The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-06-01
Chambers and Farcy.

Chambers is a specific disease of the
blood, which may be produced from
blood-poisoning caused by malnutrition;
by the absorption of injurious matter
through bad air in disseminated and
foul stables; by the absorption OF dis
eased matter produced by arrested Sc
cretiOns or excretions caused by expos
ure to cold, or by extreme fatigue. and,
in short. by anything that tends to i'm
pair the functions or to lower the vital
ity. 1t is also readily communicated by
contagion. or rather by incubation or
contact of the virus or poison OF the dis
eased secretions with an absOrptive
membrane or wounded surface. 1t
consists of poisoned condition of the
whole system. which, however, most act
lively develops itself in Inflammation OF
the nasal and bronchial tracts, with dis
charges from the nOstrils, the liberation
of the nasal membranes and the indura-
ton of the glands under or between the
laws, which become hard and prOmi-
nent, but do not soften and suppurate,
or it appears by local eruptions of the
skin and simultaneous tissue in the form
of hard nOdules, which in time break
and ulcerate. In the former case it is
distinguished as CHAMBERS and in the lat
ter as farcy, but the two are merely
differing forms of the same disease, and
the virus of one form may produce one
or the other, as it may happen.
Chambers may be chronic or active:
the former condition of the disease is
less virulent and may continue for
months or years. with occasional APP
parent recovery. only. however, at the
last to take on the active form and
quickly end in death. or to become a
death from exhaustion or alb
cesses in the lungs or other organs, or
from pyamia or the presence of the
poisonous pus in the blood. From the
possible long continuance of the disease
and during all that time the existence
Of threatening danger against the
safety of other animals or of the persons
who are about the diseased beast. it is
only reasonable that the most careful
precautions should be taken and that
constant dread should be felt whenever
suspicion of its existence may arise.
The popular feeling is so intense in re-
gard to it that in nearly every State
laws have been made forbidding the
keeping of a glandered animal or its
Use in public places. and ordering its
destruction under severe penalties.
This is but reasonable when the safety
of human beings which is seriOusl y en-
dangered by loathesome and certainly
fatal disease is considered.
There are few essential symptoms
BY which the disease may be identified
even by the Impractical observer.
These are the discharge from the nos
trils, at first thin and glairy, but
afterward thick. sticky and adherent.
and often sinking and fetid; the
presence of ulcers upon the ma
sal membrane with livid or lead
colored patches, and the enlarge
ment and hardening of the glands be-
tween and under the jaws, these appear
like knots upon cord, or as row OF
peas and beans, and when enlarged
like chestnuts. The swelling and in
duration of the glands is the specific
of the disease from which
it takes its name. The nasal discharge
is the first apparent symptom, and
when this appears without any due
suspicion may be excited.
and may be strongly encouraged if the
glands are found to be affected. The
final proof, however. is the alterations.
within the nostrils. These appear first
IS small Jumps or noduleS within the
nostrils. and NAV be felt before they
can be seen. in size from grain of
to that of pea. When
developed they appear as yellow pus-
Jules surrounded by red, inilammatory
ring. They shortly become white in
the center and discharge pus, then be-
come depressed, of leaden or violet
color, or bright red and streaked with
blood. A hard. elevated ring sur
rounds the ulcer, the discharge from
which is the active virus of the disease,
and infects any horse or man into
whose system it is absorbed. If any
doubt of the nature of the disease
fingers in the mind Of the owner. this
may now be removed by making a
scratch in the shoulder or neck of the
animal and inoculating it with
a little of the discharge from one of
these ulcers. If the disease is CHAMBERS
it will develop itself in the acute form
in short time, and death may ensue
so soon as ten days.
Farcy is not so dangerous as the other
form of CHAMBERS. 1t is easily recognized
by the nodular tumors in the skin and
tissue. which are called farcy buds.
These become liberated and the matter
from them is infectious. 1t has the
yellow oily pus of the
nasal pustules of CHAMBERS. In time the
Emphatic glands in the neighborhood
Of the jugular vein and along the inside
of the forearm and thighs become hard
and change into farcy buds. And SO
the disease spreads over the body, in
course of time producing large sup
purating external tumors, Just as CLAN
ders produces them internally. Chronic
farcy may continue for heightened
period, when it takes on the active form.
which quickly ends in death. At its
earliest stages farcy is amenable tC
Hyposulphite of soda has
been found in some cases an effective
1t is given in one-ounce dose;
for long period. and acts as neutral
izing agent upon the poison. Indeed.
some veterinarians have had reason tc
believe that this antiseptic is effective in
the early stages in CHAMBERS when given
for heightened period.
The great danger is from infection.
but in careful hands this danger may
be practically avoided. A suspected
animal should be kept strictly apart,
the utmost cleanliness should be OBJ
served by its keeper. separate furniture,
from the smallest article should be used: