The New York herald., 1872-11-18
THE HIPP0-DROPSY.


The Cause, Overwork While Sick
Private and Livery Stables-Thc Dray-
men and Milkmen Losing Many
Horscs-A Successful Remedy.
The last phase of the horse disease is beginning
to alarm owners, even more than did the epizoo-
ty few weeks since. The symptoms are more
deadly and, 1t is feared, that fully fifty per cent of
the horses attacked will finally succumb under its
ravages Horse doctors agree that it is one of the
worst possible forms in which disease may attack
an animal, and that is matter of great doubt
and uncertainty in any case.
1t Is generally agreed that the main cause OF the
present deadly disease is the manner in which
horses were used while they were suffering from
the previous catarrhal affection, as only those
seem to be attacked which were roughly used at
that time by their owners. The dropsy
seems to have left alone the horses
which before were submitted to o
thorough course OF treatment and entirely cured,
while it attacks those In which the germs OF the
disease had not been thoroughly eradicated. This
neglect has allowed what was before compara-
lively innocent malady to develop and strike down
the horses which were supposed to be out Of all
danger. -,
This is especially exemplined in
THE STAGE STABLES,
where the horses were driven without mercy
throughout the whole Of the cpizootic period and
made to perform almost their regular and very
hard work. In these stables about fifteen per cent
Of the whole number OF horses have been attacked
with the dropsy In more or less virulent form,
and it is not too much to say that at least seven
per cent of the whole win ultimately succumb
under its influence or all the street lines the
Iwenty,tnira street street lins seems to be the lreest
that the horses were not driven for the first few
days after the hipporhinorrhea made its appear
ancc in this CITY,
ho or ~ = The Tb;r
avenue, which ran (and indeed was obliged to run)
certain complement OF cars, used all its horses
tion. The result is that IN many cases the cpl
zooty has turned to dropsy and the company 1t is
very probable may lose not far rom 100 horses be-
fore the disease shows symptoms OF abatement.
At present fully eighty OF their animals are more
less attacked with the dropsy and more Will fol-
low. The Second avenue line begins also to feel
the effect Of the new malady. The Bleecker street
line will also lose number OF horses from the
dropsy and has lost some already, about eight 1T is
believed, from the dropsy purely. The Broadway
line has now seven horses affected by the dropsy,
and the Sixth avenue line nine. The Fourth ave-
case, and as this line only ran ten during the
epiz0otc period it is another proof that the dropsy
only attacks the horses which were overworked
before.
IN LIVERY STABLES.
AS far as the HERALD reporter could ascertain
the dropsy has affected about two per cent OF the
animals previously afflicted, and very few deaths
have occurred thus far. Those who will suffer
most, doubt, from the disease will be the dray-
men and such who were obliged to use their horses
before and overworked them while the disease was
in their systems. or these probably ten per cent
will die. The milkmen are also just now feeling
the effect Of their previous hard use Of their AMI.
mails.
IN PRIVATE STABLES
the only cause to be given for the appearance OF
the dropsy is the fact that owners used their horses
before they were completely recovered from tho
coughing and throat disease. Thus Mountain Boy
and others were carried OF. The only case OF
valuable horse being attacked is that belonging to
Peter B. Sweeny q magnificent carriage horse,
which Is now 80 low that 1t cannot recover.
The remedy which seems to have been most sue
the use OF the following recipe:-Tw0 eggs, one
ounce OF spirits of turpentne and two ounces Of
sweet Oil three times day.
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