Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-12-28

Ia-ing 10 stock, we we're permitted to
rsaf two letters addressed 10 him g.
governor, on the subject above named.
Ooe Of the letters was dated AZ h
Dorado. il Butler county, November
Il. I. -as written by physician and
-eternary surgeon employed by the
Urited states department Of agficul-
-ure for the inyestig 1tiOn Of diseases
among our domestic animals. The
writer calls the governor : attention 70
the fact that he, the doctor, found IN
Haruer county, kas., three horses al
fected BY g.alders, IN On advanced
seage q the disease" He gives the
uames Of the owners Of the affected
On a4is, and requests the governor 10
take prompt action 20 eradicate the
disease" " for, be SAYS. lit offers con-
tinued menace TO human life as long
q. allowed 20 exist.
TIE other letter IS dated Hutchis0n,
Ka-.. Nov. 1g. The writer says that
in Pratt county seven horses and one
man have died from g.anders in the
'ast fsr months. Also, in Reno and
2 lce counties several have died, and
tire disease j. still spreading." The
writer urges some energetic action in
the matter.
These letters bring up two lines Of
th0ught-one, that We have CHAMBERS in
Kansas; the other, what are we going
% DO aoOut il. l. may be that most Of
our readers, at least many Of them, do
rot know anything about the disease.
+. : q dangerous among horses as is
small pOx among men. Whether il af-
fees other animals and TO what exten.
Is 8 debataD.e question, and we are no:
certain that any eminent veterinarian
has satisfied himself that any known
disease of other animals is glanders.
Recently. however, some cases Of dis
eesed cattle in Illinois was examined
oy experts, aud the disease was by
some pronounced CHAMBERS. Last sum-
mer. in England, some tests and ex-
periments were made in this direction,
o1t nothing very definite was settled
Difference in anatomical structure j.,
perhaps, enough TO account for SINH
lar causes appearing 70 produce diff
ferent effects upon different classes OF
animals. when, in truth the effects are
precisely the same. Be this as it may,
% sane man that knows anything
about glanders would consent 20 have
it on his premises longer than the time
required to get rid of it, for it is dan
gerous, 10 say the least, and that not
only TO animals, but TO humans.
The most marked symptoms of CLAN
ders is the nasal discharge. At first
this is watery, but it soon becomes vel
lowish and sticky, causing hair on
which the matter accumulates in and
around the nostrils to stick together.
The discharge looks like melted butter,
and when dropped into water it sinks.
Small yellow points with purple bases
are seen on the walls between the nos
trils, and they soon produce ulcers.
These ulcers, with elevated bases and
depressed ccnters and purple bases,
will spread and become cOnhuent, eat
ing away the mem brane till little or
nothing OF it is left; the discharge in
creAses and has horrible offensive
odor the lungs become affected by
ulcers forming in them; the breathing
becomes labOred, and the animal final
ly dies the most emaciated and dis
gusting object Imaginable. The
earliest visible effects are languor, loss
of appetite, reddish, watery ewes,
4uickened breathing, a grayish-purple
color Of the nose lining. Two or three
weeks is the usual period of the disease.
acute form, from beginning TO end.
There Is no use in wasting time on
this disorder, 'for,' says good au-
thority, ''it is always fatal in spite of
the most scientific and persistent
{ forts; the fatal termination may be
postponed for while, but the animal
is sowing the contagion all the time,
and doing an inestimable amount of
damage. The fact that the disease is
cnnfaOinns "a nGn and nln.n,-. fa.al