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as a preveutive against tlie cholera ;. and seeing in tlie above remedy the same 

 ingredient, we are disposed to think well of it. 



But we have referred to the use of copperas for another purpose, too. It 

 will presently be seen that there is much reason to fear the introduction of the 

 trichinis in this country ; and shonld it be here now, or in future, we hope much 

 that it may be as efficient against the trichinae worm as against the more com- 

 mon intestinal worms. 



We publish the following communication, having no faith in the supposed 

 cause or remedy. But in so great a scourge as the hog cholera, we must not 

 forget what the Marh Lane Exjjress says of the cattle plague : " The farmer, 

 in his dismay, is justified in trying every nostrum suggested :" 



"Lebanon, Ky., February 16, 1866. 



" Dear Sir : I mentioned in my last that I would send you a remedy for the 

 hog cholera. It is not by dosing a hog with medicine, but by taking the Mack 

 teeth from his jaws, that will cure him. I enclose you a tooth that was taken 

 from my brother-in-law's hog in the incipient stage of the disease but a few 

 days ago. I am told the hog is cured. You will observe a black spot in the 

 inner surface. After the disease had made some progress the entire tooth be- 

 came black. A little boy made the discovery in a pet pig that was lying upon 

 the gi-ound nearly dead, and the father of the boy knocked out seven black 

 teeth from the jaws of the pig, and it was entirely well in two days. The 

 man's name is Dition. He is an indigent, illiterate shoemaker, but has the 

 character of industry and honesty. 1 have had a conversation with him since I 

 wrote you. He lives in the town of Bradfordsville, in this county, (Marion.) 

 The discovery was made two years ago, and in no instance has he failed in 

 effecting a cure when all the affected teeth were taken from the hog's jaw. The 

 disease should be named black tooth. 



"J. B. GOODWIN, 



" Isaac Newton, Commissioner.^^ 



The tooth sent by Mr. Goodwin has a black spot on the upper part of the 

 inner side. It is upon the surface only, and how it could be the result or the 

 cause of so fatal a disease cannot be determined by us. But facts are always 

 potent things, whether they can be successfully explained or not ; and so we 

 give publicity to the statements forwarded to us by our correspondent, although 

 we do not think the spot on the tooth has any connexion with the disease. 



2. The trichinis. — This new disease, as is generally supposed, demanded the 

 immediate consideration of this department. The great interest effected by it 

 is too important to the country, both now and in all time to come, to be over- 

 looked for a moment ; and, on the other hand, the lives of every class are too 

 sacred for us to seek to uphold that interest by endangering even a single life. 

 What we have collected we give, regarding far more that one life than the up- 

 holding of the hog interest. 



The disease to which the name of trichinis has been given is produced by a 

 small worm, the ^^^ of which, when taken into the stomach, hatches, producing 

 a small worm ; and then this worm finds its way to the muscles of the body 

 and limbs, multiplying with such extraordinary rapidity that in a few days 

 they become millions. They are imbedded in the muscles, lying in a coil, in- 



