New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-16
i WIZ HORSE DLSEASE.

MANY Horsrs ~ tbs CITY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
or NUMBER OF SURGEONS
Car-dryers ard tmch-driycr- have found II dlti-
cult To work their horse, up 10 their usual 'a'aciE
for the last two weeks, anl in nearly al ca e, whore
they have uo' understood the condition of their AMI
maj and continued to work them, the horses have
died. This is the reason why 50 many hpr.e' have
Dee n living dead IN tine streets When medical al
tendance has been given TO the animal, In Oh" in
cpicut stage, of The disease they have generally re-
r,y.r.l TIM, new dis .rup.T which j. prevailing
among he horse, ot NrW-NuIk cannot be- definitely
placed in the catalogue If horse diseases. the
veterinary surgeons say, mt they all 1yr'' ihai
belong, To the .pzuo.Ic class OF di-iempeI'. u
first appclird about three weeks ago, ana mas
spY,ld so rapidly that now Their Is scarcely % hur'
~ the cit, which Is not Affected by 10 H some de-
gree. bTIugu horses hup t1l'f acoustic nca ~"
continuous hard work seem to b" tho easiest We
TINS and in these eases II the animal IS not taken
from work and Immediately treated, he u almost
sure to dIe within two or three days; but II De D.
allowed rest and receives siIliul attention, iur
chance, arc that recovery VIII be- '"'ct'd ia d"
few days.
swelling of the lcys vi 70 a symn1thciIc sur'nr-, n
nearly every organ, IRE" dis. barge from thc n"-"
and .IppuIitluu the eyes. u the disc sr Dis uu-
m.diatcly treated, the symptoms seldom Increase
uniavorahly. but II the horse oors not receive the
attcatIou Oi a veterinary SURGEON, the di~"n-.
rapidly develop, mo ~ holo pncnm1nia, 90 winch
ease ihn debility become more marked Ih' morse D.
.caicciv able to stand in the STALL anl j. frequently
almost StT7ug.cd by seven tou-ulut bl'.
ATEBUNLIcport. visited many oi Do" car-,iabIc-
Yesterday. aud found that thc hosp ais ~
nearly al were mpIc on less uurd WIN
eases of the aI,tcmprr The Ngi Uuarl surgeons
III charge sal That they wtr" kept busy
from early morning until iai" at night tu t"uu 10
In. treatment nt the ~I,h Iur-rs Hr tr aiuchl OF
mi. disease was found 10 vary 10 tho CI'.r.ht
stables. IN. Samuel Nhcpcy. Who ha, charge q.
tnc sick horses at the Iuutth Ayrrur stable, SAID
that Of The 7G2 morse owned hJ the uur, 100 were
Iu the b1.uitnl While -ulr II- Gu not regard
the present dI-tcmpcr difficult D." treat Hs h' cpl
drnic " inch was general Throughout tho country
-oiuc \. airs ago. Dr. WHEEL plrY ~ad that he c"u-d-
erred 10 mu h more DANGEROUS, ana tll' 81 i'l'4' ="
more summary treatment. ,
"N hen "a horse had what was then called ihr
cuizooiyr SAID h. " lie could win proper car" d"
some work, and horses were seldom u'iG'd 10 Si"P
work "a together; but TINS nrH C-"HHc a3ut. az no
,uc rc4tInrut. " cu horse ., ia .cu JOS Pee must
stop work and be pat under ga" surgeon most care
iHl treatment IN order tu recover quickly.
Some -urz, ms re- ri the dI-,a-r species OF
catarrhal influenza which requires hygiene ir'1i-
irrut more than any thing else, a Inllu form o.
uuulur being often found CiIcHc"us. IN som
stahic- ale and mix puuCurs nave been FOUND 30
prodac. good results. II Is rcrycdIl some surgeons
tuat the IS tcupcr ., -up,uuau,"d 'y d,m sra'Il,
changes particularly in damp weather. and that n
Is not contagious nor is horse hko.y to nave the
disease tWIcc.
la the stables Of the Third Avenue Line, the
Eighth Ayruu, Line tuc Sixth Avenue Line, the
Seventh Avenue Lines ia" discaS' has ragged
with more les, severity, and IN ii"7'
stables the number OF dcIIu- has ranged from
five to thirty. II j. said ina, the dinrIe El0t y
pcarrd IN tie West ana has moved eastward uniii
NOW II la, rcacnc, Boston but that 80 LOCALITY mas
suffered scyc ely as tn, Gtv 81 beng c-.iih'l Vi
that over "nr-cshth Of the whole number # Lof''s
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