American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-02-18

1t Is perhaps seldom that thu
mildeI and less severe form of {
disease becomes more dangreoui
than the viruient or severe type
This is, however. true OF CHAMBERS
not because chronic CHAMBERS kill
more, horses and spreads muck NOR
horses and spreads much more wide
" than does acute g)anders, but be.
cause Of its extremely chronic ma
ture, horse raisers do not become
aware OF its presence until 1t has
in3ictously spread to a number OF
valuable horses and because Of its
produces a condition more difficult
practically incurable nature 1t here
to control than does acute gland
ers. As an explanation and short
description OF the disease CHAMBERS
permit us to say that perhaps no
disease Is made to cover 80 many
Ills as the name CHAMBERS.
The average mans conception OF
the disease CHAMBERS is that 1t is a
disease manifested by extreme un-
thI'ftiness. cancellation and general
debility accompanied by the nasal
discharge, the consistency Of which
Is such that 1t will sink in water.
This description and conception of
the disease might be applicable in
certain rare instances, but in the ma
1ority OF cases 1t Is incorrect. In
perhaps no fatal disease of the
horse are the initial visible symp-
toms more misleading and confusing
than are those OF CHAMBERS.
We have a number of ailments OF
the horse family accompanied with
nasal discharge and In not a few of
those ailments do we find g%landular
inyclvment. So 1t is evident to
fny one that a disease that is recog-
nlzed only by the character and ma
ture of a nasal discharge and the rel
alive hardness and p%ainfulness OF
fbr swollen and enlarged Emphatic
glands under the lower jaw, must
have some other recognizable feat
IRE IN order to insure any consider
dblc amount OF accuracy in arriving
IT a positive diagnosis.
For a relatively long period of
time great stress was placed in the
finding of certain peculiar star shap-
81 ulcers on the mucous membrane
lining the nose. These ulcers when
seen are deep and have a ragged
odle; when they have healed over
they leave a whitish star like scar
resembling somewhat that produced
IN thin Ice by falling on it, only of
course small in comparison, these be
inc often over half an inch in diam
eter. Often In certain advanced
.suc4c fhprn will No DfhAr nna,ignat
etions such as sores on different
pats of the body. particularly the
front part of the breast, which, no
doubt. result from rubbing on the
manger and because of the lack of
thriftiness. healing does % take
place. Occasionally the Emphatic
system breaks down in one of the
hind legs and we then have the di-
sease. Farcy and CHAMBERS are one
alG the same disease except that
when the LESSONS are confined to
the Emphatic system more plrticul-
arly under the skin, the name farcy
Is applied. The hind legs when ex-
fibiting symptoms of farcy will be
seen to be greatly enlarged, often
The swelling extends up &c the trunk
Rtih w Nht iioiut vi tut iiliSHo Will
be seen corded Emphatic veins great
ly d,stended and tender to the touch.
Occasionally small chronic ulcers
will be seen. These often exude a
thick straw-colored exudate. For
tunately We have at II command
a d~iagnostic erum called mallein,
which. when injected into animals
having CHAMBERS LESSONS within their
systems. produces a reatcion char
acterized by a rise in temperature
from the tenth hour after
injection and continuing to the
twnctieth hour or longer. This tenn
rerature rise has a single or double
or high rising point above
the normal and generally it is con-
coded that It must necessarily have
two degrees Fahrenheit a.
the previous day normal to