The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-03-09
PINK 1YIM noRsIs.


DIR. c. E. Page writes to the editor Of
the Boston Medical and Surgical Jour-
nal as follows:
s'This disease In horses is one of the
varieties Of catarrhal or influenza colds,
so-called, prevalent in this climate
among human beings, and springs from
The same cause, namely, excessive, over
frequent, or otherwise injudicious eat
ing. The custom Of working or exer-
cising horses directly after eating; Of
feeding them directly after hard work,
and before they are thoroughly rested
batting at noon, when both these viola
tions of natural law are committed
these are the predisposing causes of
pink eye, and of most diseases that af-
flict our horses. The symptoms de-
nominated pink eye are not Indicative
of dangerous disease, unless feeding is
kept up; but IL II is, then pneumonia,
which is merely an aggravaiion of the
original disease, Is very likely to result.
Keep the horse quiet, dry, warm, and
in pure atmosphere. The nearer out
door air the better, and stop has feed en-
tirely st the first symptom of disease.
As prevention is better than cure,
horsemen will do well to heed the hint
here given and keep their creatures
from contracting this or any other all
hoc fa1 .,.l
tens of thousands of cases in family life
that two meals are not only ample for
the hardest and most exhausting labors,
physical or mental, but altogether best
The same thing has been fully proved
in hundreds of instances with horses,
and has never in a single instance failed,
after fair trial, to work the best re-
suits.
IAN hours rest at noon is vastly more
restoring TO a tired animal, whether
horse or man, than meal of any sort,
although the latter may prove more
Stimulating. The morning meal given,
il possible, early enough for partial
stomach digestion before the muscular
and nervous systems are called into
active play the night meal offered long
enough after work to secure rested
condition of the body; diet liberal
enough but aecer ercessire,-this is the
law and gospel of hygienic diet for
either man or beast. If il be objected
that these conditions can not always be
fully met in this active work-a-day
world, reply let us meet them as near
~ rs possible. We can, of course, do
no more than this; but we can come
nearer the mark on the two-meal sys-
tenn than on three. will add, in par
cnthesis, that the nervous disorder COM
monty known as pulling" will yield
readily to this principle of treatment.
1t makes the puller healthy; he is bet
fer nourished and therefore less ner-
vous; and he will do more reading, and
without excitement or profuse sweat
ing. He is not made less ambitious by
reason of reduced muscular power, but
by reason of better digestion and assim-
ilation-more nourishment and less
stimulation. 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 horse fat if he is not
fleshy, for style, may have 10 take the
chances and feed three times day but
of this am by no means sure. have
never tried TO fatten my horses, for
long ago learned that fat is disease
but have always found that if horse
does solid work enough he will be fairly
plump il he has two sufficient meals
Muscle is the product of work and food
ia. may be laid on by food alone. But
for perfect health and immunity from
disease, restriction of exercise must be
met by restriction in diet. Horses re-
quirc more food in cold than in warm
weather, If performing the same labor
In case Of a warm spell in winter, re-
duce their feed, more or less according
10 circumstances, as surely rs do the
amount 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
p;al-