Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-31
THE EPIZOOTI('.
Rapid spread Of the Horse Distemper
ThroaGh0ut the Eastern and Several
weseefn States.

East and West, and causes great him
drauce to equine traffic. The telegraph
wires have been burdened during the
week with dispatches from Buffalo.
Rochester, New York, Brooklyn, Bos-
ton, Detroit, Cleveland, aud every city
OF any sise East, announcing the pre-
valence of the plague. In Rochester
the disease has assumed q fatal charac-
ter. A dispatch dated Saturday says !:
"More fatal cases of the horse dis
ease are reported this morning, than
during the whole time since the disease
first appeared. The streets are desert
ed of horses, but wagons aud carts
drawn by men are plenty. The express
companies announce that no more
goods will be received. The railroad
companies cannot deliver freight. Re.
ports nom the Erie Cana, PARTICULAR.
between this city and Buffalo, are very
Encouraging. Many boats have been
tied up, nearly all having sick horses.
Many have arrived with dead horses on
board. The towing companies adver.
tise that they will furnish horses as far
as possible, but VIII NOT be responsible
for any lack Of service from them. One
Of the baggage delivery companies are
using q hand car on the street railway
track" '''''
At Buffalo business suffered consid-
erably from the withdrawal of horses
affected by the malaria.
A Boston Telegram dated Saturday,
says: "Very few horses are in the
streets. All of the various depart
ments requiring horses are at stand
still, and suffering much in oonse-
quence. Hand carts are in demand.
Numerous wagons are drawn by men.
The only encouraging feature Is that
few cases prove fatal"
In Brooklyn and Jersey City, the
number OF horses attacked is great,
but there have, a.. yet, been no fatal
results.
The area of the disease now extends
from Bangor, Me-, to Detroit and other
points in Michigan.
The disease made it appearance in
New York on Saturday, and in less
than one week about twenty thousand
horses had been attacked There ID
hardly public stable in the city which
is not affected, while a majority of the
valuable horses owned by individual
are for the time being useless to their
owners. Many of the car lines and
stage routes have been forced tn draw
Of most of their vehicles, and to lessen
the trips Of the remainder, and even
With this relief the horsee remaining
we'll are overworked. The livery and
boarding stables have also been At
tackled, and large number of trucks
are thrown out Of ute OF drawn by ami
mails afflicted with the distemper. The
disease has begun to exhibit new and
alarming phases which are looked on
as highly dangerous. The inflamation
of the throat extends to the lungs and
rapidly grows more alarming, and the
coughing is tearfully oolvulaive. The
animal pants for breath, and becomes
quite cold at the extremities. Thi.
seems to be warning of . fatal ending
of the malady.
The trotters and racers stabbed in
the city seemed to have escaped the
disease American Girl has almost re
covered from her slight attack.
At least six hundred cars have been
withdrawn from the city railway lines.
In this branch alone the disease throws
a thousand men out ofwo1k.
The hackmen have almost trippled
fares for passengers, in utter violation
of the law, and refuse TO carry those
refusing to pay the illegal rates.
Speaking Of the disease, the New
York Times says it begins with In.
bored, half suppressed cough, which
rapidly increases in violence, and il
accompanied by fever, intense heat oi
the mouth, whether dry or moist, and
. running from the nose and eyes. The
horse attacked refuses all food, but
evinces no disposition to lie down. on
the modes Of treatment, homeopathy
appears to be in most general favor and
to have been used more successfully.
This mode of treatment consists in the
administering of five drops of aconite,
Immediately on the discovery of infec-
ton, llcorioe being also given, to clear
the throat. Aconite and nax vomica
are continued in moderate. doses
until the animal recovers OF
Otherwise. The allopathic systeu
10 more varied, and, of coarse,
advises larger doses. Mustard Is ap:
Piled to the throat, interior and exte.
rior, and the patient is '>:kept up. by
stimulants., In other cases tar and
bella donna. are given. The homoo-
pathic plan, ~ already stated, finds
more favor. chiefly ON the groppd that
the doses are less frequent and bulky,
and the horse il less worried by tie
treatment. A singular phase OF the
disease 10 tho indiscximinate character
of its victims, no precautions Of room,
light or ventilation being proof against
it., / Pre>entives of every kind have
been tried. but 90 far, With but mod.
crate success. In q fashionable Fifth
avenue livery and boarding stable, y
small quantity: of sulphate of iron
thrown intoa wster- trough has operated
successfully ~ preventive, and in this
and other places prompt treatment ot
all suspicious cases has thus far been
proof against the inroads of the cpl.
demic. .s< {.
The veterinary surgeons define the
epidemic variously, but all agree that
it's origin is traceablo to some unusual
atmospheric influence. A veteran
horse dealer from Rochester, stated to
the reporter yesterday that in his thirty
years. experience he had seen hundreds
Of cases, but not one Of which had re-
suited fatally. He gave it as his opin-
ion that the disease WAS . mild form Of
lung fever.
A Child Hung Until Dead On tho Back
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