Evening journal., 1907-09-17
TRACES ANTHRAX
BACK TO BIBLE
Veterinarian Dawson Gives
Farmers First Authority
For Disease
epecIal to THE EvENING JouRNAL


DOVER. Del. Sept. 17-Dr Charles
F. Dawson. the new head Of the
States veterinary department, has
filed a paper with the State Board of
Agriculture here which is having the
effect of not only Transforming the
legal and customary method of dis
posing of cattle. dead Of the fatal an
thrax. but he has set the doubling
farmers to reading the Bible.
The State board has had all kinds
Of trouble with farmers who not only
viii not notify the authorities or dis
pose of their dead animals, but who
doubt that there is such thing as
anthrax. Their neglect has caused
whole communities. inhabited by man
and beasts. to become infected with
these germs, which never die except
when administered a death-dealing
poison or lotion. DR.. Dawson begins
by ordering the farmers to look into
their Bibles. This they are doing and
becoming convinced.
"The disease IS as old as human
history" seys DR.. Dawson in his ad-
dress. Moses records it in Exodus
9: g." Here DR.. Dawson stops and in
order to prove his assertion the farm
ers have to get down their Bibles The
passage, following the description oil
the sudden destruction of the cattle
| of the Egyptians when they would moi
let the Israelites so, says, in this par
ticular verse:
"And it shall become small dust il
all the lands Of Egypt, and shall be
a boil breaking out with blains upoT
man and uDon beast. throughout al
the land of Egypt"
A reference TO the veterinarian
authorities here veriies this as an ex
pert description of anthrax. 1t is a.
DR.. Dawson says. IAN acute infections
disease of plant-eating animals
caused by a microbe Con the dust
which enters the circulating blood an'
by multiplication therein causes thu
rapid destruction of the blood and th'
death Of the animal"
Anthrax is Immediately recognizet
upon man by its breaking out in boil
or malignant carbuncles.
TT was formerly very destructive Z
human life, as well rs to animals,
says DR. Dawson's circular TO tn
farmers as he proceeds. Nowadays
thanks to our increasing knowledge o
sanitation. it's ravages are confined 4
the brute creation. as a general thing
In 1917. near Naples, 10000 people ar
reported to have died from anthrax
In San Domingo, in 1770, 5000 perish
ed in a period of six weeks.
'The method advised comprises IN
moment the animal is known TO b
sick as determined by the use Of tn
thermometer:
Remove the animal to the buria
lot and tie 1t near the place It is to b
buried, to save handling and scatter
b ing the infection. When 1t dies, dl
a grave Then saturate the anims
with kerosene and set it afre. B
means Of ropes tied around the fsi
! locks. turn the animal, saturate th
. other side and fire that. also the sole
r of the feet (Of course this will nc
destroy the animaD.
.sWhen every hair has been burne
off. dissolve a one-pound carton
e ehlorinated lime in sufficient water
9 make a fluid that will Just pour froi
J, the cup. Fill the nostrils with thi
:" also the mouth and eyes. which shoul
= he pried open with stick dipped
= the solution. Saturate some cotton {
v rags and plug up the nostrils. Tur
o the animal into its grave. Sprink
( the ground with this solution an
I. shovel in the earth on which 1t hi
stood"