Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-07-13

Secondary Assesses.
It is not uncommon when young
lambs or other young animals die and
are opened to find Assesses in the liv-
er and these may be associated with
similar assesses in the joints or else
where. The earliest experience of the
writer with such assesses was in the
lambs of flock of in-and-inbred Bor-
der Leicester ewes, raised upon the
low lying, rich, alluvial soil in the
Till valley of Northumberland, Eng
land. The lambs referred to probably
showed all the ills that such weaken
ed animals are heir to, and many were
the discussions as to the nature and
cause of the various LESSONS discovered
upon post mortem examination. The
white-nosed lambs were invariably the
seat of all manner of unsoundness,
and on general principles We were
strongly tempted to knock them on the
head at birth, so seldom did they sur
vive more than a few days. In most
of these and in some Of the remaining
lambs, that were apparently healthy
for day or two we found, on opening
them after death. that the liver was
mass OF pus, which in some hao
burst. and in others remained enclosed
there was a large abscess, and some
smaller ones. The large one was ad-
herent to the diaphragm and had an
opening into the right side of the chest
where extensive Inflammation and ad-
hesion of the pleura had taken place
caused by the fluid portion of the ab-
scess being discharged into the pleurai
cavity. In others the entire liver was
disorganiezd and the parts presented
the appearance of a mass of corrup-
ton. For long time we were at
loss to explain these assesses, ana
shepherds consulted attributed them to
tuberculosis and thought that they
were inherited from the ewes and ex-
listed at time of birth. Later on how
ever, we came to the conclusion, ana
have no reason to think otherwise
since, that the assesses are due TO
suppurative microbes-stryptococc
which gained access to the
system at the raw navel coro-
The open umbilica1 vein pre-
sents a highway, so to speak, LOT
the carrying of germs to the liver and
in all the cases thoroughly examined
the navel cord was found to be inham-
ed and discharging a thin pus. In some
instances the navel cord had shriveled
up and fallen off, but an angry spot
remained and this offered suitable
place for the lodgment and propaga-
ton of the noxious germs. When the
germ gains entrance an abscess usu-
I ally forms around the navel; puS is
generated and is carried into the cir
culation in due course OF time to form
fresh colonies in the liver or In the
joints and we then have typlcal
case of Joint ill'' which is not gener-
ally recognized as such, but is apt 10
be considered rheumatism or tuDer-
cular swelling. The raw navel OF e'-
cry young notwithstanding the hu-
man infant-should be most carefully
attended to. 1t is not merely neces-
sary to cut and tie it to stop profuse
bleeding.
1t should be remembered that the
system is wide open at this point, and
futher that the cord itself is bound to
decompose and the products of de-
composition absorbed into the system
are liable to produce blood poisoning
or pus infection. Thousands of young
animals-yeS infants tOo-succumo
annually to such poisoning, due en-
tirely to ignorance Of the subject.
hence we would most strongly advo-
cate the invariab1e application OK
strong antiseptic solutions to the ma
vel cord at time of birth and until 1t
is entirely healed up. Any good disin-
fectant will do the work necessary
For infants and lambs nothing Is bet
ter than mixture of one part OF 1odo-
form with six parts of boracic acid to
be applied to the navel upon antiseptlc
| cotton retained in place by means OF a
bandage and to be renewed once daily
| A strong solution of carbolic acid or
| similar disinfectant, one drachm In
| eight ounces of water, applied two or
| three times daily will also prove eff
| fective as preventive, but the most
| effective of all is strong solution OF
| corrosive sub1imate in water. In add1-
| ton to the application of medicine the
lambing pen. and similar places for
| other animals should be kept scrupu-
| lously clean.
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