Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1870-04-06

DedStr N3lateNeT may nave Deeu Jnt
primary or external causes, proceed from
obstruction and arrangement Of the cir
culaiion and secretive functions. There
fore, to keep in health, prevent these
distractions; to restore to health, re-
move them. Although disease does not
originate in the blood, this is the medi-
I um by which it is transmitted through
out the general system. One of the ftne-
tions of the nervous system is to assist
in prupelling the blood. through the
veins and arteries. Hence anyderange-
ment of the nerves affects the circula-
ton, and vice versa. The size Of the
horse is about ten times that Of mau.-
! His organism Is c0arSer, and the vessels
Of his are larger in proportion. When
medicines are administered, they must
be.of corresponding strength, compared
with man; the horse breathes only half
as fast. The same is true in respect to
the rate at which j. pulse beat his blood
flows. Disease usually developes itself,
and likewise abates, much more slowly
in the horse than in man. Hence in its
approach it is much more obscure and
consequently more difficult to diagnose.
Hence too the great necessity of under
standing OUT business as our patient cam
not speak, and we have nothing to guide
US but our judgment. All medicines are
not uniform in their action upon differ
/ ent animals. Some substances which
are poisonous TO man are quite harmless
/ to the horse. They reverse is also true.
I The fewer the medicines given the
horse, provided the cure is effected, the
better Thousands of valuable animals
are killed yearly be excessive drenching.
! Nature cannot be forced, but may be as
sisted and relieved; and 10 accomplish
this there must be an adaptation Of the
treatment TO the nature of the disease.
As.nO effect can exist without adequate
cause, whenever disease is detected, we
may be sure that its sources are not far
/ remote, whatever these may be- no time
should be lost in tracing them out, and
removing them if it is possibleto do so.
Great as is the disadvantage under
which the Veterinary practitioner la
bors, from the fact that the sufferer can
not speak, it is partially compensated
by the expressive actions Of the animal;
and treatment Of the horse may always
be undertaken with, probably, as much
hope and confidence as the human patti
ent because it may be made, much more
vigorous and decided.
No man possessing horse Is willing
the animal should perish His interest
clearly is i'll the prolongatiou Of its life
and he would gladly part with some
money rather than be reduced to the
ownership ofN carcass. That, however,
which he wishes to have accomplished
he desires should be performed cheaply.
Hospitals-supposing such places existed,
and were Of different grades or of differ
ent scales of charges-wOuld afford the
best prospect Of relief at the smallest re-
nmerative cost. Still, any application
to such establishments must of necessity
prove Il tax, the only known preventive
against the visitation Of which, would
be the exercise Of little humanity.
\ very slight expenditure of the last
named article would save the equine
race from long listof ills which now are
-consequent upon mortal ignorance or
upon human brutality. 1t is wonderful
it reflect how many of these affections
spoken of as equine disorders might be
cheaply eradicated by the more reason
able treatment Of the animal which man
proverbially esteems to be his most haz-
ardous property.
Cruelty is a very eXtravagant indul-
gcnces We are acquainted with persons
who treat theH horses merely according
to the dictates Of their own reason, Civ
ing them so far as practical, liberty to
exercise their. own instinct and whose
stables are graCed by working lives Of
an extreme age. Where we see this, we
find clean comfortable stables, well VEN
tilated aud drained, not a pest-house
suclias is common in our country, filled
with a contaminated atmosphere, anf
atmosphere surcharged with Ammonia
arising from the urine and which is car
ried directly into the Lungs and as the
of the blood, depends upon
the character or quality of the air inhal-
ed into the lungs we cannot expect to
have a healthy Horse Stable without we
permit our horses to breath Il pure I'M
atmosphere We will pre-
sent this part of our subject more at
length when we come to treat on the
diseases Of the lungs, the air passages,
and the eirculatOry system. Aswe wish
to hurry on TO the more practical part of
our subject we will omit at present our {
treaties on the different breeds &c In
passing from our Introductory, We hope
we will be pardoned if we again admon- {
ish the horse proprietor to practice
toward this noble animal,
il not from any higher motive, be- ]
cause it is certainly the trUest economy. I
To make this plain, has been, and will ]
De our endeavors. To prove that horses
are gifted with something beyond the (
mere sensation which is common to all
moving things is the object of these COM
TO convince the public,
~ appealing to the eye, and to the un-
through the emeans of the
lress, that the equine race Inherit high ,
Il feelings, than the vast majority Of
mankind are prepared to admit, is all t
he interest We had in view ia COM :
nencing this series Of communications.
To demonstrate how closely nature has e
ssociated man and horse in their liabiI- II
ties and in their diseases-to induce Q
nan, by informing their sympathies, to :.
reat more tenderIy the timid life which n
3 disposed to serve and is also willing to $
owe them, is the highest reward the II
writer can picture to himself j"
d. MARTIN,
The cOnstitutiOmality OF the Civil II
tights law is TO come before the Su- :.
rene Court Of the United States on an !,
ppeal from Kentucky in the case of two ?,