The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-10-25
THE HORSE DISEASE.
seven '''fe ,, Thousand Horses Frustrated i'm
New York Cttv--strec, Rat,rooss on,
s'"se Hines safsering--TheA dven,
ana Progress or the Disease In VIEW
aorK.--The Mote OF Treatment.

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| aorK.--Tlie Mote OF Trcatme,.
| nc New lork papers OF Wednesflav co,,-
| nent "d''ornlly upon the fearful ravnyos -,
tue morse disease. which is swiftly Iraycrsin,
| INC country. Full accounts of in, nro,,r,.Ie
us inc disease i'll New York CITY arc niyEr IN
| the iGcii columns OF tie various ;o,rr,ls
| S'!"M'hS already most fearful state of affairs
| "'ii'e 1t l. thought the disease has Inv ma
| l i; reached its eliminating point. TLr
| Hcf"'d' report saws:
| seven thousand horses in New Yorl; CITY
| l''os'Iatcu ny The new epidemic that has been
| ''%'n$ II me 1anad'S and western New York
n''H appear rather sensational statement; :.
,''t ai'cf visiting ali The principal stables in
the c''r have not thc slightest hesitation in
stating have undcrlutcd rather th,n c,,.r,
Sci''tcd The appalling spread of the contagion
| II Is not confined TO any particular class of
| horses. but all stables have been visited bv
the disease, from the sqmlid shed that shell.
! tcrS the coSlcrmongcrS nag TO the marpti.
| cent palace where the miihonare's thorollrh-
lirrG> REGIME 1T their case, surrounded Tx all
| ihc ltlNt!ry that wealth can purchase.
| ii i curious To trace the track of the Dcs-
| tiICuc2 from is first advent in Buffalo, Hn-
chester. aud Niagara. down 10 Albany and
| Troy. where il has been raging during the
lrl~t Week. Swiftly and surely it has fol-
| lowed the course oi !hc Hudson. leaving il.
| traces in the towns and hamlcS that stud the
banks q. that noble river. and finally, with n
!icnd-h diligence. cast loose in the closely
| confined limits III this city Il seed oi disease
thai has. within The past thrty-sX hours.
brought forth abundant fruit. There has
been no time 10 take any necessary prcclll-
tons, rs the contagious qualities OF the dis
c:,,r are - violent that within twcnty-lnur
hour. ircm the tilic the inst symptoms OF
sickness were noticed in one large stable i'll
this city one thouslnG horses undtNaara.. same
roof were similarly affected.
The disease appears 10 have appeared first
in this city in magnitude on Monday aiH'r'
noon. although there were some few C;tSt'> oi
earlier date. The veterinary surgeons yes
tertay had more work than they could Ill
tend 10, aud II rapid was the spread 81 he
disease that Ill many Instances when they ~
rived at private stables TO attend one sick
horse they found the entire stable. incii,dinn
some eight "r nine Others, ready for treat.
mcut for The same affection. Although tlrr,
are some differences 81 opinion -: ia the OK
act nature of tie dj.rt,c. il is conceded hy
I'LL rs be 4 SPECIES Of influenza.
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the dYy. tiiI>ky cough thc ,lnlni,lakaGIc >ymp
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matter with tfsrir hor~c-. are il IN bette.
rnn,Iiiinu tiyan their uci2Ilhor$. The first
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IN IN" lhFN-AEchir s'I'h'S li'it "Io
tW" thousand i'of-''r' IN! liSil wa iAi" 20
the hospital H>i h!Silt - 'ao writer, MI"
VS. taken round Inc s'aIiH " Mi. J.. H.
Boomer. the homeopathic veterinary sur
gcon. 1hrrc alc lhrcc hundred eases OF lhC
uiSca>" III Inc hospital ana >oihe yer. "'''
ones. ana II WAS expected tilal many Oh lhe''
| WjliiN Gle ils! E'-hl. Ill iI'i. M. i,o'iH'i
stated that ne WoUid not De H'c'l,!l>'u 10 "e'
| thcM drop eli ~ any l?o!ti'ni. l ne uSc'>c,
| he STATES. i Nii;" III diphtiit'lli. Nhi"h may
cause the dealt, ri ttr animal i'll three hours.
Fhc treatment Wales in many ~ the stables.
Tie homeopathic system OF treatment was
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