The “Pink Eye.”

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 564, 31 January 1891, Page 3

The “Pink Eye.”

A Sydney journal of la*t week hrs the following reference to the di-ease affecting horsas The Sydney Tramway ahd Omnibus Company has at the present time 130 horaes sick with the complaint, which is known as “ pink eye.” The disorder is not a new one» although this is its first appearance here. Mr O Rayson, the manager of the company, considers that the epid» m’C is of the nature of influrnsi. About four years ago it broke out in New York, and paralys'd ihe traffic. Two years ago jt was experienced inßrisb me. It also broke out in the northern portions of South Australia about 18 months f go. The first appearance of the disorder in the Sydney Tramway and Omnibus Company’s horses was on Monday week, at the Glebe stab es. Since then three h< rses have died, and last night there were 130 disabled, hutreooveiiug. The symp’oms are that the horse’s eyrs become inflamed and dis'ended, and the inner par’ of the eye gorged with blood. The nose becomes dead y cold, and generally ifte l ind quarters are paralysed. In some instances, however, the animal loses the me of his forelegs. The attack comes on quite suddenly, and horees tha-i Qr mmence on a journey apparently quite well will all at once lose their power and go down on the road. Ihe animals suffer a great deal from fever, and the hordes ihat have died have been animals that have been bled. The attHcks are not nre 3<ariky -fatal, but the hoiS'S have to be well looked afier, and their strength kept up. It is thought that about three weeks mu-t elapse before the animals will recover sufficient strength to resume work, but up io ihe present none of horses attacked have been able to do so,”