The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-04-21
DANGER oF CHAMBERS.
Instances ID which Men Have Died

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instances ID which Mon Have Died Of
liza vetoriuary Surgeons warninE.
u notice that another man has
died Of glunders In Los Angeles, :" said
DR.. F.. ]. Greedy, tho veterinary sur.
geon, to reporter for tho San Fran
cisco Chronicle. ''It simply adds
force to the 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 CHAMBERS
and the disease Is as incuroable as
leprosy. One may catch IL several
ways. A scratch on the hands may
DO the means OF incubation or tho
snoeze OF n glandcrcd horse may I'll
the eyes with poisonous mist"
Are there any glandcrcd horses
in San Franciscan asked the reporter,
"a few. i have ono at my hospital
noY. Whenever they arc found they
are seized, passed. upon by the surgeon
of the health board and turned over
to me. II decide that tho disease is
really CHAMBERS | order tho animal
shot. There arc no glandered horses
in livery stables now, and most cases
that we find come from the barns OF
hucksters md small draymen have
no doubt there arc, quite u number OF
such horses driven around the town,
but they are hard to locate.
."Sincc the exposure made last
April people have been very shy
about concealing or driving diseased
animals, and the owners of very val
liable horses havc hastcned to let us
know of any symptoms OF tho CLAN.
dcrs among their stock Many in.
fected horses have been killed
Among them were fifteen belonging
to John Robinson's circus. We said
nothing about this at the time, but it
happened, nevertheless.
''Do you recall any cases in or near
San Francisco Of men dying of this
contagionPn %"
well, said DR.. Greedy. about
three years ago the sheriff of Santa
Clara county went ont driving behind
Il livery horse which. unknown TO
| him, had the CHAMBERS The horse
shcezed md an atom of virulent
moisture came back on The breeze
and lodged in his eye. In two weeks
: he died frightful death
Mustang Wilson. the well-known
sporting man, met n similar fate. He
/ owned n glandorcd trotter which he
D rafnsal In lii lt,t Oh 60.
Of He drove around town and before
meeting u possible buyer he would
Glenn the animals nose with cloth
One day after doing this he placed
the rag in the pocket whore he usual
ly carried his handkerchief. A speck
of dust lodged in his eye. He drew
out the discase-soakel cloth by mis-
take and wiped away the spcck. a
few days thereafter he died in untold
agony
what are the symptoms OF CLAN.
dcrs in horseg
"A man may think horse has II
cold. In three or four days the horse
has apparently recovered except for
II slight discharge from one nostril
or sometimes from both The dis
charge Is oily greenish In color
I sticky and tenacious. sometimes
mingled with bits of hay and grain
/ II comes from u ragged ulcer in the
nostril. Before dying the horse may
be able to travel about for three or
four years, but he is all the ,imc
spreading the.contagion. particularly
through Watering troughs, which he
iinfects with bacilli.
1--WE detect CHAMBERS by the dis
Charge and by lump which always
forms under the jaw. II in doubt We
give n horse u purgatiye and two
drains of turpentinc which raises his
temperature and develops the disease
| nt once II II cxihtsn