The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-11-01
THE DISEASE AMONG IkOR-
SES.
Valuable sugg e siio ms to Horse
Owners.

The Toronto Leader says:
"Our advices from different localities
seem to indicate that the disease which
prevails so generally among horses in
this city has now extended all over the
Dominion, and everywhere presents
the same general characteristics, SHOW
ing conclusively enough that it is caus-
ed by. some peculiar atmospheric
influence. to which the animals are
especially susceptible. as we do not
learn Of any such disease existing
among the population where the disease
prevails , .....-... ..5
$50 far as our observation cxtsuds,
and from all We can learn, there is
very little, If any, difference in the
form Of attack or symptoms Of the
disease. It seems to be simply an
aggravated form Of catarrh, with more
or less fever attending it, and its dura-
tion is about the same in all cases. As
yet but few fatal cases are mentioned,
and these are probably the result of
some complication with other and
previously existing diseases. and there
is no doubt that much injury is done
by using nostrum mixtures, which tor
ture the poor animals and needlessly
prolong their sufferings. The most
skillfal veterinary surgeons find no
difficulty in the diagnosis of this dis
ease, and they find it necessary to use
but little medicine, relying chiefly upon
strict cleanliness of the stables, keeping
the air pure as possible, by removing
all offensive accumulations, and for tie
relief and comfort of the horses, wash
ing the nose and mouth frequently, so
that the animal need not swallow the
offensive matter which is constantly
secreted and discharged.
"When any medicines are necessary
to be administered internally, the adj
vice Of the surgeon should always be
sought, but there should be every at
tention paid to sprinkling and cleansing
the stable with some safe anu efficient
deodorizer and disinfectant, and the
nose and mouth of the horses must be
washed out and kept as clean as posi-
ble.
"As many owners Of horses may not
be familiar with the approved methods
of treatment which have been adopted
and said to have proved highly success
full in the United States, we would cali
their attention to the new odorless and
uon-poisonous deodorizer and disinfec-
tant Bromo- Chloralum, prepared by
Messrs. Tildeu & Co., Of New York, as
we are Informed it is now being used
by some Of our principal ownen. Of
horses, and can be obtained at th1
druggists stores
''It is recommended as altogether
superior to any Of the usual articles
employed for the same purposes, for
the reason that it has no cdor If it's
own, contains no poison and has none
Of the objections urged against using
carbolic acid, chloride Of lime, and the
poisonous salts Of copper, sinc, &c.
"Bromo- Cnlcralum is used as
wash, to arrest the discharges from the
nose, ard to cleanse the mouth, SO
relieving the horse from sickness at the
stomach that would otherwise result
from the excessive secretion and dis
charge Of the offensive matter. In,
addition to this, by spriukling the
floors of the stables, all disagreeable
odors are destroyed. and the premises
rendered comfortable for the horses by
day and night"
Several charges have been made
against the management Of the Nation