24 The Ailments of Horses. 



tongue. Afterwards use the potash 

 powders previously recommended. 



Adult horses affected with diarrhoea, 

 either through the abuse or unexpected 

 action of physic, or arising through ex- 

 posure to cold, &c., may have half an 

 ounce of chlorodyne and one ounce of 

 tincture of catechu, and a quarter of an 

 ounce of tincture of kino, administered 

 night and morning, in a pint of wheaten 

 flour gruel. 



Sloppy diet ought to be withheld, unless 

 it be of a binding nature. 



Hard food of any description must not 

 be given. 



Distemper of the horse (influenza). — 

 Long known by the terms influenza, pink- 

 eye, bilious fever, &c., we have decided to 

 give our readers a change of name — 

 though not original — in connexion with 

 this disease, which we have spoken of as 

 " horse distemper," and define as a speci/iG 

 infectious malady, capable of spreading 

 from horse to horse, hut not to anionals of 

 a different species. 



In its simplest form it is characterized 

 by a catarrhal discharge from the nose, 

 general weariness, cough, soreness of the 

 throat, and a rapid loss of flesh. The 

 extreme prostration is one of the most 

 marked features of influenza, whilst the 

 internal temperature ranges from 103^ F. 

 to 105*^ F., more rarely higher. 



Sometimes the lungs, liver, bowels, and 

 joints become implicated, and this is the 

 reason why the terms " chest distemper," 

 " bilious fever," "rheumatic," "influenza," 



