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day, and when the temperature comes down to 100, change to No. 18 

 — three times a day — for a couple of days ; then, if everything is pro- 

 gressing favorably, give No. 35 three times a day, or No. 34 in the feed 

 twice a day. If the throat swells, and there is a cough, rub the throat 

 with No. 41. If the fever goes on to the lungs and causes bronchitis or 

 pneumonia, apply No. 41 to the sides and chest, and give the other 

 recipes as directed above. Set a pail of water in the manger, so he can 



A HORSE WITH INFLUENZA. 



drink a swallow or two often to cool his mouth and throat. Give plenty 

 of bedding, and make him as comfortable as possible. The bowel trouble 

 you need not give anything for, unless the colicky pains hang on for 

 several hours, then give No. 52. If the diarrhoea is distressing, give him 

 flour, one pound in a pail of water to drink instead of clear water. There 

 is no danger of constipation in this disease. If there is long-continued 

 weakness, give No. 64 alternately with No. 35. During convalescence, give 

 gentle exercise. For treatment of lung complications, see pneumonia. 

 IL Purpura Hemorrhagica. 



This is an infectious, hemorrhagic disease, in which the red corpuscles are 

 destroyed, the blood becomes thin, the tissues of the blood vessels get weak 

 and relaxed, allowing the blood to ooze through them into surrounding 

 cellular tissue and into cavities, and is inclined to settle to dependent parts, 

 into the legs, under the belly and chest, and around the muzzle. 



Causes. — It is due to a specific bacillus, a micro-organism that exists in 

 filthy stables, especially badly drained and ventilated ones. The disease 

 attacks horses most often that have become debilitated by some other 

 disease, such as influenza, but it often attacks the strong, vigorous, well-fed 

 ones, SLW^ runs in them a malignant course, causing death in three or four 

 days, but when occurring secondarily to influenza, or other debilitating 

 disease, it is frequently of a milder type, and the animals recover in from 

 two to six weeks. 



