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HOUSTON DAILY POST: SUNDAY DECEMBER 81 1879

use, and some patents on instruments t,
apply It. In the meantime Or. Knisn'
ana myself had consulted Dr. John Samp-
| son. a skilled microscopic. He had made
a microscopical examination OF the worms
| Tor us and. although he found worms o
! both sexes ana eggs In abundance ana IL
all stages OF development from the egt
stu in the body or tho female To the
worm Just Matched, there was no hall
grown ones. The question then arose
what became of them from the time they
were hntched till they became fully ma
tured. When he suggested that the eggs
and young larval worms might pass down
| to the nose and be licked with the tongue
a habit that all cattle have OF licking
their nose, and thus be carried into the
mouth aud passed into the stomach and
there perhaps, undergo some other change
similar to the bot worm III the horses
stomach ana he advised searching the in-
festival tract thoroughly for any signs
of them. l then began systen>atio
search and. after reaching the fourth
stomach without finding any trace OF any
thing resembling worm but on reaching
the fourth stomach and examining the
walls OF 1t with a strong magnlfying glass
found IL was studded with numerous fine
red spots like pin points, as IL something
had bitten It. | then placed some Of
the contents on u piece of glass and, on
holding IL between me and the sun ilsht
and examining 1t minuteiy with the mag
nlfying glass. | could make out small
worm about sixteenth OF an inch in
length. | then gave this to Dr. knight.
WHO carried this stomach and its contents
To Or. Sampson, and when portions OF IL
WAS examined under the microscope they
were then seen to be present IN myriads.
This worm has the appearance of beins
a blood sucker living on the blood of the
n nj All t.,d N
vessels OF the mucus membrane lining the
stomach and Is no doubt more the cause
OF the trouble than the illaria bronchi OF
the lungs. So far we have been uudbtu
TO positively identify the worm and the
nearest description that We can find of
any parasite In any literature at hand
Is an account of n disease accompanied
with great diarrhoea in lambs, an account
Of which is given in volume ten, part one,
March 1897 of journal of Comparative
Pathology aud Therapeutics, edited by
Prof McFadyean, Royal Veterinary col
lege. London England.
The cattle are now getting for their
food hulls and meal mixed with salt and
sulphate of iron and sulphur This is
loft in quantities before them at all
times, given to them ad libltuni.
The Importance Of studying such a dis
ease as this one systematically and thor
oughly now manifests itself SO as to be
able to point out a preventive as we'll as
q possible cure, as this disease has already
killed $50 head OF this herd. and prospect
lively another hundred head will succumb
to 1t before 1t tx checked these cattle are
worth SIS or SIG per head. making n loss
aggregating $1,000. as well as a loss in
flesh and growth IN the others afflicted OF
81 to So or Sc per head, This amount OF
loss on n herd of 1900 or 1000 head, as
comprised in this one. with large per
cent of them affected, amounts to a large
sum. This disease did not originate In this
hora, but was brought into It by some
cattle that were diseased at tho time of
the purchase and 1t exists At some other
point, 1t Llay he orly in small way,
and not attracting any attention, OF. the
death and Improvement OF the animals
credited to something else and is being
overlooked by the owners, and stocltmen
who are losing young cattle should not
en-. slessly pass it by, but strictly attend to
KS eradication before their pastures get
permanently infected and cause them
large losses for years to come. believe
the life of the one parasite is In some way
dependent on the existence OF the other
one. as. seemingly. where you find the one
parasite the other one seems TO be always
present The cost OF a few outbreaks OF
"A disease like this one has proved ut this
time 10 be alone would pay the salary of
the worlds greatest pathologist, and Texas
should not fail to secure the services OF a
thorough man at an early date.
About November / ninety four head OF
these cattle were taken about four miles
tu 4 separate farm. where there was plenty
of iced, shelter and arteslnn water: twelve
head Of this bunch have died with the
ammo disease and some nfteeu more OF
them look as If a few more days would
end their earthly career. l held post NOR
TENS on Two OF them and found the same
worms both in the lungs and In the fourth
stomach. On the oath injected one ounce
of peroxide of hydrogen into the trachae
With the idea that 1t might dissolve the
mucus that surrounded the worms. a thing
ii seemed to do to certain extent when
applied TO them outside the body Half
an hour afterwards injected four
drachms OF per cent OF formRldehyde;
the next morning this one showed signs OF
pneumonia. temperature los degrees Fab
renhet, and lahored breathing Next day
IL appeared about the Same, and died on
the morning of the 2dth, post mortem
showed the lungs highly contested aud
large numbers of living worms were seen
crawling around in the bronchial tubes
The one given the ton minutes In the sui
phuric gas also died the morning OF the
10Th; lungs were collapsed and black In
color hronchi were very much congested:
blood RED staining under the mucous nom
hrane, this red staining extending into the
right orlcle and ventrical of the heart. bu:
absent in the left; no living worms worr
found in the lungs, but a few dead ones
were observable,
Up 10 December 20 l have held post NOR.
TENS on forty head, and found worms in
the lungs OF all but one, and worms in the
stamnehs OF all but the same one where
they were not present IN the lungs | have
examined; since I first found them I have
given them calomel twice with tartar
emetlc and santonine. ana several other
insecticides, but have not had time vet TO
decide what BENEFITS, II any, have been
received from the administration OF these
remedies, VIM. Folsetter. v. s
Y. NJ. c. A. NOTES.