The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-01-22
LOOK OUT FOR CHAMBERS.
Owners of Horses Should Be Careful
About Their Diagnoses.
Something About the Recent Pollution
Of the River-Glanders That
Were Not Chambers.

The recent announcement that some
enc In Glenn County had killed twenty
Lead of horses affected with CHAMBERS,
and disposed of their carcasses by throw
lag them into the Sacramento River,
caused no little Indignation among the
people of this city.
No one is more rampant over the affair
than DIR. r. A. Archibald, the we'll
known veterinary surgeon. ST was
shocked when read that item," said he
to RECORD UNION reporter yesterday.
To think that anybody could be so
ignorant or malicious, as the case may
lie, as to throw broadcast the germs OF
such a malignant disease as CHAMBERS,
from which thousands of
HORSES ARE DYING,
and which has on numerous occasions
been transmitted to the human family!
These carcasses should have been either
turned, or buried eight feet under
ground. 1t is shameful-thats what it is
should we stand idly by and see such
Crimes-fOr crimes they certainly are
committed under our very eyes? ] say
10. And / also say that it is the duty of
every inhabitant OF this beautiful State
10 see that the perpetrators of such crimes
NJ
SHOULD we stand by and see the germs
OF microbes of one of the most vir-
ulent diseases known to the world
Eown broadcast over the State
thousands Of people get their water from
The Sacramento River. Thousands of
horses are daily watered from the same
source. Our families and stock are daily
drinking water which for all we know is
loaded with germs Of contagious diseases.
think it is time the authorities had their
epes opened so they will appoint compe-
tent persons to investigate and control
such diseases, and to see that the carcasSes
of diseased animals are disposed of in a
proper manner. This is an important
question 10 every citizen, whether he
owns live stock or whether he has none.
II he has any regard for his health or
those that are near and dear to him he
should bring his influence to bear to have
stringent laws made and carried out for
the protection OF himself and family.
CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE.
81 have known men who, possessing
horses affected with this disease and be-
ing recommended by a veterinarian TO
destroy them, refused to do so, and pro-
Ceeded TO treat them themselves, and who
eventually contracted and succumbed to
the disease. 1t is time some one should
he appointed to protect those who have
some knowledge of sanitary laws from
VIC ul1SLdhCS anu 1lllSOOlIlRS Vi Lie 12nO-
rant.
Most of the Eastern States have men
appointed by the Government to investi-
gate and control contagious diseases, and
they are slowly but surely wiping them
out, or at least preventing them from
spreading. But this, the most beautiful
State in the Union, is neglected, and not
only neglected, but people are allowed to
SOW the germs of disease broadcast
through the country. Again, there are
lots OF horses destroyed in this country
by ignorant and uninstructed persons.
who try to obtain notOriety by condemn
7ng horses promiscuously, because said
horses have a little discharge from the
loStrils. TO the mex perienced it is diff
licult to diagnose glanders as there are
other diseases which resemble il very
closely, as catarrh, OZena, influenza
strangles; and there are cases on record
where horses with Ulcerating teeth have
been mistaken for CHAMBERS, but to ex-
Derienced men the diagnosis is generally
very easy; If not, they can always prove
whether it is CHAMBERS or not by expert
nenting with the discharge from the
Eostrils.
DON'T TRIFLE.
ST am not grinding my own ak, now,
but my advice to people who suspect
CHAMBERS among their stock is not to call
N your neighbors, or men who pretend
L
nave said before, try and gain notoriety
Or cause a little excitement, which will
eventually cause the owner to destroy
mis- animals in order to hush up matters
as much as possible, but to quietly send
5or qualified surgeon and have him pass
ais opinion as to whether it is CHAMBERS or
not and act on his advice.
'There is man who lives in the neigh
oorhood Of this city, who but a short time
ago destroyed all his horses except one,
on the advice of a pretended veterinary
surgeon. The one he did not kill was af-
fected, as he said, the same as the others,
out as it was an exceptionally fine animal
ne delayed destroying it until he had our
opinion. The animal was brought to us
md examined, with the result that no
symptoms Of CHAMBERS were seen, and we
diagnosed it as a case of chronic catarrh,
which later succumbed to treatment,
proving our diagnosis to be correct, as no
remedy has yet been discovered for the
cure of CHAMBERS. The owner is now in
doubt as to whether the animals he de-
stroyed had CHAMBERS or not, and l think
ne has every reason to be in doubt. Very
often number of horses in band have
an attack of influenza, which as we all
know frequently leaves, when neglected,
4 weakness, as catarrh, for instance. This,
owing to its prevalence, leads people to
believe that CHAMBERS or some contagious