THE VAL UE OF PROPHILACTIC TREATMENT IN ANTHRAX. 
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Mr j Ho PPe s neighbor also lost his only cow. They were 
the only cows those men owned. 
On July l 7 th, I was called to Mr. E. Lyon’s farm. Ten days 
previous to my call, he lost one Jersey cow. On July l6 th the 
second cow was taken sick to which Dr. Thompson was called 
and diagnosed it as dysentery. The cow died shortly after he 
eft On July 17th, two more cows died without warnino- or 
medical care. The same day I found nine sick cows. My 
diagnosis was splenic fever. I was not prepared for any treafo 
“bf ° n the l8th > 1 m ade a post-mortem on cows 
that died on the 17th, and found them to have had typical cases 
° ‘ST, n V6r ' 1 • then Se P arated the S1 ' c k from the well. 
e o owing is the symptoms and treatment of this herd : 
record. 
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