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HOW TO TREAT CORNS. 



First have them well cut out. Apply five drops 

 No. 7, and let the foot be held up five or ten min- 

 utes, and a spoonful of brown sugar melted and 

 applied hot, and all will go well. 



INFLUENZA. 



Where numerous horses are attacked about the 

 same time, the symptoms assume a more severe 

 form, attended with a greater degree of prostration 

 than in cases of common cold, and it then merits 

 the name of INFLUENZA. The symptoms of one 

 year vary from those ot another, and during the 

 same season, all animals are not handled alike, 

 though the general outline will be the same. The 

 attending fever is of a low grade, comes on sud- 

 denly, and soon reaches its height, and lowuess of 

 spirits and weakness are predominant. The symp- 

 toms are often as follows : 



The horse is dull, low-spirited, and easily tired ; 

 he yawns and hangs his head ; his coat stares ; 

 sweats easily, and breathes quickly, when slightly 

 worked or moved. He eats little or nothing. As the 

 disease advances, the skin is sometimes hot and 

 again cold ; the mouth and tongue are dry and 

 hot ; the white of the eye and nose are red ; the 

 bowels bound ; urine scanty ; the eyelids swelled, 

 partly closed, tears flow down the face, and fret the 

 skin. The sides of the nostrils are also fretted by 

 the acrid discharge from them, which is sometimes 

 very profuse. The throat is so much inflamed, 



