ANTHRAX.
Anthrax is a very fatal disease in cattle and sheep, occasionally in pigs. Butchers may inoculate themselves with it when dressing a diseased carcase; the tanners similarly when handling the hide; and woolsorters may inhale it when sorting wool derived from a diseased animal (page [107]). To prevent the latter, suspected wool must be disinfected by steam, and special arrangements made for carrying off the dust produced during sorting.