The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-12-01
Pink Eye.


Influenza, or its popular synonyms,
pink eye" "epizooty. eCt. is consti-
tutional disease, and one which ischarac-
terized by great muscular debility The
cause of the disease is supposed to be due
to poison-an atmospheric germ, the
true nature of which is as vet but little
known. 1t is an infectious disease, and
is regarded 10y some as being contagious,
but investigations have not Yet proved
its communicating am inclined, how
ever, to look upon it as being contagious,
for Statistics taken during the prevail
ence OF the severe outbreak Of the disease
during the winter OF le72-3. Show that lib
some localities where the disease did not
occur. it was proven that the equine
population OF those cities was not in com
munication with surrounding ones. Ac-
cess Of the germs through the medium Of
other animals was therefore an lmpOSsl
bility The disease is one which attacks
all solipeds, and the degree OF intensity
Of the disease is greater in the ass than
in the horse or mule During the out
break Of epizooty Of 1872 3, in New York
city, the mortality was very great as
three and seven -tenths per cent Of the
entire equine population of that city was
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