, 1872-10-26
TkEHORsE DISEASE.
1ts Symp1ds-.H1ow 1t Should BE
Trcuted.

Ee@AAesaOA- AASAnS@s
1ts Symp1dns--E1ov 1t Should -Be
Trented.
To the Editor a1Hs Chicago Tribune:
SIR: The rsent horRe-epidemic is no new
disease. AL lie symptoms ne have heard OF &c
to prove thas lis the same epizootic catarrh, o,
y typhoid infucea, that fret made its appearance
in England sSar back as 1919. and again il
1882 in 1852, during the first six months OF
1854, at the Gle of 1856, at the beginning o1
1857, in the Hly summer of 1852, 1868, and
1864, and moror less ever since. In the United
States. it first ade' its appearance in 1856, and
is still see every spring and fall,
with symptom more or less eevere,-the
symptoms yaing each season, according to
the intensity o:he disease. The general synnp-
toms at first obryed are: A watery discharge
from the eyes; slight cough chill or sliver-
ing fit, succeed by increased heat Of the body,
fever, and irritson loss of appetite discharge
OF mucus fromhe nose; great prostration OF
strength; folloed, in day or two by swelling
OF the legs. bell; and breast. This swelling OF
Inc belly and blast is non-inhammatory, soft
and 1uttlng on nssure, called Anasarca; when
OF the legs, 1t Is allied Gdema, or Eryaipele-
tEdemateuz. soktimes this disease takes
on. rheumat form, when the back
and lolnts az sore aad stifiened,
looking as If the nimal had lumbago, or was
sprained across til 1oins. At other seasons,
this dlsease takes on castro -mucoEe form, when
the liver and dlgest!e organs appear to partici-
pate IN an unusual egree: THIS form will be
observed BY yellf, bihous-looking appear
are hard and in szill pellets, covered with q
Ight-colored, slimy aucus.
Animals having the above symptoms
shGqd e BE- placed in psnannnn comfortable,
of fresh air. twill be observed that low Under
ground, ill-venf1ated stables are the first to
have animals Affected with epizootic disease. In
the fall Of the year, stablemen are careful to
have the stablaolosed up to prevent cold. This
is poor logic. fc they are only fastening On the
diseases they ae trying to prevent. Many an
individual will bmcnber that, on staying fifteen
pr twenty minues in an ill-ventilatcd stable, in-
haling the gees Of ammonia, and coming
out quickly into the fresh air, irri-
. dow Of tears, md irritation of the Schneide-
rian Membrane causing violent sneeZing. If it
affect man for s, short 4 time, how much more
viii it affect the ,oor horse that is obliged to stay
the 242 Once moro and for all, I say, deny not
your animals frea air. Il the body is cold,
cover well with blnkets; if the legs are cold,
apply bandages.
70 not bleed OF qve purgatlVes IN this disease,
as they will only lasten the disease. Do not
apply strong blsters to the throat, as is
often done II ne throat appears to be
monia, two ounces ; olive oil, five ounces; tinc-
lure Of aconite root one ounce: Allow the an
tmal plenty Of coolSateI to drink Sixty drops
OF sulphuric acid which the animal will very
readily drink, will assist greatly in sustaining
The tagging powrs .. lite: L the disease l!a?
the pulse become wiry, soft, and compresEi-
ble,-avoid all forms of sedatiyes. Give
ten-drop dose, Of nu1-von,ica in q
little cold waite, and place on the animals
tongue q drach1 dose Of aromatic spirits Of
ammonia, mixedsith thin Cruel, twice . day. II
there is any dif6olty in giving this to the ami
NAL, on account his inability to swallow, the
following should| |e substituted Powdered car
Donate Of aumoIa, two drachms pimento and
gention root, of ach one drachm mix with eina-
PIE syrup, and pace upon the animals tongue.
This is shout j the medicine that will be re-
uui1ed. There hould be good nursing, and the
rest left to uis 3eedicatriI nature, or in other
words, reliance should be had upon the great