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first outbreak of distemper should be removed away 

 from the rest of the stud to a loose-box, if practicable; 

 the stall he leaves should be cleansed, and all his uten- 

 sils kept rigidly separate. 



White-wash and chloride of lime are useful and simple 

 as disinfectants. 



This disease is more easily prevented than cured, and 

 horse-owners do well to avoid leaving an animal when 

 heated, or after exercise, standing unclothed in the cold 

 or in a chilly draught. Also be careful about trans- 

 ferring a horse suddenly from total exposure at grass, 

 or from a healthy airy stable to an ill-ventilated and 

 crowded one. 



Though influenza or distemper are often considered 

 to be epidemic, contagion should be, as before observed, 

 most carefully guarded against. Some professional men 

 hold these two designations to represent distinct dis- 

 eases. In influenza the animal becomes speedily at- 

 tenuated, and the whole system appears disordered and 

 debilitated, occasionally with lameness, as if from fever 

 of the feet. 



There is generally one mark which may be permitted 

 to be peculiar as distinguishing some forms of influen- 

 za, particularly in certain seasons during its prevalence, 

 which is that of the mucous surfaces assuming a yellow 

 colour all over the body, and the white of the eye being 

 also tinged with that hue. 



When influenza assumes a serious character, the pro- 

 fessional man must be left to deal with it ; but pending 

 the arrival of such assistance, the treatment here re- 

 commended can do no harm, the primary seat of the 

 disease being that of the respiratory organ. 



Laryngitis, Bronchitis, Pleurisy. — I will not at- 

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