Shepherdstown Register

The Horse Disease—Opinion of an Expert.

Prof. Taylor, of the Department of Agriculture, who has been investigating the horse disease for several days past, has made some interesting discoveries, which demonstrate beyond doubt that the disease is contagious. A microscopic examination of the sick animals reveals millions of well-defined and comparatively large spores. Practical experiments show conclusively that men or animals inhaling any of these spores are at once affected with a tickling sensation in and discharge from the nose. The Professor recommends in the first stage of the disease the binding of two thicknesses of flannel around the forehead of the animal. This retains the animal heat directly over the nerves communicating with the nose, and soon enables it to breathe freely. He believes that if this simple means is adopted on the first appearance of the disease, cures will be effected in nine cases out of ten. The remedy is certainly worth trial.—Washington Star.