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points in common. I have before me a treatise 

 on influenza in the horse, written by Mr. Spooner, 

 of Southampton, in the year 1837. It contains 

 not only his views, but also an ably written essay 

 upon the same subject, written by Professor 

 Sewell. A valuable discussion ensued, in which 

 we have the opinions of Professor Spooner, Messrs. 

 Field, Turner, Youatt, Dickins, Braly, Cheetham, 

 Sibbald, and Ainslie. The treatise also contains 

 the opinion of Stewart William Percival, Karkeek, 

 and others. I have taken great pains and trouble 

 to peruse the whole of these valuable opinions 

 and many others, written in the Veterinarian^ and 

 works of other authors, many of which are to be 

 found in the library in the South Kensington 

 Museum, to many of which I am indebted for my 

 knowledge. I find Professor Sewell and Karkeek 

 and some other eminent men attribute '^ influenza" 

 to a meteoric or volcanic origin. Many of them 

 view it as inflammatory in its nature ; but since 

 that period times have changed men's views upon 

 this and many other diseases, and a change has 

 also taken place in the type of disease. We very 

 rarely now see a clear well-defined case of local 

 inflammation. In the present day the constitu- 

 tion of neither man nor animal can tolerate the 

 old-fashioned treatment. Enlightened and scien- 

 tific men have discovered that in the present day 

 a milder plan of treatment is more successful, to 

 the honour of Mr. William Haycock and Mr. E. 

 A. Friend, they being the first who discerned and 

 had the moral courage to propagate this great 

 truth. Influenza is an Italian word, meaning 



