The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-11-15

Harrisburg, for horses affected with the
prevailing disease and from appearances
has the desired effect, viz:
II. Lotion for horses or. spirits of
hartshorn, or. tincture of arnica, / J
pints of alcohol. Battle neck and under
Jaw. Also ten drops of aconite on
tongue three times day.
In New York and Philadelphia the
following remedy has been applied
with success to valuable trotting stock :
Bandage the limbs and soak with
spirits. Rub the throat with turpen-
tine. Mix q small portion of ipecac
and tartar emetic with molasses put
few drops on the tongue every half
hour.
Mr.. George Wilkes proprietor of the
Spirit Of The Times and an acknowledged
authority on horses gives the following
advice:
We think their food should be liberal
and we know it should be good and
a gentle stimulant, such as is afforded
by teaspoonful of good condition pow
der in mash every other night while
this complaint is about, cannot be bad.
We shall venture on 1t. Good ventila.
tion and protection from cold draughts
are needed now more than ever. For
those who have the incipient symptoms
of the complaint, such as cough, run
ming at the nostrils, and watery dis.
charge from the eyes, absolute rest and
soft food are required. Their hay should
be wetted; their manger feed should be
nothing but mashes; and if they will
drink good oat meal Cruel, so much the
better. When the throat is affected
which is nearly always the case, If
the cough is bad, liniment well rub.
bed in outside has been found very
useful.
General Rufus Ingalls,, an army Office
of standing, has issued the following
rules TO govern the treatment of horses
belonging to the Government in the
Department Of the East; of which he is
Quartcrmaster:
"On the first appearance of the dis.
ease, give the horses a thorough steam
ing with boiled oats placed in bag and
so fastened to the head that the steam
from the oats will be inhaled. Repeat
this until the discharge from the nos.
trlo is free and of natural color. Then
take leather, or what is hettIr, carboliC
disinfectant /; in grains, like large size
cannon powder, place in it shallow
pan and burn it where the horse will be
obliged to breathe it.
"If the throat is sore (which general
ly will be the case) apply frequently
hot vinegar, rubbing it well in with
the hands, and wrap the throat in flan
mel dipped in vinegar. Sponge out the
uostrils well with warm vinegar. Blan-
ket well night and day, but not enough
to produce sweating, and give plenty OF
fresh. clean bedding.
"Give several bran maShcs, with
from one,half to one. ounce of powdered
nitre in each, and use linseed meal OF
tlaXseed in the oats. Use tepid water in
the mash.
"The hay should be moistencd with
water, preferably tar water.
"AIOst cases, if taken in the time,
will yield to the above treatment, but
should the attack be very severe, ac
companied with considerable fever and
very sore throat, instead of the vinegar
an embrocation of equal parts of lin
seed oil, turpentine, tincture of can
| tharides and hartshorne should be rub
bed in night and morning. Powell:
embrocation' is very good. Give as {
| drench night and morning the follow
| ing
| Spirits of nitric ether...........1 ounce.
Laudanum....... uracntn'
| Nitrate Of POtassa................3 drachm
| water. ............".....".".....l pint.
| Mix.
"Shoud the horse refuse his feed
offer him frequently thin Cruel, with
handful ofpulveriZed slippery elm bari
and licOrice root stirred in it.
"Wheu conyalescing, exercise gently
daily, and stimulate the appetite will
the following ball
Extract Of gentian..............G drachms
Powder of ger".............2
ga handful of wood ashes, miXet
with little salt, thrown into the feeC
trough for the horse to lick up, will b
relished by him and be beneficial"
Any of the above remedies vii
doubtless be found to be etlcctual
There is one thing which is absolutel.
necessary for the animal and that is
rest from acork; without this all else
useless. This should be borne i
mind
The worst feature which the diseas
has yet developed is the subSequen
appearance of farcy and glanders, bot
of them highly dangerous and conts
gious affections and held to be almos
incurable. 1t has become necessar
to kill many animals in New Yor
which have been attacked by these di
eases. We think however that whc
the animal is promptly taken in han
and cured that there is little dang
of the subsequent affections. The sin
pie rules suggested by Mr.. Wi!kt
=, which we have given above seem to
the most sensible, and are such as ca
be followed by all.
To effect a cure in any case, howcvc
the animal must have rest. 70 wor
means to kill.