DAIRY MEETING. 121 



The symptoms in other animals are similar to these. In the 

 sheep, goat and pig the lesions are apt to be confined more to 

 the feet than to the mouth, but this varies very much. Some- 

 times the mouth is the only part involved, and vice versa. In 

 pigs it is not at all uncommon to have quite large blisters appear 

 on the snout, on the outside of the mouth and nose, instead of 

 the inside. In birds these vesicles appear upon the mouth, 

 tongue, gums and feet. It is not a common disease with birds. 

 In man the disease appears in the mouth exactly as we have 

 described it in animals. Vesicles also appear upon the face, 

 chest, arms and hands. I remember a student at the Berlin 

 Veterinary School who suddenly had these peculiar symptoms 

 inside his mouth and upon the side of his face. He went to one 

 of the professors there, and inquired about it. The professor 

 became convinced that it was the foot and mouth disease, and 

 inquiring into the matter found that this young man's parents 

 had a large farm with many cows upon it, and upon this farm 

 was the foot and mouth disease. The farm had been quarantined 

 as well as all the products of the cows, and being unable to sell 

 their milk and butter they had sent their boy a present of some 

 fresh butter, which he had been eating and enjoying very much. 



In man the chief danger is, of course, for those who drink 

 much milk or those who are constantly handling cattle, and 

 especially for children, where the milk is taken in large quantities 

 and fresh. The disease in children is apt to be quite fatal, as it 

 is also in calves or young animals. 



What is the duration of the disease ? Foot and mouth disease 

 is very seldom fatal. The mortality is very low, perhaps one 

 to four or five per cent, according to the severity of the outbreak. 

 Almost all the animals, without any particular care, recover, and 

 the recovery takes place in about three weeks. The principal 

 danger is not in the loss of animals but in the financial loss to the 

 community. It is only in the case of young animals, calves and 

 pigs that are fed, perhaps, upon the fresh milk from these cattle, 

 that there is a large mortality, that the disease proves to be fatal 

 to any extent. With these small suckling animals the mortality 

 sometimes reaches as high as sixty per cent. 



What is the treatment ? There is no treatment for the disease 

 proper. All the treatment that is necessary is to alleviate the 

 sufferings of the animal as much as possible, and to prevent any 



