CHAPTER IV 



PRACTICE IN TEXAS 



When I first began to practice my profession 

 in Texas I made the discovery that there were a 

 number of diseases among animals which I had 

 never seen in the northern animals. 



The first one of these was anthrax, and, by the 

 way, one of the first cases that came into my 

 hands after my arrival in Texas was a case of 

 anthrax in a horse. I remember the case very 

 well. It was on a hot Sunday afternoon, and the 

 horse in question was a driver stabled in a private 

 stable in the residence section in Houston. The 

 animal was taken sick about noon and the owner 

 called me at about two in the afternoon. When 

 1 arrived, the owner stated that the sickness came 

 on suddenly ; the horse had been standing, quietly 

 eating, when suddenly he stopped eating and 

 seemed somewhat delirious. Very soon there- 

 after he went down. I found him down, showing 

 some delirium. On various parts of his body, but 

 mostly in front of the trachea and under the 

 belly, he had an edematous swelling. The owner 

 stated these came on since he was taken sick. 



The visible membranes showed echymoses ; the 

 temperature was quite high. 



The owner was a pleasant chap and did not try 

 to "think what is the matter with him," but when 

 I told him I thought his horse had anthrax, he 

 disagreed with me; he said he thought it was 



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