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SYMPTOMS. The early symptoms are, a dull, languid appear- 

 ance and a poor appetite, a sweating freely from slight exertion, 

 the hair stands on end and presents a dirty appearance, the 

 mouth is hot and dry, and there may be a cough. Later the 

 symptoms become more plain, the bowels are usually costive 

 and the dung is passed in small, dry lumps; the pulse weak 

 and quick, varying from sixty to eighty beats per minute, and 

 there seems to be intense headache. When caused to move, 

 the patient seems so weak that a little push might throw him 

 over. Sometimes the breathing is greatly interrupted, which, 

 in most cases, is best seen at the nostrils. The throat sore and 

 the bronchial tubes become partly closed, and a peculiar noise 

 can be heard by placing the ear to the chest. To describe these 

 sounds is very difficult, practically impossible; hence, to dis- 

 tinguish healthy from unhealthy sounds, first listen to a healthy 

 and then to a diseased animal. The legs and ears mny be hot, 

 and in an hour, normal, or even cold, while the general temper- 

 ature may be regularly increased. (The eyes sometimes become 

 reddened and swollen, and from this condition of the eyes, this 

 variety of influenza takes the name of pink-eye.) A yellowish- 

 white discharge from the nose is a favorable sign, but if it is of 

 a reddish, brown, or rusty color, it is a bad symptom. In cases 

 in which the breathing is troubled, blood may be discharged 

 from the nose, which is also an unfavorable sign. It may ter- 

 minate in inflammation of the bowels. If the liver is greatly 

 affected, the eyes and the lining of the nose will be yellowish 

 in color, and the bowels will at one time be costive, and at 

 another time there will be diarrhea. Sometimes the legs, sheath 

 or udder, and belly swell, and if the swelling takes place in the 

 first stage of the disease, and is slight, and confined to the legs, 

 it is a favorable sign. If it takes place in the latter stages, 

 and extends to the belly, sheath or udder, etc., it is an unfa- 

 vorable sign. When the lungs are the seat of the disease, 

 the symptoms are similar to those in the advanced stage of 

 lung fever. 



TREATMENT. Plenty of pure air, without any draft of air on 

 the animal, is of the greatest importance. If necessary to keep 



