REPORT ON THE DISEASE KNOWN AS ANTHRAX. 
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most cases useless. Chief among the remedies provided are 
chlorate of potash, turpentine, carbolic acid, blood-letting, saline 
preparations, and locally—hot fomentations, stimulant embroca¬ 
tions and setons. 
PREVENTION. 
This is of far more importance to those for whom this paper 
is intended than medical treatment. It will be seen from the 
remarks on the causes of this disease that our knowledge on that 
subject is far from accurate, yet sufficient is known of the cir¬ 
cumstances which favor the development and spread of the an¬ 
thrax poison to enable us to suggest measures for its prevention 
which, if carried out, will be effectual. 
The carcasses of all animals dying of this disease should be 
immediately carried (not dragged along the ground and through 
the fields), to the nearest convenient place, away from any pas¬ 
ture field, in a dry place, or at least one which is not a source of 
water supply. If possible they should be burned, a process in 
Canada usually easily accomplished by placing them in the midst 
of a pile of brush which is to be burned in clearing the land, 
where it is not situated in land to be used as pasture. Care must 
be taken however that even the ashes are buried, for such is the 
vitality of the spores that even the process of burning cannot 
always be depended upon for their destruction. Of no less im¬ 
portance is the destruction by burning and burial of all fluids or 
excrement, blood, hair, hoofs, horns, hides, &c. Although in 
France and some other countries where anthrax commonly pre¬ 
vails, knackers under certain restrictions and on the adoption of 
certain precautions are allowed to skin the bodies and boil the 
carcasses for oil, yet so many accidents arise to persons engaged 
in this work that its practice is not recommendable. Where it is 
intended to skin them, the person undertaking it should be very 
careful that he has not any scratches or broken surface on his 
skin; rubber gloves should always be worn when handling 
them. 
It has been invariably found that where deep careful burial, 
