Report Upon Investigations Relating to the Treatment of Lumpy-Jaw

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Excerpt from Report Upon Investigations Relating to the Treatment of Lumpy-Jaw: Or Actinomycosis, in Cattle The matter has been a ditficult one to adjust because there existed, on the one hand, a board which has not hesitated to make the most sensational assertions, alarming to the consumers and damaging to the meat trade of the country, and on the other, a body of consumers ex acting as to the quality of their food, sensitive to any aspersions upon it, and disposed to ask the destruction of meat though perfectly whole some, if a breath of suspicion had been directed against it. This dis position of consumers, and the desirability of protecting the public health at any cost, no doubt accounts for the ability of the board to maintain its seizures for so long a tim e, though they were generally recognized as unjust, and suspected to be without legal authority. In the spring of the year 1892, the attention of the Department was called to a remedy which appeared to have extraordinary effects in the treatment of this disease. An experiment was made on a single steer, which was badly affected, by Dr. Norgaard, an inspector of the Bu reau of Animal Industry, and this steer was completely cured. The following announcement was then made for the information of those interested in this subject: The interest which has been shown by the stockmen of the United States in regard to the disease known as lumpy-jaw, or that form of actinomycosis which appears as external swellings on the head, renders it desirable that a preliminary statement should be made concerning the treatment of this disease. Until recently it has been the Opinion of the veterinary profession that a cure could only be obtained by a sur gical operation, and that this should be performed in the early stages of the disease in order to insure success. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.