Chapter XXXIIL 



CLSJIiJLiaiaECJLXj IDISE-S-SES, ETC 



Malignant Epizootic Catarrh — Apoplexy — Catakkh, or " Snuffles "■— Consti- 

 pation — DIARRHEA, OK " SCOURS" — DIPHTHERIA — EPILEPSY — INFLAMMATION 



of the Lungs — Abscess — Anemia — Piles. 



MALIGNANT EPIZOOTIC CATARRH. 



THIS form of " Cholera " is an extremely destructive one. In 

 1875 and 1876, it prevailed to an alarming extent in Missouri, 

 Illinois, and the adjacent hog-producing States, sweeping off 

 whole herds in its progress. In Missouri, the State Board of Agri- 



Fio. 1268.— Skeleton of the Hog. 



culture assigned to Dr. Detmers the task of investigating the dis- 

 ease in order to determine its specific nature and causes. His 

 investigations were made on living animals in the various forms and 

 stages of the disease, as well as on dead animals. Post-mortem 

 examinations were made of animals killed at different stages of ill- 

 ness, and the localities in which the disease prevailed were carefully 

 inspected. The results of his labors were embodied in a full report 

 to the Board, under date of Sept. 8, 1876. 

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