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it as seeu at Paris. Gluge aud Honsiu^^fr say that it broke out epitlciu- 

 ically in September, 1780, iu China, ami, spreading over Asia, reached 

 ]\Ioscow in December, 1781, gained Eevel and AVestern Prnssia in Feb- 

 ruary, 1782, aud Spain and Jtaly in August and September. Forster 

 says it prevailed in America in the spring of 1781, and tlie following 

 year iu Europe. Uavemau records an equine influenza at the same time 

 in Germany, and Abilgaard leaves a monograph on the disease as it 

 prevailed in the royal stud at Copenhagen. This year was rigorously 

 cold all over Europe. In 1798 influenza again prevailed among horses 

 in England, (Vvllkinson, White.) 



In 1800 influenza -was said to have prevailed at Vvhampoa, in China, 

 whence it was believed to extend over Asia, reaching Europe in 180U 

 and England in January, 1803, (Gluge.) Though in some places man 

 alone appears to liavo suffered, in others horses fell victims as well, 

 (Heusiuger.) In ISl-l this aficction prevailed in horses in Switzerland, 

 (Hensinger,) and 181.5, in a malignant form, in England, (Wilkinson, 

 Youatt.) It appeared again in an epizootic form in England in 3811), 

 1823, (Field,) and 1828, (Brown.) 



In 1833 it extended over Europe from en st to west, attacking men, 

 horses, dogs, and even cats. It prevailed in Courland from January to 

 March, (Possart ;) in Pomerauia and Saxony iu Ajuil, (Rhodes, Prinz ;) 

 and in France in May, (Compte Rendu de TEcole, Yet. d'Alfort.) In Eng- 

 land Mr. Hayes describes it as lasting from October, 1832, to March, 

 1833. It was a " catarrhal fever, joined with inflammation of the lungs 

 aud liver ai}d trachea and oesophagus aud larynx aud pharynx, and 

 the mucous lining membrane of the bovrels, frequently with all the 

 symptoms of malignant catarrh, and these iu an aggravated form. In 

 some cases there was excessive diarrha-a, the fieces were black liquid 

 mucus, bloody and exceedingly fetid, and accompanied by such ex- 

 treme debility that the animal could not move without falling; there 

 wfis quick pulse, injected nose, mouth and gums as red and dry as pos- 

 sible, and resembling a piece of lean dry beef. In some there was ex- 

 cessive anasarca ; in others phlegmonous tumors in different parts of 

 the body; iu others again there were spasmodic jcrkings and lameness 

 in the legs, shoulders, and hips."'' 



In 1831 it is reported in Brandenburg, (Ilensiuger,) aud in 1835 aud 

 1830 in France and England, (Prinz, Yeterinarian.) In the spring of 

 1845 it again prevailed iu England, aud in July becauie complicated by 

 a severe inflammation of the eyes and dropsies beneath the belly and 

 on the legs. (Yeterinarian.) During the great influenza epidemic of 

 1847, it prevailed extensively among liorses iu Europe, and was unusu- 

 ally prevalent in England in the two foUov.iug years as well. Since 

 that time it has been especially prevalent in Great Britain, in lS51-'52, 

 1854, 185G-'57, in the early summers of 18G2 and 18G3, and in the latter 

 part of 1871. 



Past hisiori/ of the influenza of 1872. — According to information re- 

 cei\ed from Professor A. Smith, veterinary surgeon, Toronto, thy first 

 cases occurred in the townshii)sof York, Scarboro', andMarkham, about 

 fifteen miles to the north of that city, among the last days of Septem- 

 ber. He says, " I think the first cases were noticed among horses run- 

 ning at pasture." Cases were seen iu the city of Toronto by October 

 1, aud iu three days it had attacked nearly all the horses of the street- 

 cars and livery-stables. On October 18 it was reported as general in 

 Montreal and Quebec and throughout the Dominion. 



Several Canadian horses were introduced into Detroit on October 10 or 

 11 suftering from what Avas supposed to be a catarrh. On arrival they 



