The New York herald., 1872-11-16
TIE HORSE DRoPsY.
improvement OF the Stablcs-The Fatal
ity or the Dropsy-The Beginning OF
the End.

improvement Of the Stablcs-The Fatal
ity OF the Dropsy-The beginning OF
tho End.
the heavy rain that fell on Thursday did not
cause any serious increase. In the horse disease.
IL had been expected that many OF the more
cnieebled animals would suffer severely from
chils, but this anticipation was fortunately not
realized and yesterday the principal stables on the
cast side and the west side Of the city had most
favorable reports to make. The general belief now
Ia that
THE EPIzoorY HAS DONE IT'S WORST.
In ali the stables the lingering effects Of the disease
are still apparent but the only complaint made is
that the horses are weak from the want OF food
and from the strain put upon them by the work
While they were sick. The usual signs OF the dis
case have almost entirely disappeared, and state
OF general conyalescence Is now announced by the
doctors aud superntendents.
This condition of affairs is OF course subject to
the exception OF the dropsy, which has taken hold
less in nearly all the stables OF the car and
stage lines, The number o. horses suffering from
TnE LATEST sCouRGE
is however, comparatively small, though 1t must
be said that the fatality in this form OF the disease
is very great. In the second avenue stables,
which escaped wonderfully rom the ravages OF the
cpizooty IN It's inepient stages, there are hvc
cases o. dronsy, and one death has ed. In the
Tbird avenue stables there are eighteen horses
eich, some ol them very bad, ana two died yestcr-
day morning. jne general condition OF these
stahc5 is Nrry much improved fhe Fourth
Avenue Company have 50 far lost two horses but
the general condition oi the stables is good and 1t
is expected the fun number OF cars VIII soon be
again running. On the Sixth avenue line they
have s.S cases, and in all about fifty horses unit
for work the latter being
STILL WEAK FROM THE EPIzOoTY.
Only ono hors) died here rom the dfolsy In the
Eighth avenue stables they have had only two
cases. one of which proved ata. in the stables OF
the Madison avenue stage line one horse died yes
terday and there are seven Others aticted but the
old forms of the epizooty have nearly altogether
disappeared. On the Filth avenue stage line, they
have had one death from dropsy and one case Is
now under treatment. Out OF stable OF 425 horses
here only about ten have died within six months
including the warm weather Of the summer and
the troubles of the epizooty. The Old evidences
of Of the epizooty have nearly all disappeared from
The braclng air OF yesterday was generally
considered good for the cattle, and in every stable
visited |. was stated that the epizooty was now
among the things that were, or at least very soon
would be.
The Sanitary Committee ON the New
Phase OF the Horse Calamity.
The Sanitary Committee made the following re-
port yesterday to the Board OF Health on the new
form the horse disease has taken in the city,
The Sanitary Committee respectfully report that they
have examined the new phase of the epidemic among
synaip or results OF the former Affection and resen
e e or that 'e @
The vessels into the cellular tissues under the skim
to large cchyo,osis into and through the mucous
m. ranes, giving rise to bloody s;hages and even
into the canceliated portions OF the bones The red
globnes are In state of dsnegra,ion, and the serum
escaping from the vessels collects under the skin in the
most dependent portions of the body causing the appear
anccs known dropsy The collections il bloody under
the skin and the discharges from the have been
mistaken for the swengs and discharges peculiar to
glandcrs.
This destruction integrity Of the blood seems be
largely due to the effect the preceding fever especially
in the of horses which have previously been poorly
fed, ovcrworked ami kept in iyentilated and filthy
stables Another and powerful exciting cause
medication during the fever and too early exposure to
cold wet and fatigue, with poor and unnntritous diet
during conyalcscence. These fatal complications are
mostly found In horses which have been sick under the
circuns stances above mentioned and rarely in horses
which have been carefully kept previous to the attack
and well attended during and after the fever Horses
convalescing from this epidemic should have highly
ana easily dgested diet To the ten
dsncy to scurvy, iron compounds arc useful and such
foods should be especially selected rich in the
NAL saline constituents Of the blood and in any aceous
compounds. Such the various bulbous roots-yiz.,
turnips carrots rutabaga, potatoes &c These to be
readily mastcated and disested, should be boiled and
mixed with bran other mash.
q. CECCARINT NJ. D., J so,.
STEPHEN SMITH, NJ. D. Commiatese
MAGNUS GROSS, o0s'