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of April it had become general in this city, and 

 continued to the end of that month. The mules 

 also were affected." The latter part of 1775 

 was marked in England by an epidemic of influ- 

 enza. The historian of this epidemic, Dr. Fother- 

 gill, of London, with praiseworthy zeal, collected 

 reports from all his medical brethren in all parts 

 of England who were disposed to respond to his 

 printed circulars calling for information. These 

 reports are to be found in Dr. Thompson's Annals 

 of Influenza. The disease prevailed from the 

 middle of October to the middle of December, 

 1775, and it appears from the following extracts 

 from the above-mentioned reports that influenza 

 was epizootic among horses in the preceding 

 August and September. Dr. Eothergill, writing 

 in London, says, '^ During this time horses and 

 dogs were much affected, those especially which 

 were well kept. The horses had severe coughs, 

 were hot, forbore eating, and were long in re- 

 covering." Dr. Williams, of Dorchester, writes, 

 '' After the middle of August I have heard from 

 good authority that a disorder among horses pre- 

 vailed very generally in Yorkshire." Dr. Thomas 

 Glass, of Exeter, writes, '^ I have only to add 

 that in these parts of the country, in the month 

 of September, many horses and dogs were severely 

 afflicted with colds and coughs." Dr. Haygarth, 

 of Chester, writes, ''About August and September, 

 in North Wales, almost all the horses were seized 

 with coughs." Dr. E. Pulteney of Blanford writes, 

 " I heard much of horses and dogs being afflicted 

 before we heard of it among the human race." 



