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 is the disease caused by the rod-shaped bacterium, Bacillus anthracis. Spores of B. anthracis occur naturally in the soil where they can lay dormant for decades. Waiting for a grazing animalâsuch as a cow, horse, or sheepâto accidentally ingest it.Once inside the animal, the spore germinates, switches to its virulent form, and produces the anthrax toxin, which eventually kills the host.pores of B. anthracis occur naturally in the soil where they can lay dormant for decades. Waiting for a grazing animalâsuch as a cow, horse, or sheepâto accidentally ingest it. Once inside the animal, the spore germinates, switches to its virulent form, and produces the anthrax toxin, which eventually kills the host.