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coriating, or when the sore throat is present, or pre- 

 dominates, one or both of the above-mentioned 

 remedies may be omitted, and the SPECIFIC for DIS- 

 TEMPER, C C, be given instead, at the same inter- 

 vals, and doses, and this maybe continued to the 

 conclusion of the case, either alone or in alternation 

 with the Specific E E, for COUGH. 



Canadian Horse Disease. 



This disease made its appearance in the Canadas, 

 in the winter, or early spring of 1872, and gradually, 

 but sometimes with rapid strides, extended south- 

 ward along the great lines of travel, attacking suc- 

 cessfully a very large proportion of all the horses in 

 Toronto and the larger towns of Canada; then in 

 Buffalo and in Rochester, and thence in New York, 

 Boston, Providence, Albany, Troy, thence southward 

 to Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and so 

 extending southward and westward over the entire 

 country. Answering the laws which govern all great 

 epidemics among men, it extended in succession 

 over all our large cities, and involved with a greater or 

 lesser degree of severity, the entire open country, 

 subjecting to its influence almost every horse within 

 its range. 



The immediate fatality was not great, yet almost 

 every horse was affected, and with few rare excep- 

 tions, all laid up for several days, while in numerous 

 cases fatal termination occurred from want of care, 

 work during the attack, exposure, and from the vio- 



