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general opinion Of veterinarians re-
garding this disease that something
the horses eat poisons them, and that
something must come from impure
food stuffs, and that II usually fol-
lowed the eating of food that had be-
come damaged by dampness, causing
mold followed by the generation OF
a deadly poison. the exact condition
or form Of which has not been
disclosed
The state authorities we're called in
at the request Of Mr.. Eastburn. They
kindly responded, but could not help
him financially. The secretary Of the
Live Stock Sanitary Board held
postmortem I'm one case, a horse that
had been sick long time, and had
received a great amount Of irritant
drugs. He removed the head and sent
/ 81 to Washington. The representatives.
OF tho pathological department Of the
Bureau Of Animal Industry simply
made a microscopic examination
| with the naked eyel and not a
microscopic examination, as has been
stated I'm a letter from Or. kuhns
addressed TO me- II happened that the
chief OF the bureau was not present
at the time, and his assistant made
hurried examination, gave a hurried
opinion, advised immediate treatment
In the nature Of hypodermic injections
of an anti-stroptococcic serum TO pre-
vent further outbreak OF an imaginary
disease.
Upon hearing that such a diagno-
sis had been made, DIR. Reed OF Del
aware College DR.. Mahafy and my
self promptly made inquiries Of the
authorities at Washington and found
/ that a superficial examination only
had been made and that hurriedly
/ DR.. Kuhns had been informed that a
lvirulent form OF Influenza apparently
/ existed in the Eastbnrn horses. A
hurried report was sent to that effect.
After getting a history and clinic
symptoms and after making injection
OF an emulsion o. OF the innamed
mucosa obtained from the head for
warded to them, the government vet
erinarans changed their minds and
admitted that their diagnosis made
under very unsatisfactory conditions
could not be relied upon. A letter to
that effe,t was Immediately sent to
Dr. Kuhns The letter herewith pub
lished will explain. The fact of the
matter is that the infamed condition
was produced by Initiative drugs and
a retention Of foodstuffs the power
OF swallowing being very much i'm
paired, which existed In all the East
burn cases.
Now so long as such a furore has
been stirred up, ! wish TO state that
in my opinion and in the opinion OF
other veterinarians whose names
have been mentioned in this affair,
the State Live Stock Sanitary Board
have gone to quite a little expense in
using an expensive serum to prevent
an imaginary disease that does not
exist. and think never has existed
on the Hamburg farm. We do not
ccnsure the Board as a whole, bur
think that after the secretary receit-
ed the letter stating that he diagno-
sis of contagious influenza was evil
, IDENTIFY a mistake. the Board in gen.
/ eral should have been notified and the
treatment abandoned, as II could mol
! possibly be of any benefit.
5 No one man to my knowledge, has
2 stated that he desires the position nov
held by Dr. kuhns should the latte
relinquish Il. No veterinarian to M
knowledge, has any personal feeling
against Dr. kuhns Socially he Is re
garded by all who know him, to be :
genial good fellow. | sincerely hope
that this controversy will end as the
more II is made public the more ridicu
lous TO me Thanking you, | am
Very Truly Yours,
DR. n. p. Ewes.
Wilmington, Del. June 5, 1913.
Accompany Letters.
The letters submitted by Dr. Eve
included a copy received from DR.
Kuhns. of the following he had re
oeiyed from Or Mohler, chief Of HI
Division Of Pathology, at Washing
ton.
r Washington. d. c., May 3. 49,
a DR.. J. r. Kuhns, Livestock Sanitar
Board, Dover. Del
& Sir.--In reply to your telegram o
April 2S, relative to the disease 81
4 horses of Mr. j. T. Eastburn, of Ne,
\ Castle, Del, you are advised tina
the head mentioned was received a
.. this laboratory on the 10Th instant
and examined at once. IL showed
marked congestion Of the nasal mu
- cous membrane and a very much In
famed larynX and pharynX. Our di
2 agnosis is epizootic laryngo-trache
tits following the nomenclature G
d Hutyra and Marek tsee descriptio
n OF the disease. pages 43 TO As. volum
d 2 of the American translation Thi