The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-04-11
|"LUMPY"
JAW IN
BAKER
Health Office Will In
YeStigate
Two Deaths Said TO Have
Occurred From it
Diseased Cattle. If any, win
be Killed

If the disease commonly known as
umpy jay exists among the cattle of
Baker county the state board of
health will take steps to prevent IL
from spreading.
This disease. II allowed to go un-
checked" said DIR. Woods Hutchinson
state health officer. will not only kill
n large number of cattle. but will
make Itself shown among the people.
Lumpy jaw spreads rapidly through
a herd once IL is started. and Is
ready Communicated to man"
What will be done in the matter?'
the doctor was asked
The reports may not be true" he
said
"The FIRST thing to do is TO investi'
gate.
III the reports are true, the state
veterinarian will be sent to inspect
the herds. and all cattle that have
the disease will be condemned, I will
write to some doctors In Baker City
at once and II he thinks that the cat.
tie of that county have the lumpy jaw
the state board will order thorough
investigation"
rs the disease regarded as danger.
Gus 70 life?" the doctor was asked.
.whereupon he began discourse up.
on the subject
What Lumpy Jaw ls.
"Lumpy Jaw" said he. leaning back
in his chair and crossing his legs. 'ls
the name commonly used by Cattle
breeders, because the disease usually
makes itself known on tho lower jaw
first. Il is a glandular disease. and
attacks the bone. making a bad sore
and causing a swelling OF the Jaw.
The right name is Actlnomycosis. The
doctor never smiled as he rolled the
long name from his tongue without a
stop. The reporter was SO startled at
the news. however. that he forgot 10
write.
I'm spell IT," said the doctor as he
saw the dilemma in which he had
placed the listener 1T Is due TO a
micro-organlsm. which, while distant
by related to the tubercole bacillus,
does not resemble II closely.
1T Is readily recognized in cattle,
he continued. but is hard 20 recog.
nize In man. Next to tuberculosis. II
is the FIRST thing an inspector looka
for when he Is inspecting herd of
cattle
The spread of the disease is due
10 a germ. Cattle have running sores
in their mouths and by eating out OF
the same manger and drinking out OF
The same trough as the others OF tho
herd. transmit IL.
How Il ls Caught.
And how is Il transmitted TO
man." he was asked
only by eating the diseased meat.
he replied. The germs are not in
hailed as the tubercular germs. but
must be taken internally II an ami.
NAL that is dhseased is used as food
the disease may be transmitted 10
man. Thorough cooking might kill !
the germs. but they are hard 10 kill.
The disease is rarely communi
Gated from one man TO another" he
continued. 1T differs In that respect
from tuberculosis. II the people
should drink out OF the same glass as
the patient or should in any way take
internally any OF the germs the dis
ease would be communicated, but no
danger arises from being in the same
atmosphere as one with the disease"
No quarantine would be needed
then for the people who have the dis.
easel" asked the reporter.
The only need for action" answer.
ed the doctor. lis among the cattle.
The proper course would be TO kin
all OF the cattle that have the dis.
ease"
rs there no treatment for the cat.
tie that are afhicted?"
They may be cured sometimes, but
WINE tucg AlS heAhb NANeNc~ many
others may contract the disease. The
only practical way is 10 kill them as
soon as they show symptoms Of lumDy
jaw.
Is Not Ineurable.
The statement that the disease is
considered incurable in man is wrong
II is a very dlssgreeable disease and
may cause a great deal OF trouble
but It can generally be cured by the
proper treatment"
With the announcement that cattle
Of Baker county have the lnmpy jaw
comes an interesting question As 70
what health once should look after
the condition. Or Wood Hutchinson