Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-08-24
lCom nunicated.1
The NEW HORSE DISEASE.

'AN"'Sh0 "pV pIc'SutlOu, CDOuSuC
it might be well to give your readers
the benefit of Prof. Gleason's re-
marks on this disease. The article
is as follows:
"Typhosus-A species of fever at
present, perhaps not very clearly de-
fined, and consequent upon changes
that have taken place in the blood of
hoises, blood disease resulting in
nervous prostration. 1t is compare
lively a new disease and is in differ
ent parts of the country, called and
known 10y various names, according
to the chief symptoms there observed.
La New York it is known as cerebro-
spinal-meningitis by those who have
seen the disease, because it is thought
to be like when man is affected in
the meninges or membranes which
envelop the brain and spinal marrow
producing choking distemper, putrid
fever, paralysis of the par vagum, or
pneumogastric nerve, on account of
the chief symptom being the inability
of the horse to at least voluntarily
swallow.
The symptoms of this affection IN
the horse are at first or in the early
stage very latent or hidden. The
chief of them is in the grinding of
the food, as the holding it in the
mouth and refusing to swallow; also
by placing a bucket of water or other
fluid within reach of horse so affec-
ted, when be. will place his mouth
into and agitate it, going through
the process of deglutitiou, or swal-
lowing, without consuming.
The inability to swallow continues
for some days, when, from loss of
sustenance and change in the circu-
lating fluid, the horse lies or falls
down exhausted. 1t should be OBJ
served that while the horses on
Long Island and the Delaware flat
lands could not voluntarily swallow,
they were enabled to do so when
drenched out of bottle, with their
heads elevated. This popularity, |
however, may be ascribed to gravita-
ton having its own way, and to re-
Taxation of the paralyzed muscles Of
deglutition, which, though Offering
no assistance, interpose no resistance.
There are other symptoms that we
might mention, but they are alike
common to all diseases of an asthen-
ic or low or depressed type. 1t is
disease wherein the Wis vitae
is extremely low, and it is con-
sequently very fatal treatment.
On disease of this kind, where
nervous force is almost gone,
we suggest the diffusible and more
fixed stimulants, with carminatives
and tonics, which are embraced in
the following formula, to be given,
mixed in bottle of cold water, five
times in twenty-four hours:
Powdered carbonate of Ammonia, drains
Powdered capsicum
Powdered Pimenta berries,
Iincture OF nux vomica, a0 drons
Mix.
Drench the horse with Geld water
several times daily, adding sixty
drops of commercial sulphuric acid to
assist in sustaining the tagging pow
ers of life. Cornmeal may also be
given in the same way, and, for like
purpose.
BY way of experiment galvanism
or electricity may be employed over
a blistered surface made along the
pnenmogastric nerve on each side of
the neck.
Injections under the skin with
strychnine may result in gaining
time for other measures to become
etfectual as cure. The cause of
this disease in horses does not differ.
we think, materially from those that
give rise to like diseases in men, for on
the shore opposite to Long Island IN
1867, and at the very time horses
were affected with the disease, over
400 deaths were recorded in the hu-
man family from an affection simi-
lar to paralysis.
The prevention of this disease,
like many others that affect domestic
animals, is more easily accomplished
than the cure. Use dry stables.
Give good feed in which dram
or two of sulphate of iron, or five
grains of arsenic should be mixed,
and given once daily, when such di-
seases are in the yicinage, for eight
to ten days at time"
Hoping that the information given
by Prof. Gleason may prove a bene-
fit to any one who may have trouble
with this disease, | am
Respectfully yours,
G.. r. JAMES.