, 1872-10-29

horses afflicted With the prevailing disease have
alarm. No other cases, however, are reported.

NOC6ES1Eh, ~. Otta Z9.-Nl0GET-flVA nHr
cent Of the horses are afflicted. A few have re-
covered, and less than dozen have died. The
rain Increased the disease. There is cool wealth
er to-day, and an improved prospect Of RECOVERY,
| About one-thira qf the canal horses are suffer
| ing. 4 few bchtB are detained. Ill tho Fire De-
| partment horses are sick, and the steamers are
| run by hand
| OswEao, n. T., Oct. 28.-All the horses in the
| towing companies stables are affected. Rates
! Of towing have advanced 10 cents q mile, Boats
| loaded on Saturday had not left here this morn
ing.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Oct. 2S.--The horse disease
has so far abated that to-day the streets asaumed
their usual business appearance. The air is
clear and ,bracing. The street cars have re-
| sumed their regular trips, and the thoroughfarss
REPORT, of. ..VETER)NARY SURGEON To THe
CHICAGO CITY RAttWAY COMPANY
To The Editor. Of The Chicago TRIBUNE:
SIR: As Veterinary Surgeon to the Chicago
City Railway Company, was led to believe,
from the reports in the daily papers, the present
malady among horses in Canada and
the Eastern States to be of as
malignant q character US q similar
disease that prevailed quite extensively IN the
southern portion Of this city during the past
year, attacking all horses indacrinina atoly.=ths
supposed advantages derived from acciimatioti
being conclusive evidence to my mind that it ia
not q contagious disease, but owes its origin to
atmospheric influence, outbreaks being pre-
ceded by sudden thahges Of the weather, cold
rain-stor1ns causing the greater havoc: I was
requested by r: Z: Grain, Esq, Superintendent
OF the Chicago City Railway Company; to visit
the East and Study the disease; it's pathology,
cause. maiicnai1cy and the most reliable means
of nravant;on
r.. ssu;..; :. no4ua;. .,,
VI aii1'n6 ae Oettoi1' "as a6reeaDly sul-
prised to find that it WAS not Of a malignant
character, nor contagious Also the number of
anima1s d;eah1ed 7ras vary rnuch ovaraa+;,na+ad
NJ. Al +a~sas ;,s,ao+sd haio4oad - 49,
."o tnes Hotses 'uopoe10" 0o4on6eo ~ sle
tendent Er. Cox,-to whom am indebted for
my subsequent information, very kindly show
ed me through the stables. found the horses
looking healthy, and, as he expressed it, ready
to eat, drink, and perform their wonted labor.
There waB not single case OF the disease in the
200 horses: He referred me- to George Hendrie,
Esq.
The latter gentleman informed me that be
owned horses in Toronto, London, and Hamil-
ton, Canada, also in Detroit, and other points in
we're all attacked simultaneously, after a severe,
cold rainstorm. The morning following, every
horse 17as coughing. hair staring. tho poor AMI
mails evidencing general lahguor. No particular
notice Was attached to the symptoms. Suppos-
ing them to be passive the horaes were put to
work, but had to be taken off q few hours after.
The weather continued damp, and consequent
y, the disease assumed an alarming character,
spreading rapidly. Professor Smith, Y. s., Of
Toronto, soon succeeded in ar7esting the malig,
treatment, the patients rapidly convaiesced,
there being no deaths up to date, Oct. p.
Those cases only proved fatal where the suf-
feriugs OF the poor animal had been ignored, and
he was goaded On to crafty the necessary ends
Of his inhunan tormentor, until kind Nature put
an end to the cruelty BY death.
Wr. Hendtle's horses in Detroit-46 in nun-
ber-Were also attacked, and many others
throughout the city, on the day following cold
Tain-stoIm incident to the season OF the year:
Dr: nurry. gentleman Of experience and sci
entifc veterinarian, in whose chnrgethe greatest
number Of afflicted animals arc informs me
that he had no difficulty in treating successfully.
The Omnibus Company reported five cases, all
doing we'll In Canada, found several cases OF
the same character.
DR.. hurry, OF Detroit, defines it Catarrhal
Fever, Or Influenza; and, from what saw, his
diagnosis is correct The symptoms are: ngor,
loss Of appetite; cough; general debility; &C.
celebration of the pulse,-varying from 80 to 60
mouth hot, with increased flow Of saliva; in
some, obstruction Of the lachrynal ducts. caua-
ing the tears to flow over and down the cheeks
profuse discharge from both nostrils, not Of 3
specific character, but merely in the form Of a
seysre cold. a few cases had assumed IN
asthenic type, and wore convalescing slowly.
The disease il not new, as many suppose, but
one that prevails every spring and fall as an
enzootic, being unheard Of IN adjoining
counties, towns, or villages, and not
always of the same yirnlent character:
In the years 1885 and l84o, it committed
enzootic, during the fall Of 1876 and the spring
following; again in 1856 4na 1887 snzqSote 200 and
toms well, and also know that the use of deple-
tory agents proved unsatisfactory, aggravating
the symptoms, and increasing the mortality.
I saw several casea in the South Division Of
this city early last fall Q87D. In the month Of
september treated several cases, very mild in
FORM In December following, it was of more
malignant form. The horses in the City Railway
stables suffered from it early in January, 1872,
it being at first mild in form but about the 12th,
it assumed the form Of malignant epizootic,
reaching its acme In few hours after the patient
evidenced the first symptoms Of the malady,
The early noticeable symptoms are rigor {chiIls):