A(;iu( ri/miAL AppnopiUATioN bill, iik14. 115 



l)o(l«»r .\l<)iii,h:i{. Vcs; in mukmis simI ions. Our lucn ;ii-«' liiriiti-d 

 ill (lilli'lt'Mt Sf<l i()M-< ami tln-v ari' st'rit in tin- fariii- wlicrr tlir dis- 



<'11SI' (H'flll'S. 



Mr. Am>ki{s<)N. Ait casi-s prt'lty pr«>iii|»t ly rrporii-d' 



I)(i(t<»r .M«tiii,r,i{. \'t'.s, sir. Wv •rot vtTV ^ood n'sult.>. ()v(»r in 

 Munlaiid \vi' liu\r liixl pioluiMy :^(> or lo oiitlnfaks in tin- lii.st 

 tlinH» months, and tlu' dist'as*' iH'vcr spiriul from th«' farms where 

 the outhivaUs occiirrt'd. In Michi^ran tht'ic lias hccn a litth* rnon* 

 cholera this hist fall than they had last sprin«r: hut in Iowa and 

 Nt'hiaska tlu' conditions arc much hcltcr. It varies; soinctiiiics yoii 

 will lind it hetter in one State this year than it was last vear. and in 

 <»tlu'rs you will find that it was hcttcr last year than it is this year. 

 Hut wo aiv not losing; to-day anything: like what we did !<» yeais 

 ajjfo on account of ho;; i-liolera. \ ear he fore last the death rate was 

 reduced to .SS hojrs jier thousand. Last year it reached 4:^ per thou- 

 sand, hut that was on account of the financial situation of the fanner 

 last fall. 



Mr. Am)Kks«)x. Vou mean ^i'^ ho^rs per thousand infected? 



Doctor M(HiLKi{. No: per thousan<l liead of hojrs in the country. 



Mr. AxDKHsox. That is pretty hi^rh. 



Doctor MoiiLKH. It has heen as hi^rh as I'M) In^fore this hofj 

 cholera .seriiiu was used 10 years a<ro: hut the reason for the increase 

 last fall was on account of the fact that the farmers financial con- 

 dition prevented him fi-om spending; any money on serum. TI(^ let 

 liis ho^rs die l)ecause he did not have enou^rh money to pay for their 

 treatment. 



Mr. BicHANAX. For ho(j cholera you fjive them one dose of hojr 

 cholera seium and '2 ciihic centimeters of virus; is that it? 



Doctor Moin.KH. Yes, sir. We have done that in hundreds of 

 cases. Of I'ourse if the ho^s are sick with cholera Itefore treatment, 

 they are froin«r to die. 



Mr. RicHAN.vN. I mean for tliose that are well? 



Doctor MoHLKH. Yes, sir. We ha\e on numerous occasions al- 

 lowed a numher of exposed hojrs to remain untreated and an eipial 

 numher to he treated, and you could readily see the diffei-ence. The 

 uiitit-ated ho^jfs would die, wliile the treated ho<rs remained well. 



Mr. BrfiiAX.vx. It is a pretty effective serum, then? 



Doctor MoHLKK. Yes, sir. 



Mr. AxDKH.sox. Have you any figures. Doctor Mohler, indicating; 

 what tlie States are spending;, and ;rivin«r the numher of men they 

 have emi)loyed in this cholera husiness? 



Doctor MoiiLKK. They are spendin*; less' than $200,000 a year, 

 and the numher of men varie.s. They have a ho;; cholera pro;;ram, 

 wiiii'h is in conformity with our |)r()<;ram. Tf an outhreak occurs 

 they draw on the men from some otlu'r line of work, if tliev have 

 no retjular cholera men. The following; tahle contains this informa- 

 tion by States: 



