History's Dirty Shorts: Influezna Epizootic 1872
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Welcome to History Uncensored presents histories dirty shorts a series designed to make me feel less bad about putting out proper content frequently. These will be shorter episodes in between the main episodes of stuff that I find funny, interesting or topical. This week I find all of this funny interesting and topical I will be talking about the epizootic of 1878 and then a little about the spanish flu.
So buckle up buttercup and prepared to be terrified as we discuss the coronavirus and the flu. See told you I’d be topical.
The Corona Virus is making people freak out. Why? Because viruses are fucking terrifying, you generally can’t go get a get better pill like you can with bacterial infections.
No, I don’t have the time or patience right now to explain the differences to you. Use the google machine.
Both the seasonal flu and the dreaded coronavirus are contagious and cause respiratory illness.
Deadly outbreaks in chickens were first reported in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on Nov 15, 1872, the article says. Whole flocks usually got sick at the same time, with most or all of the birds dying. The disease struck prairie chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese as well as chickens. The illness went by many names, but newspapers most often called it "the chicken disease.
The authors found evidence of the epizootic in 9 of the 22 states included in their search; they concluded that it was concentrated in the Northeast and Midwest and continued until Dec 15, 1872. All the avian outbreaks occurred in areas that were having, or had had within the previous 1 to 2 weeks, widespread equine flu. A number of local observers linked the avian disease to the equine disease and said that chickens got sick after being allowed to forage in stables that housed ill or recently ill horses.
The researchers say it is impossible to conclusively identify any of the animal diseases of the time, because no materials suitable for microbial testing have been found. But the avian disease's strong association with equine flu and its clinical and epidemiologic features are "highly consistent with influenza,
McCLURE, J. (1998). The Epizootic of 1872: Horses and Disease in a Nation in Motion. New York History, 79(1), 4-22. Retrieved February 6, 2020, from www.jstor.org/stable/23182287
Ungrateful man never appreciated my faithful services until now. When I am convalescent I hope he will treat me with more consideration and kindness.
In the Fal of 1872 America’s horses became sick rapidly and in insane numbers. New York City became a spectacle of wretched-looking horses. It never lasted more than a few weeks in any given location but because of this equine sickness men were pulling fire carts through the city, oxen were seen on the streets and do good citizens hauled loaded streetcars through the avenues.
The sickness in 1872 was none other than influenza. Not surprisingly it has the same effects on horses that it does on humans. Runny nose, malaise, coughing, sore throat, fever weakness you get the idea.
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