The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-29

when 1t has be en introduced, rapidly be-
comes extinct. This is known to be the
case on sailing vessels during a long Voy-
age, and it is c ne of the reasons why such
a voyage is odten beneficial to patients
suffering from consumption, who are so
sadly liable, Ser any catarrhal attack,
TO lose the ground they have been slowly
gaining. It wo uld seem, too, that the in
lection is gen orally carried by human
agency; and it is noteworthy that some, at
least, of every ships crew or passengers
must take " with them when they go
aboard, for apparently every ship which
reaches st. Kilda brings the cold. Proba-
bly, those W no carry it are often quite I'M
conscious chat they have anything wrong
with them. the disease being, as it were,
latent. It would seem, too, that practical
ly all hru nan beings, irrespective of age
or sex, and even when in good health,
are highly susceptible to cold. if they
have be sn for some time free from them
and SO aave lost immunity.
Among Animals.
Addit onal evidence that colds are in
fectiou , is furnished by what we observe
among our domestic animals Cats seem
to be pecially susceptible. Probably they
often b ring home from their nocturnal ram
bles Il Jose mysterious catarrhal attacks
which so rapidly run through the house.
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we sh all all have colds" Sheep, too, are
liable; a whole flock may suffer, and may
show that curious eruption round the lips
(herp IS labialis) which we all know only
too W ell as one of the most unpleasant ac-
comp animeuts of a bad cold in the head
On he Australian sheep runs, when the
shea ing season comes round, the men
who congregate at the sheds are frequent
ly 81 nitten with an illness of a catarrahal
matt RE- which rapidly takes hold of them,
and often affects some 80 per cent. Some
tim Is ii becomes very serious, and may
eve develop into a fatal pneumonia To
all appearance it is caught from the sheep.
Horses Are Susceptible.
Horses, too are very subject to nasal ca
Il Errh, and ii is a widely prevalent belief
mong coachmen that if a horse goes into
a fresh stable, and especially if a horse
, which has been out at grass goes into a
stable with other horses, it will be most
likely to develop a cold. So, too, it is
I noticed, viii horses bought at fair, and
this is popularity attributed to the draughts
to which they have been exposed. AS it
/ is admitted however, that any other
\ horses which may have been in the stable
| generally catch this cold from the new
conner. surely it is more reasonable TO
| suppose that the latter has in like man
ner received the infection from some of
| It's neighbors while on sale. A medical
/ friend Of the writer's lately made an in
teresting experiment He has two horses,
and has been in the habit of turning one
| out for the summer months When he
! brought it in again for the writer il used
| invariably to develop severe cold.
! Coechmen will tell you that this is due to
the unaccustomed warmth of the stable,
which makes the animal mesh. Last
| year, however, before bringing in his
! horse 10 Doctor n AZ HE afnafa III
disinfected and lime washed and put no
other horse into it. The one which came
ia from grass then remained perfectly
free from any symptoms of catarrh.
Danger of CoddIing.
All this evidence seems to force us 70