The Hazlehurst signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1883-1885, 1884-11-27
To Prey,nt rlnAeye.

During tho past lew years owners OF
horses have been large losers OF horses
labor anil horses Ives by q disease
commonly Tut enormously called pink.
eve. Local horse doctors have ignorant
" treat al IL as such. and the owners
have continued To u>e horses afflicted
with symptoms. thereby losirg many
valuable anima's that IL properly used
nn,i treated worll now b. Us valuable
as ever. Nv opinion is tlat by careful
investigation. ev r, horse that has been
afflicted and succumbed TO 1t. II the
truth were known. will be found to have
had disease nearly allied TO IL, II not
ideit.cii with. pneumonia. MANY horses
have been taken suddenly, while driv-
ing ias,. on sharp. frosty day. while
others have cot cod. seemingly slight
nj fast, ami only show ny the usual
symptoms Of simple cold. and their
own r. have Kept them ut work. and in
a short time the horse developed what
wa, called plnkcyc By care ully follow
i"g the disease tSrough its entire course.
j IN NIX that any Intelligent person will
find II almost identical with pleuro-
pn, umonia--all its general weakness,
iassiiudc. swelling of limbs, want Of
appetite. End finally water thrown out
Ly the over,hargci AMI imperfcc,ly
workn vessels of the system--moro
especially the lungs. Why horses
ali lu.d be troubled In this way. as never
very generally before, Is mystery for
the WISE ones 10 ~ .smpt 10 solve.
The a;mosl here ma predisposc tho
horse TO It, rs it ha, seemed To cause n
large Increase OF late years OF pneumonia
genus homo.
The thing for horse owners to do is to
prevent and arrest the dis 'aSc II possible
In It's early stages. Iirst-l believe
that fast driving on Very cold day Is
extremely dangerous to horse, rs
several horses in the very act OF going
nj high rate OF speed on our principal
street dui ing tho past winter have
actually g.vcn out there and then, and
these horses have not been driven far
enough to distress them in The least IN
warm weather. A horsc in the stable
where had good one wir,cring was
taken. and they just saved h IN. On in
auir;ny Of the owner IL he had been
urlNeu last. nc ~ W. ."N W hhy
knowledge" but on further inquiry
found tin / his hi-cd boy had been try
Ing his speed in the farmers milk team.
I Believe that In almost every instance
similar circumstances will be found to
be the pr mc cause. and the horse has
been Kept TO his work ms ead OF beng
kept IN n stable away from draughts OF
mir. doscd with good tonic and fed on
li,ht food. It'll he shows strong symp-
toms ot returning appetite. Fora tonic
ishall name something that VIII sur
prise most. IL no, all. OF your readers.
IL /. strong tincture OF quinine. made
from alcohol. water. and qunino
powders
Give the horse heavy doses three or
four times during the day and evening.
and keep in warm pace with light
TODD. ~ ] said lc'orc.
The acton OF the quinine Is similar 10
ths, in the human 5eing-a preventive
70 fever. n gentle tonic and stimulant
thus assisting nature 10 throw Oh the
cod in ma ural way.
By taken these precautions believe
many valuable horses would DO saved.
aud the so-called ''pinkeye' would be
rarely known. Cor. Wa!!Gc.'S Monthiy.