Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-12-11
THE HIPPORHINORHEA.
The MaIsdy Spreading Through the
NM Country. N

When tho morse disease first made It's appear
anee and the New York Herald called the pes
thence "hipporhinorhea' and 'febrequofron-
chiatis," IL fairly distanccd its contemporaries
in theological research. The effects of these
words printed in fancy capitals at the head of
column, was, to say the least, stunning and eff
fective in journalistic point of view, and who
can tell its effect on the pestilence tself2 Q,tien-
Sdbe ? 1t is not very long since men belieye ed in
the efficacy of csbalistic words to exercise dis
case and possibly horses believe in it now At
all events they believe in the prevalence of the
disease, which is still spreading over the coun-
try and its symptoms are everywhere the same,
although the type becomes rather more fatal as
the weather grows colder and damper Careful
treatment from the first almost insures recovery.
There seems, however, TO be a secondary stage
of the malady, which assumes II dropsical form,
and many prove even more fatal than the pri-
mary stage. 1t is supposed by veterinary sur
geons that the painful s~ellings of the legs and
body are caused by germs of poison lingering
in the system.
The disease made its first appearance.
IN THIS CITY .r
over n week ago in mild form, some half dozen
horses at Parmerters stable being troubled
with a cough, followed in due time by running
at the nose and swelling of the glands in the
throat. A few private horses were attacked with
in short time, and within day or two the
dreaded epizooty-which Invested of the out
landish sound, is nothing more than bad cold
has gained a foothod in every livery stable in
Knoxville.
AT LACKEY & co.'s ....
upwards of thirty horses are affected the most
of them in the premonitory symptom cough
ing, though two or three are running at the
nose. MIR. Lackey is not at all alarmed and has
no fears of losing any of them. Believing that
the malady would certainly make its appearance
here, ample preparations were made to prevent
its assuming serious form. None of the horses
are now hired, and are only exercised sufficient
ly to keep them from getting stiff.
AT BELLS STABLE
several horses show symptoms of the maady,
though the disease has not yet gone beyond the
first stage. The proprietors of this stable, like
Lackey d Co., anticipate nothing serious.
THoRNToN's STABLE
is yet free from the disease, and the superin-
tendent Mr.. Baker, thinks his precautions are
sufficient to prevent its appearance among his
stock.
LOWE to.'s.
Several horses have been attacked at the above
stable, bat the disease so far is yet in mild
form.
The livery business will probably suffer for
week or two, but beyond the loss entailed by a
temporary suspension of business nothing is an
tcipated at present. If the disease should be-
come, general, however, owners of oxen
would do well to bring them in,
hauling If the dray horses become affected. In
this connection we will state authoritativey
that during the prevalence of the disease no
license or fee of any kind will be required by
the city authorities of owners of oxen,
The maady also prevails
IN THE COUNTRY
to a greater extent than in the city, and as it is
apurely atmospheric disease and not gil
Gus, it is hoped that the country people will not
keep away from the city through fear, rs has
been the case in other Localities for their horses
are lust as liable to take the disease in their own
stables as if they stood in the stall with one
already sick. 81. .as vI
In the 18th civil district, Messrs. Adam
Brakebill, j. M. Pickel aud Col. j. M Davis,
have horses that are suffering slightly from the
malady, and Capt. Boyd and Robt McNutt Esq,
in the I'd district, have horses similarly affected.
As published heretofore the disease has made
its appearance at Morristown, Loudon, Sweet
water and other points, and has extended as far
as CaIeyville, where Col. Wheeler's stock are
all sick, and even to Fincastle. The maady is
also at Clinton.
The Clarksyille Tobacco Leaf publishes the
following recipe as being eficacious in sickness
among horses Take of CASTLE soap, gum cam
phor, each ounces, oil spike, oil origannum,
oil wormwood, each j ounce, alcohol, linseed
oil, each pnts, spts. turpentine, az. ammonia,
each 2 pints.
The stables are now closed and livery horses
are used only in the omnibusses, though even
they are affected. Three-tourths of the horses
in Knoxville are sick and dealers can not fill
orders for coal as fast as they are received.
Several OK teams are now at work and in few
lull in the disease, and physicians may have to
| pay their visits on foot. Last night the only
omnibus at the depot was drawn by them.
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