in which
such animals have been placed. Clan
ders is also supposed to be propagated py
| the acts of coitus and sucking, that IN
some instances it may be regarded as the
result of hereditary transmission ana .tnat
the poison may be conveyed into the sys-
| tenn through the medium of food or drlnk-
ing water.
which after separation from its source
origin. the virus of CHAMBERS will retain
its activity is variable. 1t Is destroyed
when mixed with water at temperature
! of 1873 degrees Fah., also when brought
; in contact with such chemicals as car
holic acids. chlorine, sulphuric acid,
etc. In one case the dried nasal discharges
of an animal suffe ing from chronic
glanders conveyed the disease to healthy
horse in the form of CHAMBERS and farcy,
| when placed in the stable previously oc-
| cupied by the diseased, two months after
the removal of the latter, and acute farcy
has been produced after inoculating
with dried mucous taken from glan-
dered horse six weeks before.
It would always be wise precaut1on,
before placing healthy animals in stalls
or stables Of unknown character, or
boxes tenanted by strange horses, that
they first be thoroughly cleansed and
disinfected.
The report deals at length with the
BluehiIl COW case which has already been
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