Show PINKEYE causes cause s sy symptoms I oms and treatment of arh ahe g de disease ease the HERALD waa was the first to in for form the ogden public of the sudden and inexplicable appearance of a strange disease among tho the horses of chicago the malady which was reo reported q ed to bo be very fatal was name named pin pinkeye k eye and it was a stated that the veterinary surgeon surgeons in that city were at a loss to devise a remedy for the contagion which they were even eaid said to pronounce as hitherto unknown A HERALD reporter started out in search of experienced experienc od horsemen and succeeded in obtaining gome light relative to the probable causes symptoms and treatment odthe of the disease since we published the gist of those experiences we have made further efforts to obtain information which would be of value to th alio general beneral public especially as the dread plague has appeared amon among the horses of this city and vicinity A gentleman of long years of experience peri ence with the equine race haa has orience tri kindly furnished us a few facts and communicated to us some personal observations which will probably ly bo of general use the chief chiefe cause ause of the affliction our informant considers to bo be a derangement rarig ran gement ement of the nervous system especially of the brain the first symptoms are drooping of the care cars and general relaxation odthe of the system accompanied by a slight inodorous discharge from the nostrils the eyes commence to became mi milky luyand and run over in further stages of the ailment the affected animal has his tremors indicating the presence of chills while the rise of the tern temperature ra and the acceleration ofee of the pulse which is naturally lower in a i horse than a man point to fever feve r the animal manifests the extremity of its dangerous condition by violent with considerable swelling of the legs and d rigors ors which proceed death u unless me proper treatment is adopted As such our informant armant for the first thing at the very origin of the malady advises sweating the animal I with blankets keeping it wa warm rin and carefully avoid avoiding any nt draft zare care should also bo be t taken c to keep keg the flies off the animals head this can be done at little expense of time abor labor or money by sponging tho the with a weak solution of acid or cov covering the head bead with a cloth saturated covering erinT e in in the solution As a medicine our adviser recommends a solution of two thirds of bromide of potassa and one third of bromide of ammonia about raina with this drench the sick thoroughly all the time ici keeping the skin warm in an extreme case when the spasms come on about 25 grains of aconite put on the tongue are bought thought to prove effective in in reach ng the seat and destroying the odthe of the nervous affection but he the utmost care has to be observed n administering the aconite as it is a deadly and only exerts its curative qualities in ex ezi s the swelling odthe of the legs which is another symptom of danger is to be e brou brought tah t down bk by vigorous with i pure pur e alco alcohol ol 01 biow during in the t time ime of the sickness th the animal is to be given all the water it wants as this lias has a tendency e to keep or bring down the fever b for or food oatmeal gruel or chopp ad wheat with vitha a little salt in it is recommended the point is to kee keep the he bowels open by soft feed avoid T ing ng any heating nutriment these hints we give on the strength of our informant if any of our readers have confidence in their correctness and prove them available we feel I alo to have only done our duty as the present resent prevalence of pinkeye is 01 dimensions which render it a public question |