Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-06-16

Or. C.. T.. Page write; to thu editor of
the Boston Mcdtcai at4d Surgical JDuruGi
"a fellows.
This disease in horses il one of the
varieties of catarrhal or influenza colds,
>o-calied, prevalent in this climl'e
among human beings, aud ,rinr, from
the sam" cause, namely. excessive, over
frequent, orOthcrwi>c njud,ciou~ eating.
The custom of working or exerci>ilg
horses directly after eating; of feeding
them directly after hard work, and be-
fore they are thoroughly rested; batting
at noon, when both these viola ions of :,
natural law are committed; these are
the prediSpoSing eau SEES of pink eye, and
OF most diseases that aillict our horses.
The symptoms denominated pink eye
are not indicative of dangerous disease,
unless Feeding is kept mp; but if it il,
then pneumonia, which is merely an
aggrava'ion of the original disease, is
very likely to result. Keep the horse
quiet, dry, warm, and in Il pure Amos
phore. The nearer ont door air the bet.
ter, and stop his feel t9tir,'y ut the first
symptom OF Il set,e, and he will speedily
recover. As prevention is better than
cure. hor>em.n will do we'll IL heed the
hint here given and keep their creatures
from contracting this or any other nil
mcnt. 1t has been demonstrated in tens
of thousands of eases, in family life.
that t"'0 m.d'* are not only ample for
! the hardest and most eNhauSting labors,
physical or mental, but altogether best.
The came thing has been fully proved
in hundreds of instances with horses,
and has never in single instance
failed, after n fair trial, to work the best
| results.
An hours rest ri noon is vastly more
restoring to Il tired animal, whether
horse or man, than Il meal of any sort,
although the latter may prove mpre
stimulating. The morning meal given,
ii possible, early enough for partial
I stomach digestion before tho Muscular
and nervous systems are called into
active play; the night meal Offered long
enough after work To insure Il rested
condl'i N of the body; diet liberal
enough bat never excessive; this i, the
law and gospel of hygienic diet for
either man or beast. If it be objected
that these conditions can not be fully
met in this active work-a day world, l
reply, let us meet them IL nearly as
po' Slh!e. We can, of course, do no rinre
than this; bat we can come nearer the
mark on the two meal system than on
three. will add, IN p.trenthcs;s, that the
nervous disorder e ,mmonv known as
"pulling' will yield really to thi,
principal of treatment. Ii makes the
puler healthy; he j. better nouriShed
and therefore less "nervous;" and he
will do more reading, and without cx-
cltem mt or profuSc sweating He il not
nude less ambitions hy reason OF re.
duced muscular power, bu, by reason of
better digestion and assimilation moro
n0UriSfinlent and less sftDlYJafioH.
Horse dealers or Others whose business
or pleasure depends on the plump
appearance of their animalS> regardless
of the size of their muscles, who must
have a horse fat if he il not tleshy, for
style, may have to take the chances and
feed three times day; bu: of this am
rby no means SO SIRE. | have never
tried TO fItten my horses, for long AGO
learned that fat was disease, but have
always found that il Il horse does solid
work enough he will be fairly plump if
he has two sufficient meals. Muscle il
the product OF work and food; fat may
h. laid on by food alone. But for per-
feet health and immunity from disease,
restriction OF exercise must he met by
restriction of diet. Horse, require m ,re
food in cold than in warm weather. if
performing the same labor. In case of
warm spell in winter reduce their
feed, more or less, according to circum.
stances, rs surely rs do the amour. of
fuel consumed. also Adopt the same
principle in my own diet. The result is.
that neither my animals nor myself are
ever for one moment sick.