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VERANUS A. MOORE, B.S., M.D. 
I am not familiar with authoritative statements of the exist¬ 
ence of hog cholera or a like disease in Germany. The same is 
true of swine plague’ in France. The disease described by 
Cornil and Chantemesse as being identical with Schweinesenche 
was found not to be swine plague but probably hog cholera. 
With swine plague in Germany and hog cholera in France it is 
probable that both of these diseases may be found in each of 
these countries. Whether or not swine plague exists in Eng¬ 
land I will leave for her pathologists to answer. 
CONCERNING THE MORBID ANATOMY OF HOG CHOLERA AND 
SWINE PLAGUE. 
In the reports of the Bureau of Animal Industry hog 
cholera is described as occurring in two forms, acute and 
chronic. In the first the lesions are of a congestive or haemor¬ 
rhagic nature, while in the second they are characterized by dis¬ 
tinctive tissue changes such as the “ button ” ulcers in the 
intestines, especially the caecum and upper colon, enlarged and 
discolored spleen, enlarged and often haemorrhagic lymphatic 
glands and usually hepatic and renal changes. Broncho-pneu¬ 
monia is occasionally present. The chronic form is most fre¬ 
quently encountered. 
Welch and Clements* look upon the formation of the “ but- 
* Loc. cit. 
Smith. Zur Kenntniss der Amerikanischen Schweineseuche. Zeitschrift fiir Hy¬ 
giene, 1891, S. 480. 
Smith. Zur Kenntniss des Hogcholerabacillus. Centralblatt fiir Bakteriologie und 
Parasitenkunde, Bd. IX. (1891) S. 253. 
2. Billings. Bulletins Neb. Agricultural Experiment Station 1888. Also many 
special publications and contributions to various veterinary journals. 
3. Brown. Report of the Agricultuial Department, London, 1886. 
4. Klein. Seventh annual report. Local Government Board, London, 1877. Vir¬ 
chow’s Archiv, 1884, Bd. XCV., S. 468. 
5. Budd. Veterinarian, 1865, p. 52I. 
6. Selander. Centralblatt fiir Bacteriologie und Parasitenkunde, 1888, i. S. 362. 
7. Lundgren. Ref. Jahresbericht de Veterinar-Medicin, 1889. 
8. Metschnikoff. Annales del’Institut Pasteur, VI., 1892, p. 289. 
9. Loeffler. Arbeiten aus dem kaiserlichen Gesundheitsampten. Bd. I., (1885) 
:S. 51. 
Schiitz. Ibid., S. 376. 
