Show burkholder ER ON GLANDERS GLANDE since dr C E burkholder the government stock inspector began his investigations in this part of the state some weeks ago banners and others have have taken an added interest in the dil disease known as glanders at the request of a number of subscribers bers the news has induced dr burkholder to set forth the causes cha character nacter and treatment of the dreaded disease hin his communication muni cation follows since glan lers is a known to exist in price and vicinity the questions are asked everyday every day what are the sm interns of glanders how id is the disease corn con eyed from ore animal to another Is there any cure for tee disease the disease is produced by a specific germ Ba babillis Bacil cillis hs M callei Mal filled fil lei and it is in t two 0 forms accuse and chronic Simp symptoms of cute glanders the acculto type ia comparatively rare among horses although it is the usual form among donkey donkeys and their hylinda it may be the primary form or may developed dev elope from chronic glanders which has become generalized or corn coin from acute diseases acute gl blinders inders la usually a very rapidly progressing jeptia in fethe di ease which ta is accompanied by the gangrene of the respiratory mucus membrane and by meta formations in the kin skin lunge lungs and other organs the affection begin begins with rigor and high fever lever and Is associated with a muco purulent nasal discharge which later on becomes sero ganeous sane ous the visible nasal mucus membrane anez are covered with novels and ulcers which frequently become confluent so that the entire mucus membranes finally from peru purulent lent gangrene and become covered with diphtheritic masses the he breathing is difficult some timea times snoring groaning and roaring also oed swelling of the skin radiating cord like inflammation inna mation of the and swelling and suppuration of tie lymph glands particularly those of tatt I 1 inter maxillary max ilary space there is loss of appetite and frequent difficulty in swallowing the animal beames rapidly emaciated and prostrate the progress Is usually severe and has an invariable fatal termination tn in from 3 to 14 days symptoms of chronic glanders the early stages of chronic glanders usually escape notice for the disease as a rule runs a course of months and sometimes years owing to its inrid ious approach the first kympton is an unilateral or more rarely a bilateral nasal discharge which begins in the form of small quantities of dirty white mucus this discharge may in amount or may cease for glay later on it may consist of a gray or greenish yellow diSLO discolored lored sticky fluid which comes from the thi ulcers fre the discharge is such hemorrhages are gan brally blight slight after the first visible signs of old standing cases of glanders the source of hemorrhages is an ulcerous erosion of minute vessels nod aels and ulcers may also abear on nasal mucus membranes and again they may be entirely absent or may appear only at a very late stage of the disease these symptoms sym are associated with sw swelling of the sub maxillary max ilary lymph glands which is at first somewhat diffused more or less hard doughy and slightly painful later on it ft becomes modular indu rated and painless and has on it s our face ce it is usually adherent to the i lower jaw in which cases it cannot be and sometimes swelling of the glands is absent when the nasal mucus ine is not infected it ia Is present in all cases of ulcerations of the nasal mucus membrane makes slow progress the progress of chronic glanders is 13 exceen angly elow slow the first visible symptoms may not appear for many weeks and even months and the disease may be present in an occult tage stage for years A distinct improvement pro in the disease after t 1 long rest and good feeding often ofte n takes taken place on the other hand an excel bation may occur from over exertion chill etc the duration of chronic glanders may extend to ee sen en years and en dancer the life ct of both man and beast i and there is no known cure for the disease of danders th the infection may take place dired direly or indirectly through extremely different intermediate hearers bearers euch such as harness clothing pails table stable tools hay litter grooms and other agents ithe the discharge from the ulcers I 1 and from the nostrils possesses the highest degree of infectiousness it is very reason reasonable abla to believe that the arar mission of the bacilli takes pite te by the bacilli dut discharges charges being blown out and by its becoming I 1 dried and then being inhaled in the form of duit dust C burkholder BURKI IOLDER D V S I 1 james ll jr a fareman on the D R G was killed in an accident at tucker thursday night owing to the secretiveness of the railroad men 0 the exact nature of the fatal accident cannot can not at this time be ascertained russet russel was a ion son of jamea james russel foreman of the U P mine at dr earle ha auld suld his drug store to arthur hunten tho the consid consideration cration hail has not been given out mr huntck took charge yesterday though dr D earle will maintain hia his office at the store and took w after the filling of pre script ona ons t |