Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-10-29

vsllowish or greenish appearance Inc dis
49, 80 ,..lI, inns its course within ten days,
"a With proper treatment few IL any cases
oucht 10 prove fatal. Those that do so are
usually com plicated with other diseases, as
bronchitis or pueumonia.
Mr.. John Ward, of Cincinnati, recently
arrived member of the veterinary probes
siOn, who claims to have had much expert
encs in England, says;
A disease known as the Epidemic Ca
tarrhal Influenza, which Is almost identical
With the disease now in this country, as far /
as the reports by telegraph 90 to prove, IL
very common in Europe among horses, and
especially In England. IL usually comes in
malignant form at periods few years
apart, but there Is always more or less OF "
to be found In Englaud about fall nms
Horses are then in = dsbilitated eonS, .
a result Of overwork during the neA'ou -
and while they are shedding their 0'A'' '"'
disease attacks them. ;.e..n,.
1t first appears rs SIM ~
cha acterizsd BY q weeping on suo
- ;"..i "a weakness. In four or nVe
49, go, the horse ejects . mucous
uay. md in eight or nine days from the
- AZ being attacked RECEIVERS, II proper
.1a",ms,t 10 adopted. oomstimes, when
~ disease assumes catarrhal form, the
yes. lips, head and other parts OF the ant
nal swell considerably. Ihn TACT, De-
lieve, has given rise to the 'elegFAphed re-
pos,s Of erysipslAtous being one OF me
oeculiariIies Of the disease as It nov appears
10 this country. Besides the catarrhal form
of the disease, there IL the rheumatic form,
the hspauc form, and the pneumonia form.
Il depends vast deal upon the idiosynerAs-
les of the animal-the state of bis oonsti-
tu,ion--whether the disease Euns into one OF
these branches or another. II the horse Is
IN poor health, aud inclined to rheumatism
the disease attacks him in that weak spot
in his constitution. II hs hss disease Of the
liver, the disease is most apt to attack him
in the hspAtic form, and It Ihsre 10 trouble
about his lunxs, the disease assumes the
pneumonio livery.
| think in many cases the horses ~oulC
recover Of their own will ii let alous-ths
is, when attacked in a mild manner. The
course OF ,rea ment generally adopted b
those ignoranI Of the character Of the dl'
ssss, ia 10 give the animal purgatiye med
cine and bleed him. Now, this policy is 10
variably death to the beast. When attacked
after about the 9Th day, the horse become
so weak that boy could knock h,m dow
You will see, by considering this fact, VIII
folly il is 10 further weaken the animal
giving hun such medicine. 10 some case
IL indeed, dtsrrhea ensues without being call,
b for, after about the 6fth day, and death
Al, thea Assured--the diseaJe takes the typho
res form.
ire DE-. Hall, Of ll0 West Tenth street, n,
'm York City, says;
no The disease is no more dangerous tnaG
'uL common cold would be TO = man Many
&C. the horses will probably die, but that rest
will be attained not so much on account
the complaint with which they are attack
as from miSmAnaEsmeut or bad treatme
ace The right WAY IN winch to treat sick no
re. is TO o1usider his ailments and apply alm'
'et toe same remedies) as if they we're those
Nd q human being. The anatomy Of $ be-
and that Of msu are very slmllsri th
processes are much the same, and the sa
medicines are almost equally ethcaolous
log curing the same mAlsdies. Many hor
yet which would have recovered II let ssver
alone we're literally dosed to dssth. lfu
escape the frying pan OF drugs they are
tremely Likely to tumble into tae ire Of
Will log takeu from their stables tso soon,
ne ? exercised, worked even, before they are i
,,., I'll condition. The disease Is really seV
:, cold, which BY some strange ooDcatensi
'hey Of circumstances appears to also pAriske
, in the CHARACTERISTICS Of an epidemic. See
aust ingly il 10 IN the air, for It spreads with
heir exsmplsd rapidly. At all events, no d
:, err need De apprehehdsd from tho pri
symptomS unless the iudAmmstiou attack
muous membrane Of the lungs. In t
case graver results may be looked
me .ad the horse Soe!d Isqgai5e very carr
really needs is care and consideration. n
the ago / had some horses attacked in the "a
let manner and with iu every rsspecs the 81
The maladY from which so many are at pre-
suffering. l sent them rp into the coui
u W to be under the care and in the stables G
are man IN Orange county who keeps quite
that stud, With the important reservation, /
"a ever, that my horses we're TO BE- docc
precisely as l directed. Ny treatment
'AAe verJ simple. a hot mash of bran and '
rae ter, mixed quite thin, and renewed ey
his TWO or three hours, so that il should be c
rss. linually warm, was placed under the hoi
- nose Ia his stall. Smelling always arot
p'eu the pail his head was, so to speak,
aver constantly IN = steam bath. That natur
eRt- broke up the cold, and Ia a few days
N running from the nose entirely ceased
=. the AninAl was cured, with the exception
hardly Necessary 10 say that the most II
o. ough cleanliness vas observed No ref
ana matter was allowed TO remain in the stal
ydsd monapt lon,,ar a., ...I5 4. 80
- the stable was deodsrized until the air
srod was fresh and pure. On the other ha
race, The man Who had charge Of my horses do
g TO his own AID physIokSd them until one
urse OF every three or four died or vas rende
raise useless for the remainder Of his life. /
ne a, net believe in the heroic tre atment. v
~, often people will bleed horses aad red
heir their strength to the lowest ebb. and then
ably giving the unfortunate brute power
arm medicine be much surprised to find that
han dies. The saying 'Strong as a horse Ia
nsre popular fallaey. That animal is 10 real
.iS much weaker than man, and needs m,
;, care. The doses given them should alwi
be a. light as possible, aud moreover, a
minis1ered very sparinRly. But little shot
De done except wha' ! have said Abo
by using a steam bath such as that which
have described the cold can be broken .
Ase he horse should then be delicateiy treat
the and allowed TO recover his powers before
~ 10 ussd. At first be should be gently ex
cised while blanketed-in fact treated q
yet actly like oonValesoent sick man. Abo
ath all things the St bles must be kept perfect
AVA clean, and would recommend liberal q
!, Of dIsinteetanss. By following these dire
leh reotions few animals now sick will not
is cover. If horse shows symptoms while
"a. use, stop and uBharness the horse innet
ilv ately-eVen the drawing of the carnage
A.. wagon would injure him, perhaps seriousl
!" DE should be at once embarrassed, blank,
la ed, and led slowly TO his stable there to
il. treated As | have said.