American Veterinary Review, 
MAY, 1878. 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
ARTICLE I. 
A CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF HOG CHOLERA. 
By N. S. Towmshend, M.D., 
Professor of Agriculture in the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College. Bead 
before the Columbus Academy of Medicine, November 23d, 1877A 
Mr. President: —An invitation from the Columbus Academy 
of Medicine to read a paper on the disease familiarly known as 
Hog Cholera, should be accepted as proof that physicians of this 
city are not indifferent to the malady which so seriously affects 
the prosperity of the surrounding country. It also affords evi¬ 
dence that physicians are not wanting in a humane desire to allevi¬ 
ate the sufferings of the creatures we subordinate to our pleasure 
or profit. It may be presumed that the members of the Academy 
are aware of the resemblances between some animal diseases and 
those which affect mankind; and of the facilities which animals 
afford for the study of such diseases. The communicability of 
some diseases from animals to men is equally well-known to you, 
as well as the influence which the diseases of milk and flesh-pro¬ 
ducing animals may have upon the health of the people. Permit 
me to add, that in a country where well-educated veterinarians are 
very scarce, there would seem to be a necessity that physicians 
should care not only for the families of their patrons, but also for 
their four-footed dependents. 
^Printed in the Ohio Medical and Surgical Journal . 
