The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-01-28
HoRSE DISEASE ~ DETROIT,
A New MaIady PreyaiIiRgeIts
Characteristics anfl heEein q
Differs from he EPi1ootif

A NeAg MaIody FreyAiling-eItS
ChnrRctcFiSttoa anu Ihcr elm 4
DilIGFS from The EpEoOtiel
lFrou, The DdtrultPUst, January ~ "a
For some days past ruaiors Of q pre-
yailing disease among horses have been
current on the streets, the statement gen
orally being that the epizOOtic, which
caused the death Of so many horses two
years ago, temporarily uniting nearly
every horse in this and other cities from
work OF any kind, and attacked the horses
in many livery aud other stables, where
many, vi theu were kept.s-IhRmalally
prevailing at present bears no relation
ship to the epizootic, although some OF
the earlier symptoms are similar. The
horse becomes weak the legs, stagger-
ing as he walks, refuses to eat, the eye
loses It's lustGr, the hair It's glOssiness, the
head hangs downward and is apparently
raised with considerable difficulty, aud
the breathing Is hard and slertOFOus.
There il, however, no swelling in the
throat nor copiOus yellOwish discharge
from the nOstrils, ~ in case Of epiLOOtic.
The physicians who have investigated II
generally agree that this disease is a
species Of influenza, which soon develops
into lung fever. II very dangerous un.
less treated Mt once. The doctors say that
o. soon as the disease becomes manifest
the animal should be freed from work,
rubbed dry, blanketed, stabbed in dry,
light apartment, anl-a veterinary sur
geOn summoned at once. With par
donablc regard for their fees, they decline
to give the course Of medical treatment
that should be followed,
Many stables have not yet been attack.
ed, but our reporter yesterday visited
several OF the larger ones. Some OF the
prOprietOrs refuse To answer any ques-
lions; some deny that any Of their animals
arc sick, aud others speak freely about II,
One man, who has u large plumber o.
horses in his charge, declared lint he
had not sick horse this winter but a
wholly reliable gentleman who lives OPP
posile tho stable, informed our reporter
that One-half Oithe horses there were sick
and that six dead ones had been carried
away within tho last ten days, Al llendire
u Co.. stables two horses had died, and
others have been sick, bnt the latter
have now fully ornearly recovered. lie
does not apprGhGpll any moro cases. Dr.
Forster, The partner Of DR.. Farrand, lost
u valuable horse few days since, and
one Of DR.. Farrand's span il sick, but rC'
covering. Several cases are reported al
the street car stables, but prompt treat
ment and good cure had gencarlly result.
ed In the recovery Of the animals. A few
dray and hack horses have died, and
many are sick, but tho fatalities have
mostly occurred where the animal was
kept ut work after the disease had fully
developed.
Unlike tho ppiEootic, the prevailing
malady, which IL called "horse inllnenSa'
il not contagious; at least such Is the
opinion Of those who have investigated II
most fully. In ome'stables only solita'
ry ease has DEVELOPED; in others the
horses atablcdOn either side Of sick one
have not been attacked, while another nj
the other end Of the stable, fell victim
The decision Of the doctors is that The
diseasc is, in oil cases, contracted from
the atmosphere, the weather Tor The pasI
two months being unusually Injurious Ia
horses.