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Swine Erysipelas Infection In Man, L. Van Es Aug 1942

Swine Erysipelas Infection In Man, L. Van Es

Historical Research Bulletins of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station

The preceding decade witnessed the introduction and spread within this state of a hitherto uncommon disease of swine. This disorder, swine erysipelas, has gradually become disseminated throughout Nebraska's swine population until it has developed into a major problem of preventive veterinary medicine. Its appearance, furthermore, added another to our list of animal maladies which are communicable to man. The latter consideration may serve as warrant to review what is known about the part played by swine erysipelas as a human disease, to describe its more salient features and to examine them from epidemiological, clinical, pathological and prophylactic viewpoints.


J.B. Lippincott Prize Jun 1942

J.B. Lippincott Prize

Charles W. Raker (1920 - 2014)

J.B. Lippincott Prize awarded to Charles W. Raker by the Veterinary Department of the University of Pennsylvania, June 2, 1942.


University Of Pennsylvania One Hundred And Eighty-Sixth Commencement For The Conferring Of Degrees Jun 1942

University Of Pennsylvania One Hundred And Eighty-Sixth Commencement For The Conferring Of Degrees

Charles W. Raker (1920 - 2014)

Commencement program from the University of Pennsylvania's commencement ceremony on June 2, 1942. Charles W. Raker graduated With Major Honors from the School of Veterinary Medicine (p. 22). He was also the recipient of the following prizes (p. 33-34): The J.B. Lippincott Prize The Leonard Pearson Prize The 1930 Class Prize The Suburban Cattle Breeders' Association Prize


Swine Erysipelas. Revised Edition Of Research Bulletin 84, L. Van Es, C. B. Mcgrath Jun 1942

Swine Erysipelas. Revised Edition Of Research Bulletin 84, L. Van Es, C. B. Mcgrath

Historical Research Bulletins of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station

Because of the more or less frequent occurrence of swine erysipelas on Nebraska farms it seemed proper that information on this subject be made available in the form of a Station publication, especially written to serve as a reference for veterinarians, who naturally are first appealed to when an as yet relatively strange disease appears among a herd of swine. Hence the text is written in a technical form for the sake of precision. In the preparation of the text the literature of countries in which for many years the disease has constituted a permanent problem has been freely consulted. …