Show E editorials D I 1 T OR I 1 A LK n A BLOOD EPIDEMIC A AN 11 alarming epidemic recently broke broko out at bolton england by which nearly a hundred persons were poisoned the disease bore some resemblance to the foot and mouth dibease among 0 cattle A number of persons were seized with sickness followed by an enlargement of the tongue a swelling round the eyes and in some cases by unconsciousness several children fell into a dangerous state the tho disease spread with fearful rapidity in sonie some instances whole families being prostrated and in school street not a family escaping the disessa increased at the rate of twenty or thirty a day and was distinctly traced to or blood poisoning it was ascertained that tile the whole of the afflicted persons received milk from mrs kershaw of hardmant Hard mans mana farm turton mr robinson ll surgeon of egerton analyzed the milk and discovered traces of lead in it going to the farahe farm he examined the m milk cans and found round that the acid in the cows milk had ao so acted on oh the solder of the cans as to fill tho the interstices with a green slimy substance to which he considered the epidemic ic was waa due mrs kershaw and family having partaken partaker par taken of the milk were with symptoms of blood poisoning one of zhe the cows had hail been afflicted wih excessive after calving and a veterinary geter reter inary surgeon had given her some medicine whether the unusual acid action of the milk was considered due to those circumstances is not stated |