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M. R. TRUMBOWER. 
out of 174 animals, 102 died. But few of the outbreaks in the 
State have been reported to the Commission, and but little 
notice taken of the destructive contagion by local boards of 
health; hence, where the disease has once started in a locality, 
its spread has been rapid and the losses correspondingly large.” 
MINNESOTA. I 
Dr. M. H. Reynolds, of St. Anthony’s Park, a member of 
this committee, will present a special report on “ Improved 
Medication.” j 
MISSOURI. 
Dr. John S. Meyer, of St. Joseph, submits the following 
report: 
“ We have had a very heavy outbreak of hog cholera and 
swine plague in Northwest Missouri for the last three months. 
Also one very violent outbreak of anthrax in swine the first 
of July, 1895. These are the only outbreaks I have had my 
attention called to of contagious diseases. We have some 
actinomycosis, tuberculosis and glanders here, but nothing of 
importance. In the treatment of swine plague and hog chol¬ 
era, U. S. Swine Plague and Hog Cholera (Bulletin No. 24) 
Treatment was used. Results not very satisfactory.” 
I take pleasure in introducing a very interesting report 
from Dr. Junius H. Wattles, of Kansas City. I have many 
reports of this type of disease from various veterinarians in 
several States, but this being so concise in description, I will 
choose it for the purpose of covering them all: 
“ Kansas City was visited by an endemic, beginning about 
the middle of March this year, and lasting until the latter part 
of May, affecting horses of all breeds and ages, of a catarrhal 
nature, and rarely fatal. Not less than twenty-five per cent, 
of all the horses in the city were affected. 
“ In stables containing fifty horses, five, ten, or any num¬ 
ber might be affected, either singly or all at one time—usually 
one or two new cases occurring each day, until the disease 
had run through the stable. The relative positions of the an¬ 
imals in the stables made no difference as to the order of their 
being attacked. One attack seemed to furnish immunity from 
a second. The disease appeared to be self-limiting, usually 
