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“many die” of gleet in Highland; pneumonia has “ prevailed to some extent ” 
in Norfolk ; “distemper” is reported in King William and in Cecil; an aggra- 
vated form of distemper, called “ Kentucky distemper,” in Craig, has been almost 
universal, “killing a number of fine animals, and seriously injuring those that 
remain,” and in Middlesex an unknown disease, the symptons of which are not 
given, has proved fatal to mules and horses. 
An epidemic in Perquimans, N. C., and adjoining counties, has been productive 
of considerable losses among horses; it was described by local surgeons as 
apoplexy. Our correspondent says of it: “The treatment recommended by 
Youatt and others has in almost every instance proved inefficient. The only 
cases which have come to my knowledge as having been successfully treated 
were those said to have been given calomel, followed with Epsom or Glauber’s 
salts, and the sulphate of quinine in very large doses. I saw none of these, 
but did see many which were treated by bleeding, (largely,) aloes, (Barbadoes, ) 
as a cathartic, and blisters, with cold applied to the forehead ; nine-tenths of 
these cases proved fatal. I have not received information of this disease having 
appeared in any other than malarious districts. May it not be influenced by 
the same causes which produce our ordinary congestive or pernicious fevers ? 
and if so, may not the success said to have been accomplished in the treat- 
ment above be owing to the antiperiodic effects of quinine? The actual loss 
in this county I am not able to arrive at definitely, but feel confident it would 
reach if not exceed from eight to ten per centum of the horses in the county.” 
Our Onslow reporter says: “Staggers has been quite prevalent and fatal to 
horses, especially to young horses, and large numbers have died from this 
awful malady, and a few have died from phrenitis, or inflammation of the brain, 
produced by over-exertion ; staggers is natural to this section, where horses are 
allowed to run in the pasture; horses that are kept stabled seldom have it. 
Farey and glanders have prevailed to some extent and proved very fatal, 
more particularly thelatter. Large numbers of horses, mules, ‘ government stock’ 
from the corrals, are scattered all over the country, and are dying very fast 
with the glanders; the country is filled with broken-down ‘government stock.’ ” 
In Craven horses and mules have died with glanders, and the staggers was 
also very fatal last fall. The correspondent says: ‘We have had no staggers 
in this country since 1855, until last year; during that time we had very little 
bilious fever, or ague and fever. Bilious attacks among the people and stag- 
gers among the horses seem to prevail together, and they may be, and probably 
are, produced by the same causes. Staggers prevails only in the autumnal 
months; horses are more subject to it than mules; nineteen-twentieths of all 
the animals attacked die.’”’ In Sampson a disease known as “sleepy staggers ” 
carried off a considerable number in the months of August, September, and 
October. It is worthy of note that all the disease reported exists in the tide- 
water counties. Great fatality attended a disease among horses and mules 
in Camden, which was at first thought to be “sleepy staggers,” but after- 
wards decided to be lung fever. The symptoms were, first, a chill, followed by 
high fever, with drowsiness, loss of appetite, and death on the fourth day. Some 
farmers lost all their horses. The fatality was not so great among mules. 
Treatment for lung fever cured many cases; a similar disease is estimated to 
have carried off 20 per cent. of the horses of Currituck. ‘Some cases were suc- 
cessfully treated with this prescription, viz: half a pint of gin, quarter of a pound 
of aloes, half an ounce oil of sassafras, two ounces sweet spirits of uitre, thoroughly 
mixed, and given as a drench. 
In South Carolina two districts, Richland and Abbeville, report cases of glan- 
ders; and in Georgetown 15 cases of blind staggers are noticed, 13 proving fatal. 
Detailed reports from 40 counties in Georgia represent the health of horses 
to be unusually good, the only exceptions named being a few cases of glanders 
in Talbot, and blind staggers in Benton and Crawford. 
