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abdominal extremities, then extending forward, when the 
left fore leg seemed to be affected and death took place on 
the 14th. Post mortem showed organs normal, until the in¬ 
testinal tract was opened, which contained no food whatever, 
but about a dozen tape worms were found. 
ANTHRAX IN NEW JERSEY. 
By S. C. Tremaine, D.V.S. 
That there was an outbreak of anthrax in New Jersey 
seems to be doubted by Dr. J. W. Hawk, President of the New 
Jersey Veterinary Medical Association, and others; yet few 
who saw a well marked case of the disease whith proved so 
fatal among the horses, mules and cattle of Cumberland Coun¬ 
ty during the summer of 1895, would doubt the diagnosis. 
Possibly the reason that no report has been made by a 
veterinarian is because the State officials, in making a selec¬ 
tion for inspectors, seem to prefer butchers, bakers, etc., 
rather than veterinarians, who are employed to do the inocu¬ 
lating under the instructions of said inspector. 
The disease first made its appearance in 1895 near the 
village of Newport, about the 1st of July. Dr. Glandon, 
president of township health board, wrote the State board 
asking that the State veterinarian be sent to investigate. 
There being no State veterinarian, Dr. Thomas B. Rogers, of 
Woodbury, N. J., was sent by the State Board of Health; 
he did not examine a case of the malady, but from the history 
diagnosed it anthrax. 
Dr. W. Runge, of Newark, also made a visit to Cumberland 
County, but saw only one cow that was dull, and had a tem¬ 
perature of 105°, which animal died two days later; blood from 
this cow was sent to Dr. Runge, but he found no bacillus. 
The blood from three or four other animals was sent to him, 
in all of which he found the bacillus anthracis. 
The disease was prevalent in two forms, viz., external and 
internal anthrax; the former, or milder form (symptomatic 
anthrax) being characterized by large cedematous swellings 
situated under the chest, abdomen or in the groin, sometimes 
