Smyrna times., 1855-01-31

symptoms OF disease Whatever Inc uloou buI-
ters much from the loss OF fbrin, album, salts,
&c. The red corpuscles Cor those bodies to
which the blood owes its color,) are of bcon-
vex shape, caused by the carbpnic acid they
contain. The deficiency of fbrin results from
the want of . due supply of oxygen. 1t is
necessary for the blood to contain certain
amount of ibrin to enable it to circulate freely
through the vessels-hence we need not won
organs. If defibrinzed blood be injected into
the veins of a healthy ANIMAL the same state
arises, and typhoid symptoms are Produced
! The bconvex shape of the red corpuscles, as
before mentioned, arises from the fact of their
containing carbonc acid, and this causes the
blood to present a dark hue, and at times pre-
sentmg the appearance Of tar. The loss of the
proper elements Of the blood will explain the
rapid loss Of flesh sustained by animals having
this disease-in bad cases being reduced one
fifth of their body i'll twenty-tour hours. The
blood becomes depraved, rendered poisonous to
the nerve centres, molecular nutrition ceases,
at rate much more early than in other modes
of dcath-moecuar death follows close on
lunatic death-that is, structures die and be-
gin to run into decomposition as soon as the
pulse and breath have ceased indeed, in the
worst form Of this disease, partial change OF
this kind even prccedcs the death of the whole
body. The most remarkable cases of depra.
vation of the blood is, by the introduction o
matters from wlthout,-actng as terments, &c.
producing such chemical changes in the con
Stltuton of the fluid, that its whole character
is speedily changed. and its living properties
altogether destroyed. OF such an occurrcnc,
we have familiar examples, both in man an,
horse, as in CHAMBERS, malignant typhoid, il
some of which we are able to trace the dlrec
introduction of the poison into the blood. Th
peculiar putrid odour cxhaIed from the bodie
of animals falling victims to tins, and simlla
pestilental diseases attacking man, are man
proofs of the early triumph OF the dead owe
living chemistry. In "Staggers," the genera
huldity Of the blood its unusually dark an
otherwise altered aspect, It's POISONOUS prope
. ties, as in It's deleterious operation othe
animals, and its proneness to run into decomp'
slton even before death takes place, with man
other pecullarties, points out the blood as Il
first seat of this disease, and by the failure
It's natural properties and Offices as the man
facturcr and life of all structure and tunctio
, it is plainly the medium by which death begl
in the body.
DR.. Green advises farmers, when the dlsea
makes its appearance, to change the heaIt
animals TO another district; he does not recol
mend this because the disease is contagious, b
the horses being exposed to the same pecull
occasion, are all liable to an attack-hence, t
Importance OF change. Great care shot
be taken till the appearance of frost, after whi
not much fear need be manifested, If proper
tention be paid to keeping stables clean OF n
nure, aud fumigate with chloride of lime.
give them small proportions OF iron, magnet
common salt, soda, llme, tar, and small P
portion of saltpetre. Sulphur is very useful
:, it will assist the Introduction of oxygen
into the blood. 1t would be well to dash c
water over the surface, Soaplng well, to dlsso
- and remove the dead PARTICLES of skIn-t
,,n curry, rub dry-doing this at least once a Z
10 >, THIS, he says, is the best mode of prevent
n. the disease; but, when established, it may
g. OF no use. Also advises some experiment
=. his own TO be carried out when an opportu
-, offers: that is, of transtusIng or passing b
'.,d from the juglar vein OF healthy into the
lar vein Of one diseased. Bleed the disc;
" w e animal till he staggers, then pass the blood
.I0 lowing no air to get into the vein as ns
LIsaa death will! be produced. If this is prop
.ho done before any local disease sets in, it
succeed in many cases where the changes o.
ii. blood arise from the inhallng of sulphure
e. hydrogen, corburetted hydrogen and cyan
Tho gases-the last and first exert the most az
.hoso influence, when absorbed into the lungs.