The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-30

ITO WHOM IT NAY CoNCERN-THI5 Is TO
i certify that at seattle, wash, on tho 26th of
Mxy. 1880, examined 4 horses, supposed TO be
ca,n sndes Inos s,, no rn rsre ssps
upon the complaint of certain parties the city
authorities guaranteed all the horses in said
MI. Conovsr's barn. which proceeding would
seem 10 be totally unnecessary. - wei ~ being
rEinous 20 The business OF The proprietor. !
failed 70 nur, upon examination. case OF
what should consider CHAMBERS, but simply
the horses--one owned by d.. shannon. which,
understood. Was condemned ~ beins giandere
and the other owned by Mr.. Pinkney, showed
The former found 10 be suffering from local
septic8mia of an hind leg, evidently the result
of an injary which had previously occurred 10
horses, pronounced 70 be glandered. found TO
be suffering from o very slight attack of nasal
eleet: also found DIR. 1rew's horse TO be slightly
horses found to be afflicted with somewhat Of
nmaiignans type of nasal gieet- Those horses
were all removed from the stable and kept
pretty wei isoiated from other stock, which Is .
very necessary and commendabie precaniion 10
adopt From . hriei b story of the origin Of the
disease and surrounding circumstances. am Of
the opinion that the trouble - sequel of an
previously existed in the stable. I beg leave to
differ with my Professional brethren OF Seattle
IS TO the disease being ISLANDERS in several
Place. the subnaa,iisrs glands are ' no. q
that hard scirrhous nature. and adherert to the
periosteum of the inf-rior maxilis. rs 10 almost
invariably characteristic Of gianders: but quite
the contrary in those cases, as the indurations
OF the glands are soft, and very similar 70 dis
temper. The sehneideyian membrane does not
present the appearances OF glandcrs In those
sses the membranes appear as II they were
blts,ered, evidently caused by the ichorous ns-
ture Of the matter discharged from the nostriis,
and instead of the decp-easins sore. Is in CLAN
ders. there Is q papillsry or funxons growth.
None of those horses exhibited any indications
of pulmonary lesions, which rarely fail 20 &C.
company gIanders There ara several more less
important symptoms OF CHAMBERS. that are to-
tasis lacking in those cases II 10 very necessary
10 either isolate or destroy horses affected with
chronic or malignant nasal Riest, but II 10 quite
unnecessary 10 quarantine q whole barn iuI OF
horses simply because there are . few in the lot
at csed with giees. II tue diseased ones are re-
moved aud the stalls dissnfectes, another horse
can be y aced in the same stalls with safety
Nasal gieet Ia oily G nragiaus under favorable
circumstances. that II. horse IN order 10 coss-
tract the disease, must first be in predssrosiDg
condition. for a. long rs he remains healthy he
will resist the disease with impansty. In this
particular outbreak q cad form OF dissemper
was evidently the forerunner and most potent
TACT II IN causing III espreadsng OF the disease.
In conclusion, will state that slight cases oi
nasal gleet are not contagious; rs only the
chronic and malignant tyres OF be disease IN lat
are fraught with mschiefJn that direction.
JAMES WrrHYcoNBE, v. s.
Portland Or, May y, 1924