Nebraska advertiser., 1868-06-25
Important Advice TO Owners OF
Horses. Pneumonia,


Diseases of the lungs are so rife in Uni
ted States, that, if we except old age,
two-thirds or perhaps One. half of the
losses experienced BY owners Of stock
10 the death of horses and cattle, result
from diseased lungs.
Pneumonia, or lung fever, is a com
mon form among diseases Of horses, and
great skill and discretion are needed
to bring it to a favorable termination.
for II often laughs to scorn the puny eff.
forts of man, however we'll directed. Il
requires the very best skill for its treal
ment, because the organ involved is one
whose function gave life and action to
ak other organs; it performs The very
last act of digestion, which is the de
colonization Of the blood and modern
psychologists inform US that the lungs
play a more important part in the cir
citation of the blood through the %arterial
ramidcalions than the heart itself, which
has heretofore been consided the only
source of circulation. Be this as it may
no organ, when ~deranged, requires SO
much skill in the early stages as this
early because a few hours nav prove
fatal. A mistake in the diagnosis, or a
wrong medicine administered, may place
The patient beyond the aid Of man. You
may cali on the veterinary surgeon in
The latter stages of the disease, and as
often happens, after the patient has been
pretty well dOsed, but il is too late the
animal has passed the rubicon, and en-
tered within the boundaries of the val
ley of death. Il is necessary, therefore,
TO be able to detect this disease in its
primary form, before 1t has invaded the
cIladel of life But how many are veiere.
nary in the Uoited States that can dia
gnose a disease Of this character? Not
one here decor in a hundred can do
so with any degree of certainty; yet to
such a Stale of perfection are auscnlta
uOn aud percussion now arrived that the
qualified can now detect a lession of the
lungs with astonishing precision. Al
most every change that takes place with
IN those organs can be detected by the
surgeon with remarkable exactness, and
a regular educated veterinary surgeon
would dishonOr his profession, and i'm.
part a whitening influence to bis future
operations. if be were found wanting in
this particular so hat the qualification
needed not only for the Management, of
this, bur every other disease, should be
of the first order; for it is a fact that
the LOSSES from acute diseases are far
greater than ought TO be, and these losses
are fell by the Woodworking farmer,
and by these who depend upon the earn
ings of horses for a living, and they must
hail as a great blessing any attempts to
introduce an improved medical litera
ture and a rational system of prac
tice that shall remedy the great evils
that now exist.-Therefore l would ad-
wise the owners of horses to have them
looked to in time, as the old proverd used
TO say, ian ounce of preventive is worth
a pound of cure"
The extreme diversities in the climate
of the United States is a frightful cause
of disease-a subject worthy the invest.
igation of all men;-espe cially does the
fact demand attention from those who
would boast of the sanitary condition of
their stock, for il Is only by comparing
the diseases of locations most dissmilar
in their character and temperature, that
the most useful illustrations of morbid
influences are TO be oblained.-RuraL
Gentleman.