5 2 Ma7iagement and Treatment of the Horse. 



the running at the nose continued they would not 

 feed much, though their appetites were craving, 

 because the matter, mingled with their food,, 

 made it altogether disagreeable, so that they lost 

 flesh exceedingly. This loss of flesh proved a 

 benefit to them rather than a detriment, and as 

 soon as the running abated they ate voraciously, 

 and soon recovered their flesh. This distemper, 

 though in noways mortal, yet was so very catch- 

 ing that when any horses were seized with it, I 

 observed that those which stood on each side of 

 it were generally infected as soon as it began to 

 run at the nose. In the same manner the small- 

 pox communicates the infection when it is upon 

 the turn. While this lasted, above 100 troop 

 horses under my care were seized with it. I 

 always caused the sick horses to be removed from 

 the healthy, as soon as they were taken ill, and 

 put by themselves as in a hospital. In one troop 

 of Horse Grenadiers, we filled a stable of thirtv- 

 six standings in three days, an infirmary of five 

 standings, and another of eighteen, in three or 

 four days more. Nevertheless, all of them re- 

 covered in a short time." In 1743 the influenza 

 prevailed as an epidemic in England, and a few 

 doubtful words quoted both by Fleming and 

 by Dr. Thompson seem to indicate an epizootic 

 influenza among horses. In 1750 an epizoo- 

 tic passed through Great Britain and Denmark 

 which resembled in all its features that of the 

 epizootic in 1873. Kutty says, ^^ About the 

 middle or end of December the most epidemic 

 and universally spreading disease among horses 



