The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-10-24
Endemic Among HOrECS

The Canada papers have for 1W" Wr'h-
past paid a good deal OF attention to ar"i,a''i
disease prevailing among the horses, and
which was said 10 bc spreading with fearful
rapdity. Now the New York papers have
taken the subject up, and Tn" progress OF the
epidemic is reported 10th hy mil ana t''c-
rrlph. Within the present week II n
crossed the Canada line, pissed through west
ern New York, and i now III New >"ih
city. where there i, quite a lan'c III NlcW al
its extent and fatality.
In Toronto, we are ind. Will" The epidemic
was ut lis h"ig't. ii wa almost lmp".-lhl"t"
secure IL horse for any purpose; the street
railroads. were obliged 10 suspend operations,
and carriages. both p.blc ard private. cabs,
trucks, and, in fact. al! vehicles moved by
HORSEPOWER, were in the same lrrdicancnt.
According To the ElllAlo ptr"iS, ii WAS
brought across the Niagara river ny ih"
horses OF Il gentleman who drove over Ia
Queenstown 10 attend a reception given i'y
the Governor General. soon after his return
one OF hi- horses WI, attached hy epidemic,
which in Il day OF two affected his Whole
sud. The disease has >l,Icad :" generally
since that from "nr-third I" "nt-hait al all
the horses in Buffalo have suffered from II.
In Eochcstcr ucarly every horse was s'r'lc',
down. aud 500 rf,o's} proved Fatal IN on" day.
\ circus company there bad -nm bor,c-
under treatment III one tim" and al lie
street railway compunlc> animal h"ln-
Affected the Gil htd H. ,ca.c ruunin%.
our tcla@Imns ,how til" lASa%c> 81 ll'e
disease in New York ami ElvuLhn, ALTHOUGH
il did not reach those citr> unttl Monday
afternoon. 1t il feared that the effect t!"r"
will he to interfere very seriously with Toe
transportation of passengers, ''a2%,s5a@". ant
freight through thr cite.
Whether it will spread southwark. d"
course no one can SAY, but rs il Ii well II"
10 be taken wholly by surprise, we publish
the following from Il Tor"u," paper ~ 10 Tin
characteristics OF the disease and The mod
OF treatment. That paper say:
THE disease appears to hr Il chl1rfla
fever of an upiHuoiic nlttirr, The r">ili @
some atmospheric inilGenrc, IL l. shown u,
It's Sudden appearance over Il HtI}.' 'Atchi q
country, attacking all kinds OF horses, "|t
and young, in good condition or poor. In,
prcmonitory symptoms are d'tlInrs,>. Il >t,tliu.
coat, a Watcry discharge from III" nose
speedily followed bya#rvcrc hacking cough
the pulse is quicllrncd and thr mouth hot
The nasal membranes are injected, and I'll,
ears and legs are unnaturally cold; the dis
charge from the nose increases. and hccomc:
OF a greenish-ycllow color; thc hlca;hing i
increased, and in some Eases hhorcd ;;nt
severe
The mole of treatment is very simple:
"AS the disease will run Il certain course
affected animals sl!@u!d hc carefully used
and allowed plenty cf pure air. with Il III"
I'd diet of notlri>bin.: ana easily de, Sic,
food. The stables should DC well aired daily
and thoroughly ventilated; and il is also All
Nisablr TO l>. di>in'craG;>. rs the cilcrit,
of lime OF c,rholic acid. Wien the throat i
very sore, causing Il difficulty ii >WaIluwiu%
mild embrocatiun >h"uId We applied. am
the fever alaycd 10y mild irhlilu"c mlrd.cinc.
The GRANT papers including those in Viz
glnia. are continually quotin" comforting
paragraphs 10 Them from the Chicago Time,
ss the uttcranccs Of an influential Demo