The Bessemer indicator., 1893-04-22
DANCER OF CHAMBERS.
laxancas ip which Men Have Died Of
LA vetaripary SnrEeaa's Warning.
4 pstiee that another man has
died Of Slandsrs in Los Angeles. - said

lu@Ancaa ip Which Men Have Died Of
liza vetsripary surEeaa'swsrninE.
4 pstiee that another man has
died Of glandsrs in Los Angeles" said
DR.. E. j. Greedy, tho veterinary sur
geon, to reporter for the San IRAN
cisco Chronicle. .'lt simply adds
force TO tho warning which every one
who drives horses or cares for them
should heed against exposing himself
to an animal which has this conta-
gious malady. There is nothing more
dreadful than death from glanders
and the disease is rs incureable as
leprosy- One may catch it several
ways. A scratch on the hands may
be the means OF incubation or the
sneeze of a glandered horse may fill
the eyes with poisonous mist"
"Are there any glandercd horses
in San Francisco" asked the reporter
"a few. | have one ut my hospital
now. Whenever they are found they
arc seized, passed upon by the surgeon
OF the health board and turned over
to me. If decide that the disease is
really glanders | order the animal
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in livery Stables now, and most cases
that we find come from the barns Of
huckster5 and small draymen. have
no doubt there are quite u number of
such horses driven around the town,
but they are hard to locate.
"Since the exposure mude last
| April people have been very shy
about conccaling or driving diseased
animals, and the owners of very val
liable horses have hastcncl to let rs
know of any symptoms OF the CLAN
ders among their stock. Many in
fcctcd horses have been killed.
Among them were fifteen belonging
to John Robinsons circus. We said
nothing about this at the time, bat it
happened, nevertheless.
"Do you recall any cases in or near
San Francisco Of mon dying Of this
contagion?"
We'll, said DR.. Greedy. "about
three years ago the sheriff of Santa
Clara county went ont driving behind
n livery horse which, unknown tc
him, had the glnnders. The horse
snec2ed and an atom of virulcnt
| lh'lebuit talllc udth Oll llt DIttEt
and lodged in his eye. In two week:
he died frightful death.
"Mustang Wilson, the well-knowr
sporting man, met similar fate. IIC
owned glandered trotter which he
refused to kill, but wanted TO dispose
Of lie drove around town and before
meeting possible buyer he would
clean the animals nose with cloth.
One day after doing this he placed
the rag in the pocket where he usual
ly carried his handkerchief. A speck
of dust lodged in his eye. He drew
out the diseasc-soaked cloth by mis-.
take and wiped away the speck. A
I few days thereafter he died in untold
agony"
What are the symptoms OF CLAN
ders in a horse?"
"A man may think horse has q
cold. In three or four days the horse
has apparently recovered except for
Il slight discharge from one nostril
or sometimes from both. The dis,
charge is oily, greenish in color
sticky and tenacious, sometimes
mingled with bits OF hay and grain,
1t comes from ragged ulcer in the
nostril, Before dying the horse may
be able to travel about for three OF
four years, but he is all the time
spreading the contagion, particularly
through watering troughs, which he
infects with bacilli.
1--WE detect glanders by the dis.
charge and by lump which always
forms under the jaw. If in doubt we
give horse a purgative and two
drams OF turpentine which raises his
temperature and develops the disease
at once if it exists"