The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-07-20

Pssteur anti anthrax virus requires
sixteen days TO get In its effects, and
in the meaatime many OF the animals
vaccinated become infected and death
speedily follows.
The form of the disease this year is
more virulent than ever before, and
ordinary precautionary measures have
little effect. The animals are first
taken with high fever, quickly fol-
lowed by the swelling Of the lynn
phatic glands and erqptious on all
parts OF the body, somewhat resem-
bling bubouic plague in this latter
respect The disease is SO contagious
that an animal may become injected
eating the grass from spot where an
animal had died during the year pre-
yious, and instances are known where
cattle have taken the disease from
fodder grown over spot where a
cnarbon corpse bad been buried sew
eral months before. 10 many parts of
the delta the health officers arecom-
pelling the owners OF live stock 10
burn all corpses, THIS being regarded
as preventative Of iqrthsr contagicn
from that focl. ~
Governor Longino received notice
t yesterday that .eyen,! hte head Of fine
mules on one OF thr state convict
g farms in Suuaower coln,y had died OF
n the disease, srd Captain John d. Nc
y Innis, Chairman OF ,ht prison board OF
e control, has been sent to the scene
A with authority to remove all animals
e belonging to the state from the affected
,. area.
nj Tennessee heo established rig't
Il quarantine a2s. ct Mississippi live
Y. stock, and many counties arc prepsr
Z. ltg to quarantine against each other
20 In the stricken district plan:e.s har'
i, been almost bsukrupted by ,b'
he epidemic, and IT is ieArec that tn
gathering OF the cos'on crop will ,
- seriously crippled.
u Although the disease thus Tar ba
e been con6Ded. principally TO animals
'u human beings are no, free from 10
nc fec,ion. and 80 quite uuuber G
~ instances persons, who have bee
re working with the sick stock. have bee
~ stricken with the disease. Two negroe
D. died from chsrbou in Bolivar cenni
'o during tue esrlY part OF tse week
M several Others are SICK With the dit
'es ease, sDd two white persons are undt
VI treatment.
|" ChaEbop IS better known 10 the met
''0 ical profession under the name
anthfax. aud is one OF the OldeI
!. diseases known 70 animals, and biblic'
students say that its present form
sr- the same 90 that Of the sixth plagr
ok which was visited on the children I
asst Israel 10 Egypt, aud which ia extel
Ar syeiy mentioned 10 the thirteeni
nd chapter of the book of Levincus, Mos'
he calling it by the appellatior, "tt
plague"
Ids The Pasteur form Of treatment r
ar, quires an ipoculatiop with the wen
nd yirus, after which the annims! is keI
ow closely housed until the twelfth da
be aud second and stronger injectit
an given. II tSe animal escapes intectiC
he for four days after this second trea
res ment, tits regarded as immune.
snt Although the charbon corpse d
ate compose very rapidly, in many par
my Of the delta, especially in Boliv'
be county, where hardly 80 srimal b
ion escaped it rsvAges, the stencil tn
Of permeates the atmosphere is sitting
an extreme degree, and is grave
,ad feared that much sickness among Il
he population will follow later In q
ks, summer