, 1872-11-01

fected. There are IT'S horses stabbed here alto
gether.
but to-day will bring them what it is useless to
hope will not como.
johnson's livery stable is in7alided. 4 score
Of horses are suffering from tho disease
Captain Ben. Bul1yink1e, Of the Fire 1nsur-
ance Patrol, reports that the three horses used
by his company are suffering from the disease
and arc unit for active service. They wero att
tackled with 1t very suddenly at late hour las,
evening, but received promptmedical attendance
and, it is believed, will recover. The Patrol
Comrany is obliged to attend fires on loot.
Chief Fire Marshal Williams states that the
horses belonging to the Fire Department are en-
tirely free from disease so far.
THE NORTH SIDE.
The North Side WAS not troubled by the dis
ease until yesterday morning. 1t first broke out
at Doty's livery and sale stables, On Lincoln
avenue. There are thirty horses in these
stables, all Of which have the disease. Those
horses are very valuable, none OF them being
worth less than $500. Nickerson's Distillcry
employs thirty horses, and every one Of them is
suffering more OF less from the disease.
The The ~, horses ass ,r at III Healeyss livery Sta;
b9 Mo- 252 a2a%n NTh G1r6 o * @ saek
badly, and refusing to eat, but showing as yet
no other symptoms. The horses at tbs North
Division Railway stables are as yet in good
health, and ahow no symptoms, OF the disease.
There are very few horses in this city that are
treated with so much care as these, and hopes
are entertained that they may escape the mala-
dy. The Company, however, are preparing for
the worst, and will put the two dummies left ur-
harmed By the fire, On North Clark street, should
they be able to obtain the permission Of the city
authorities as goon as their horses show any
symptoms Of the disease, as they mean to with
draw every horse that is not entirely we'll The
In Nor+f7 ida fc na x-at rf 1arty
mild form, but the owners are, nevertheless.
greatly alarmed.
REMEDIES.
4 reporter of TIE TRIBUNE called On r. J.
Withers, Veterinary Surgeon Of the South Side
Railway Company, yesterday, for the purpose Of
learning his views in regard to the disease. The
interview ia subjoined.
Reporer-Are there uany horses in the railway
| pany's stables afflicted With the disease2
DR.. Whers-We have about twenty-hye; watch
them very closely; Some Of the horscs have cough,
but have other premonitory symptom than that
the Est symptom ls dry cough-a great noise IN tha
R-Mhat remedies hare you for the aiseaso7
D HHd mild m!S .1ti9as s sRa m
catharticsdoing I'll VIC to relieve the irritation ct
the throat. Verruns reite the irritation quick
as anything We blanket well, and where tbs limbs
cold rub and bandaga them; give hay tea, viii
meal and aippery elm IL it durin; convaleseence We
| lose horse.
R.-Hsye any recovered entirely undez this treat
ment7
| Dr.: w.-Yes; many have recovered, and are low
working horses that were sick ten days ago.
r Dc new cases occur every day
R. What do you do when you discover the symptoms
! Of The disease?
| Dr. W.-We separate the afflicted horses from the
Others and put them in the hospital at once: Some
were taken yesterday with cough and alight run
~ Were no new cases today.
| R-How many cases have you had in the Company's
stables thus far?
Dr., W,-Between three and four hundred since last
| January.
DR.. W.-No, it Is not. 1t is disease that is iabl7
to sporetc at any time, but more particu-
la1Iy IS an enzootic during tie spring andfau.
R.-What produces it
d.. VIII the spring time horses shed their coats
nature supplies them with new coat the nutrition
capillary circulation md sudden change of vezher
perveEs the nutriVe process, and causes capillary
congestion and general rnucus fever
R.-Is that the name OF the diseaso7
Dr. WI call it that but others designate it inuf-
enza and it is generally known as that Great energy
is required to supply the horfos winter coat, and e
horse gets weak md is debilitated from it, and
quires great care and more noshment OF account Of
R-Do YOU think tbs disease will spread throughout
the entire city?
must be predisposing cause in the atmosphere BE-
fore occurs more generally than 1t has heretofore
In case Of On exciting cause, such . have named
Ing my visit East to learn the cause and pathology Of
tile disease found that in every instance, out
Last year we had here, and Dr.. Tuttle very eai-
nent surgeon pronounced it the Influenza The char
particle from the disease last year. Our foreman
resdly detected the disease from what he lad seen Of
R.-1s # not . fact that within weak OF txo it
has sp7saa Es5y 54a gane7 than it b,a been for
some time.
R.-Do the veterinary surgeons consider themselves
competent to arrest it's progress?
Vo1 hmm f7y14 4EJ f1t*h
city, but II competent surgeons are employed there
will beno difficulty.
Dr.. w.-Not necessarily. Il it assumes the ma1ig-
nant OF typhoid type it is have several malignant
aharg hat as
cases are dangerous ana dihdcult Of treatment.
Dr. VI have several here in this barn [Twenteth
and State sreets and about fifty in privnte stables.
All arc mild csses. Some had a week ago, IRE now
R.-Do you allow infected horses to do work?
Wort. @ = 0l' ''' D' ''90' n0' &'" A'' ''''9'
TIE HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT.
We are indebted to Ho1sey Brothers, Of the
ing homeopathic remedy for this disease, by
James Moore: N. R. c. Y. s., London:
The patient should be paced on c1ean airy, we'll
oatmeal Ind Inseed grnels, and bran mashes. The
most useful medicines are the following:
dco7t3e Is seldom required At the onset except III
those comparatively instances Of the disease when
the attendant fever is Of decidedly indarnmatory
character It may, however, be called for during tbs
progress Of the disease when local congestions and in
hanmatious arise.
Relladonna is indicated BY swollen closed eyes; TOW
Of tears throat pain and difficulty in Swallow
ing; tenderness and swelling Of the glands about the
neck and jaw; irritating cough; indication Of head
ache or OF delirinm.
Ammonium Cattatieuns Is valuable remedy for the
complication Of congested lungs which may be known
by hurried, hbored breathing, dated nostrla, cold
akin, etc.
Mereurina is indicated by similar catarrhal
symptoms those which demand BeLadonnu md in
some instances these two medicines may be used IN
turn with great benefit Merc1ius is Likewise valuable
for foul tongue; discharge Of saliva offensive breath;
yellowness Of the eyes, mouth, and skin; shiny,
bilious evacuatons.
N1z Voaica is peculiarly called for when the bowels
constpated, relaxed at time and confined ut
another; the excavations hard, lumpy, and co'ered
with mucus tendency to drowsneas and apparent
paralysis Of the hind legs,
Phosphorus is required when inflammation OF
lung is at hand or present. whicn nay % Known
disease. . -.