DISSEMINATION AND CONTROL OF TEXAS FEVER. . 
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cannot expect liim to be as reliable a guide for the measures to be 
adopted in controlling the plague as would be the case had he 
watched and studied it for years. 
The quarantine of sick animals and infected grounds is so 
generally applicable to infectious diseases as a class, and has been 
our chief reliance for so long, that it is not surprising to find it 
advocated for an affection like Texas fever, which has the same 
general characters, even though there are peculiarities in regard 
to it which may render this measure, as generally applied, inex¬ 
pedient or plainly objectionable. We must not forget, however, 
that the owners of sick cattle and infected grounds have certain 
rights as well as the public at large, and that while it is our duty 
to assist the public in protecting itself by advocating such regula¬ 
tions as are necessary for accomplishing this end, it is equally our 
duty to be certain that the regulations proposed are necessary, 
and that they do not bear unduly upon the already suffering par¬ 
ties, or restrict the business of the community further than is ab¬ 
solutely essential. * 
To make it plain, therefore, what steps should be taken by the 
local authorities in the case of such outbreaks of Texas fever as 
have recently occurred in Ohio, West Virginia, New York, and 
other States, where there is no permanent infection with the 
germs of this disease, it is necessary to enter into some details 
concerning the spread of this infection. 
HOW IS TEXAS FEVER DISSEMINATED ? 
Those who have had much experience with Texas fever, who 
have watched the outbreaks in the Northern States, who have 
followed its ravages along the border line of the permanently in¬ 
fected districts, and have studied it in its native haunts, are prac¬ 
tically unanimous in their conclusion that the Southern cattle may 
only be separated from susceptible ones by a board fence, or that 
they may even occupy the same stable for an indefinite time with¬ 
out causing the least appearance of the disease. There is equal 
unanimity in the conclusion that if these susceptible natives "are 
placed upon grounds, even though these be roads, yards, or com¬ 
mons to which the Southern cattle have had access within two, 
