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Ko. 57. Gum ammoniacum, 2 drachms. 



Powdered squills, 

 Aloes, each 1 drachm. 



Mix with mass or meal to a ball, and give every morning in long 

 standing coughs. 



Or if the bowels do not seem costive, and the cough is of 

 an irritable, easily excited, spasmodic character, the aloes can 

 be beneficially replaced by opium, in the same quantity. 



An excellent combination is : — 



No. 58. Muriate of ammonia, J oz. 



Ipecauanha, 

 Liquorice powder, each 1 drachm. 



Mix with tar, honey, or molasses, to form a ball, and give one every 

 morning to break up a cold on the chest. 



INFLUENZA— THE EPIZOOTIC DISEASE— CONTAGIOUS CATAREHAL 



FEVER— PINK EYE. 



Definition. — By these and other names the disease is known 

 which in the fall of 1872, and often before and since has 

 swept through the United States attacking almost every 

 horse. It is a contagious epidemic disease, characterized by 

 inflammation of the membranes of the air passages, discharge 

 from the nostrils, cough and debility. It is quite fatal, the 

 mortality in the Atlantic States being in 1872 over 10,000 

 horses in a month. 



Cause. — The immediate cause is wholly unknown, but it 

 is believed to be owing to some blood poison which spreads 

 through the air. 



Symptoms. — The earliest symptoms are weakness shown in 

 a staggering gait, hanging head and trembling, shivering as 

 from cold, loss of appetite ; w^atery discharge from the eyes 

 and a staring coat soon follow. The pulse is quickened and 

 weak, from 50 to 60 in the minute, there is a short dry 

 chough and the breathing is a little hurried. Later on the 

 pulse rises to 80 or 90, the temperature to 104° or 105°, and 

 the breathing to 40 or 50 times per minute. The body is 



