CATARRH OB COLD. INFLUENZA, CATARRHAL FEVER, <fcc. 91 



half an hour, repeat it, and again at intervals of 

 half an hour, until the trembling and respiration 

 have been relieved and the chill has passed off. 

 Then the animal may be safely left under the influence 

 of the same medicine, to be repeated every two or three 

 hours, so long as circumstances seem to require it. 

 Should any of the diseases above mentioned or 

 other, have become developed, the treatment must be 

 varied to meet that condition; the particulars of 

 which are to be sought under the respective sections 

 in this MANUAL. But it will most frequently be found 

 that having met and conquered the enemy at the 

 threshold, but little more remains to be done beyond 

 care and rest, for the entire recovery of the patient. 



Catarrh or Cold, Influenza, Catarrh- 

 al Fever, Epidemic Catarrh.. 



THE nose and air-passages are lined with a deli- 

 cate membrane, whose office it is to secrete a thin 

 mucus which lubricates the parts. Under the influ- 

 ence of a chill, suppressed perspiration, etc., this 

 membrane becomes irritated, inflamed, and the dis- 

 charge arrested, or it is thickened, increased, or var- 

 iously modified. 



The SYMPTOMS usually are, the horse is not so 

 lively as usual ; he eats little or no food ; he coughs 

 and sneezes; a watery discharge flows from one or both 

 nostrils, and also from the eyes, which are red and 

 swelled. 



In the more severe form, there is a chill, warm 

 skin, quick pulse, frequent and somewhat difficult 



