Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-07-11
CONCERNING CHAMBERS.
Precautions Necessary to Prevent the Spread
Of That Infectious Disease-Description OF
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Precautions Necessary to Prevent the Spread
of That Infectious Disease-Description OF
the Post. ~-Es d., T..
RED WING, July: Ito the Editor: You
will confer a favor upon the owners of horses
and mules, and other people as well, by the
publication of the enclosed article on
CHAMBERS. The disease exists in geveral
places In the state, and as it is communion
Bile to man and infectious to other animals,
it Is nuisance which it is the duty Of local
boards Of health to deal with and suppress.
As usual in contagious disease, much igno-
among those most interested. Local boards
of health, under the instruction Of the
state board are moving TO quarantine and
control the cases brought to their knowl-
edge, but have not as yet gotten full direc-
ton of the matter. It is need ess to write
you that this lis q very serious matter to all
our people. The enclosed article briefly
sums up our present knowledge of the dis
ease, its varieties and their control Val
liable horses have, within a few weeks. been
snot for this cause in our state. whose loss
owners, with the knowledge given in this
paper, might have prevented. 7 Look out for
all suspicious cases and quarantine them till
all doubt is passed, is the golden rule in the
matter which closely followed will render
any wide spread Of Of this disease impossible.
!. .s F5@s. la 4 Us CHARLES N. HEWITT,
n s@ Secretary State Board OF Health.
u {. i CHAMBERS AND FAECY. E "a |
4 The following summary of the facts Of gland
ems is, by authority OF the state hoard OF
health, furnished for popular information. The
disease Id 4 few places in the state, and, there's
fore, the necessity that horse owners particu-
Larry should be put upon their guard, and he
asked TO cooperate with the local and state
boards Of health in the suppression Of the dis
case. More detailed Instructions and inforrna-
tton have been issued by the state board Of
health to local boards Of health. which viii be
secretary at Red Wing. The disease occurs url-,
der two common forms. nasal Glamders and
fWcy: $somet imes also as an affection OF the
observed, the present cases are Of the first. two
varieties, and the majority of the frsg Of them.
In etther form the disease Is contagious to other
animals and to man, though chiefly confined to
horses and mules. ygy sS;ssji d @ Ssz
s As an Infectious disease 1t renders It's victims
nuisances and causes Of sickness, and comes,
oe Wien q shs
ished either form Is fatal 30 horses, mules and
other animals, and TO man. The usual location
Of the disease, and therefore the place to look
Tor Its first invasion. is the cavity Of the nose.
About this locality there are In the vast majority
Of cases three clearly marked symptoms, BY
which any ll19ent observer may Judge Of the
probable. IL not the certain presence OF the dis
case: FIRST discharges from one or both nos
tItls OF, first glairy and then yelloHish and 3D.
hesive matter. Second hard Jumps like splitp
IN the lining membrane OF the nose, Followed BY
irregular and hardened sores or ulcers chiefly IN
the partition between the nostriIs. Third, A
distinct, well defined and hard gland under the
Jaw, on one or both sides, first movable. then
hxed rarely tender except st first and ss rarely
going on TO break down into matter. All these
present horse or mule, and the case is clearly
klanders. The viscids vel lows MISTER ana the
open 1n1 chronic sores are enough land they
x1re1y exist without the enlarged gland as their
zconaequence1 to inst ify# crave suspicion ai,d
etIfct quarantine Of The affected animal Ii IL Tie
S01Sease 1S known to exist In the neigh borhood.
cr the animAl is believed TO have been exp osed 70
lnfoctton, either nf thsse sym ptons lustffles
quarantine TILL the exact truth IL developed by
Stin1a snd ~ rule no long tims will be neces-
81 d farcy. tho characteristic symptom ii the
sE1Ice, nndeT the akin 81 superhcial tum0rs
q 1ktCy buds which soon ulGefate arid bscomA
serds Wliich med tics which often
pee9fne sstI1ngA ~ hardened tumors, and may
8nl6eta ususlly Ibis IS slow And nisy.
Qccnry NsekA hut tfn1es huss a. few DAYS.
I11a Oh csses the zion lashsr IN tie
than IN the lel sllds.I Ass regards
so ether the maui form ID rk5h-
41a1 fke most dAngerou6 hecause tho virus inay
: IL a19eEanrt ~ a sa.ss pf feed 50 Al hy
q but Alt are and practicable
s4nsss 80 z, Hence g .sctual
es eczsss g mules. Inst ont III ths irss
Ael 1esInzlse sok M tie syn1pt lIna above
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