Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-10-31

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EPIDEMIC AMONG HORSES.
The Canada papers have for three weeks
past paid good deal of attention to GER
tain disease prevailing among the horses of
the Dominion, and which seems to be spread
ing with fearful rapidity. Within the past
week the disease crossed the Canada line,
passed through western New York, and is
now in several of the cities and larger towns
of that State. In the city of New York there
is quite panic in view of the prevalence of
the epidemic, and according to the latest &C.
counts the malady has spread to such an ex-
tent that almost all horses in the city are said
to be suffering in one form or another from
its symptoms. There are thousands Of horses
which have not yet been put on the sick list,
but observation goes to show that many Of
these have the germs of the disorder in their
system.
The disease has thus far been rather slow in
its development, and it is not known whether
all its stages have been seen. 1t is estimated
that in the city and immediate vicinity there
are from thirty to forty thousand horses suffer-
ing from we'll developed symptoms of the dis
ease. 1t has begun to exhibit new and alarm
ing phases, which are looked on as highly
dangerous. The Inflammation ofthe throat ex-
tends to the lungs and rapidly grows more
alarming, and the coughing is fearfully con-
vulsive-the animal painting for breath, be-
comes quite cold at the extremities. This
seems to be warning Of the fatal ending Of
the malady, and if it continues as widely prev
alent and as it is now, for few days longer,
it is estimated that ten per cent. of the horses
affected will die.
In Toronto, where the disease seems to have
originated, while in its height, it was almost
impossible to procure horse for any purpose.
The street railroads were obliged to suspend
operations, and private and public carriages,
as we'll as all vehicles moved by horsepower,
were in the same predcament. According to
the Buffalo papers, the disease was brought
across the Niagara river by Canadian, since
which time it has spread 80 generally that
one-half of all the horses in Buffalo have
suffered from it. In Rochester nearly every
horse was struck down, and 800 cases proved
fatal in one day. A circus company there
had 200 horses under treatment at one time,
and the disease has made its appearance at
Detroit, Michigan, Boston, Massachusetts, and
various other points. No stable reports as yet
show that any horse has been perfectly cured.
Whether the disease will spread southwark,
of course it is impossible to say; and whether
it has been spread by actual contagion, or is
due to some atmospheric cause travelling in
this direction from Canada, is not yet quite
clear. But as it is we'll not to be taken who'll
ly by surprise, we publish the following, which
originally appeared in a Toronto paper, as to
the characteristics of the disease and the
mode of treatment. That paper says:
"The disease appears to be catarrhal fever
confined to animals, the result of some at
mospheric influence, as is shown by its sudden
appearance over a large extent of country,
attacking all kinds of horses, old and young,
in good condition or poor The premonitory
symptoms are dullness, a staring coat, a wa
terry discharge from the nose, speedily follow
ed bv a severe hacking cough; the pulse is
quickel.ed and the mouth hot; the nasal
membranes are injected, and the ears and
legs are unna:urally cold the discharge from
the nose increases, and becomes of a greenish
yellow color; the breathing is increased, and
in some cases labored and severe"
The mode of tire atment as practiced in Can
ada, is thus described:
Gas the disease will run certain course,
affected animals should be carefully used, and
allowed plenty of pure air, with liberal diet
of nourishing and easily-digested food. The
stables should be we'll aired daily, and thor
oughly ventilated and it is also advisable to
use disinfectants, as the chloride Of lime or
carbolc acid. When the throat is very sore,
causing difficulty in swallowing, a mild en-
brocation should be applied, and the fever al
layed by mild febrifuge medicine"
In view of the alarming extent of the cpl
demic in the northern cities, and the fact, as
alleged by Dr. Verdi, of Washington city,
that the disease can be spread all over the
country by the wind, that physician commu-
nicates the following history of the disease,
with this remedy:
"The disease, though confined to animals
at present, has occurred many times as an
epidemic among human beings. In 1911
and 1403 it was so prevalent and fatal in
France that business was suspended, and even
the courts were closed. In 1867 it was ra-
ging throughout Europe, Asia, and America.
In India it occurred as an erratic epidemic
along great rivers in 1929, 1743, ITS, 1882,
1882, 1888, and 1887. 1t is both an epidemic
and an endemic disease, that is, acting upon
numbers of people at the same time, and pc
culiar to nation or people, and prevailing
principally in moist springs and falls, owing
probably to the more rapid decomposition of
vegetable matter.
"This disease has been epizootic, or confined
only to animals, especially among horses and
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