Lower coast gazette., 1909-06-26
Charlton in Acadia Parish.

anthrax, in Acadia parish and considerable anxiety Q
is Gisplaved by all Of those interested as to the n
dabper Of a general outbreak Of this dreadful Il
stock disease. "a
Since the introduction Of Pasteur's system OF e
vaccination against anthrax, or Charlton, the o'S- II
ease has been brought under far better conllW L
than formerly and while occasional deaths OF vac 4
cirstod animals occur from charbon, the impress S
sion among all Of those who have had the most eX- {
peyience in the matter is that vaccination has very (
materially reduced the danger OF any charDon
epizootic and with many persons it is regarded as
a positive preventative.
IN the citv Of Crowley one of the mules belong
inc to the parish road team was reported TO nave
died suddenly, presumably from Charlton. NO
ctotonent ,vas made as to whether or not the
usual. or frequent, charbonous sWeillngs or juniors
were developed and apparently no microscope eS-
animation was had, and hence it may be that the
animal died from the effects OF the hot weather,
rather than from an attack Of charbOn. congress-
man Puio is reported to have secured the services
Of an expert from the Department Of Agriculture
at WASHINGTON to O to Acadia parish and IN
vestigate the matter and it is very much 10 De
hoped that his Investigations on the spot Will Lead
to valuable lnTOTndllOn Ill IcSNu w 'hN wy
difficult subject matter.
The wonderful discoveries made concerning
the cause of yellow fever and the cause OF Its be-
coming epidemic have worked a revolution IN Ihe
matter of scientific investigation. We can see II
some of the branches Of the work Of the Depart
ment of Agriculture how agriculture has pro-
crossed. In Hawaii the sugar planters nave peeh
suffering very much from the attack OF the leaf
bonner and found no means OF supresSlng the
same, They finally hit upon the idea OF getting
some natural enemy of the leaf hopper and this
has heen done and at present we are hearing very
little of the leaf hopper and its injury to sugar
cane. The San Jose scale, that threatened the
whole orange industry OF the United States, mas
now ceased to be feared as formerly, because OF
the introduction Of a lady bug competent to over
come it.
If we could now only diagnose the whole char
hon situation properly and learn just what it
cause is. the line of remedy would suggest itself
but until we can get at the true lnWardness OF thf
whole situation we shall be left in the dark a
now. 1t present in matters OF anthrax, or chaf
bon. we are resting upon data the most modern 0
which was Pasteur. who has been dead nearl
twenty wears and whose meteorological researche
date back thirty or forty years and our othe
standard authorities in regard to this dreaded cts
ease are of even more ancient origin.
In the matter of %vaccinia, or cowpox, the serul
from which is used for vaccination against small
pox, we believe that there are only two or thre
known cases of cowpox recognized in this countr
in the last forty years. DR.. Henry A. Martin
conceded the honor of introducing animal vaccll
alton with coWpox into America and he endeavo
ed to find some spontaneous cases OF coWpoX
America, which he finally succeeded in securing,
1881 in Cohasset, Mass. DR.. Welsh found a ca
in 1876, near Marietta, Pa, and from these sourc
all of the vaccine now used in the United States
derived and thousands of calves are under tres
ment all the time in America for the production
vaccine of the cowpox variety, to be u.s.
against smallpox, and smallpox, while always
be feared, has ceased to be feared in eplden
form.
We believe that modern scientific investigator
of the cause of outbreaks of material diseases a
of yellow fever have worked wonders in the ST
preston of those diseases. If we could lea
something concerning the cause OF Charlton,
anthrax, it might lead to quick remedies and
the final suppression of the disease. We note Il
at Crowley it is suggested that the animal sho
be burned, or should be buried at least five t
deep and that anyone losing animals by chart
should be themselves compelled to bury or Dl
them, OF, be subject to fine and imprlsonme
These data are rather medieval in their charact
It was formerly thought that the bodies Of pee
who died of yellow fever should not be reno
at all, for fear of another outbreak of the discs
Under our American experiments in Havana
was found that our doctors and students who s
in the same room and slept under the same (
clothes and even those more or less soied by
low fever patients, remained entirely free Fl
any attacks of yellow fever, provided always
they were kept free from mosquito bites of
stegomyia variety, that mosquito being apparel
the host of the yellow fever germ. We certa
ought TO be able to learn more than we now k