CATAEEH OK COLD, INFLUENZA, CATAEEHAL FEYEB, <fec. 93 



pain and difficulty the animal " quids " his food, 

 and splashes the water with his muzzle, being afraid 

 to swallow either fluid or solid food. The throat is 

 painful, hot, and swelled on the outside ; the glands 

 are also swelled, hard, and painful, and sometimes 

 maturate. The cough is frequent, sometimes coming 

 on in fits, and breathing is sometimes quite obstruc- 

 ted and difficult. When the disease has lasted some 

 time, the dung is slimy and mixed with blood, and 

 the discharge from the nose is sometimes bloody. 



A common cold may terminate in inflammation of 

 the bronchia or lungs, by extending downwards, or 

 it may be cured and expend itself merely in the nose 

 and throat. So an Influenza may extend and involve 

 the pulmonary tissue, and is far more grave than is 

 usually supposed. 



TREATMENT. When the disease commences with 

 a chill, or any considerable degree of Fever is pres- 

 ent, give fifteen drops of the SPECIFIC for FEVER, A 

 A, and repeat it several times, at intervals of two or 

 three hours. Then alternate the SPECIFIC for 

 COUGH E E, with the Fever medicine, at intervals of 

 three or four hours, until the disease is broken up 

 and the horse is well. In case of Influenza, even 

 with very threatening symptoms, the SPECIFIC, lor 

 COUGH, E E, and for FEVER, A A, should be given 

 alternately, say every four hours, in doses of fifteen 

 drops ; keeping the animal well covered and in a warm 

 stable. After all the feverish symptoms have disap- 

 peared, only the COUGH SPECIFIC, E E, will be 

 required, and the intervals between the dcses may 

 be prolonged as the animal improves. In case the 

 discharge from the nose is profuse or thick, and ex- 



