Prior to his service in the Senate, Wright served as Chief Justice of Iowaâs Supreme Court and established the first law school west of the Mississippi River (currently the University Of Iowa College Of Law). Following his service in the Senate, he resumed the practice of law and served as president of the ABA.
Anthrax disease is a severe illness caused by bacteria named Bacillus anthracis. Anthrax disease can result in pneumonia, blood infection, and death. Most of the time anthrax bacteria live in an inactive form called spores. Inactive anthrax spores live naturally in soil and can be carried in the wool or on the skin of animals-usually cows, sheep, or goats.
Anthrax (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MB001)âAnthrax is mainly a disease of herbivorous animals such as sheep, horses, and cattle. In humans, the disease usually ocurrs only in people who work with these animals or their products. The causative agent, the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, can cause three different kinds of disease: cutaneous anthrax, intestinal anthrax, and pulmonary anthrax. All three types can be fatal. Cutaneous anthrax is characterized by skin ulcerations with black necrotic areas and swelling of the lymph glands. Inhalation anthrax causes severe breathing problems and shock and is usually fatal. Intestinal anthrax causes nausea, vomiting and fever, followed by vomiting blood and severe diarrhea. Antimicrobial and insecticide resistanceâWidespread use of antimicrobials has spurred evolutionary adaptations that enable bacteria and other microbes such as viruses, fungi, and parasites to survive these powerful drugs.