El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-28
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DISEASES Of
GATTLEF0JHD
German Scientist Discovers
Remedy For German Foot
and Mouth Trouble.
IS EXPECTED TO PUT
STOP TO EPIDEMICS

ERIN. Germany, Feb. 28.-CattlO
raisers in Germany are eagerly
~ awaiting a decision by the gov
eminent. as to the merits Of the cure
for foot and mouth disease announced
recently by professor Ludwig Brieger,
a distinguished German scientist and
his assistant, DR.. n. Krause. The rem
edy is called typosafrel and is de-
rtvative Of saffron. It is administered
easily. by mixture with the water
which the cattle drink. The formula
has not been made public, however,
and there is a division Of opinion as
to whether an effective check has been
discovered for this cattle plague which
costs stockmen all over the world mill
lions OF dollars annually.
Many Cattle Treated.
As previously reported it is claimed
that 29O head Of cattle were success
fully treated in recent experiments
here and members Of the Reichstag
ugate the remedy With view 20 ac-
curing control Of it If effective, and
furnishing it to cattle raisers at cost
Prof. Brieger, who also recently an
nounced a new method OF treating
sleeping sickness, IS one OF large
band Of Investigators who have been
giving their attention to the foot and
mouth disease GERM whose Identity
was only recently established BY
Swiss scientist DR.. Brieger believes
that his discovery may not only be
effective against the foot and mouth
disease but against other germs, TO
which the blood Of cattle is subject. If
only his claims as to the former are
borne out, however, that cure alone
will be sufficient to confer a real
boon to humanity, for the disease has
been one Of the great factors In the
high prices for meat.
Epidemics Claim Millions.
A widespread epidemic Of the disease
occurred in 1890; 100000 cattle were
affected in 1893 and 100000 in 1890.
Notwithstanding the most rigid quar-
whole herds Of animals; and three
years ago the pest again swept
through the empire Great numbers
Of farms are still infected
The disease has even become a fac
tor in politics, furnishing the basis for
a great conflict between the govern
ment and the agrarians on the one
hand and Socialists, Radicals and other
representatives OF the middle and IN
dustrial classes on the other The lat
ter assert that the regulations closing
the frontier to all foreign live stock
are absurd in view Of the fact that the
herds Of Germany are more extensively
affected than those Of most OF the
countries from which Importation Is
possible and that the bars are kept
up merely to let the land owners get
high prices for their meat. They de-
mand raising Of the quarantine, par
ticularly against such countries as
have for years been entirely free from
the disease. The government and the
agrarians admit a number Of the coun-
tries against which the quarantine is
rigidIy enforced are absolutely free
from the disease but quarantine
against all IS essential to q successful
campaign
New Epidemic Starts.
A new epidemic OF the disease IS re-
ported from the hunting preserves or
South Germany, where deer are dying
in large numbers. The loss in the
Rhine Province alone is already estt-
mated at nearly S125000. The deer
Of Wurtembergm, Baden, Hosse and
Lorraine also are seriously affected
And yet the disease appears not to
have reached the hunting preserves OF
North Germany. Venison is as cheap
in Germany as any meat and cheaper
than some, and vast quantities OF 1t are
used The spread Of foot and mouth
disease to the preserve win bring a
marked reduction in the empires meat
supply. and the problem OF combating
it successfully among wild animals is
difficult.