864 DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT. 



times there was a marked subsidence of the discharge, followed by 

 acute exacerbations. When 1 saw the case, it was in one of the 

 acute attacks. Upon examination, I diagnosticated nasal catarrh. 



" I ordered the same treatment as used in the above case, and in 

 two months a cure was effected, with no recurrence. 



"August 10th, 1882, 1 was called to see a horse which could not 

 breathe easily, and the owner feared the animal was developing 

 heaves. The breathing was labored, and there was marked evidence 

 of obstruction in the nasal passages. There was not, however, the 

 double action of the flanks commonly observed in horses. Upon 

 inquiring, I found that two months previous to my visit the horse 

 had suffered with a severe discharge from the nostrils, which had 

 since ceased. But two weeks after the nasal discharge stopped, he 

 had trouble in breathing. 



" I came to the conclusion that the horse had been afflicted with 

 chronic nasal catarrh, and that the turbinated bones were plugged 

 with thick pus. He was placed under the same treatment as the 

 other two cases, and in three days began sneezing, and blew from 

 his nose two large masses of thick and cheesy pus, followed by a 

 return of the discharge. 



" The continued use of the injections, however, terminated in a 

 complete cure of the case in one month." 



INFLUENZA EPIZOOTIC CATARKHAL FEVER, OR PINK-EYE. 



This disease has been so common since 1871, and it has caused 

 such serious losses, that it may well be regarded with great appre- 

 hension by owners. On this account I have been induced to make 

 a special effort to obtain the most reliable and practical treatment 

 for its successful management. So much depends, in the treat- 

 ment of this disease, upon good conditions of care and nursing, 

 that is, careful housing, keeping up the strength, etc., which in 

 the country must be mainly dependent upon the owner, and it is 

 so easy to cause the loss of a case by a little carelessness or bad 

 treatment, that it is especially important to give such details as 

 will enable a successful treatment of this disease. To accomplish 

 this, I not only give the very best explanation of the difficulty 

 and treatment directed by one of the most prominent veterinary 

 surgeons of the country, but the treatment practiced by Dr. 

 Meyer, who informed the writer that he had treated thousands of 

 cases without losing a single one, complications excepted ; that of 

 true pink-eye he never lost a case, and consequently must be ac- 

 cepted as entirely reliable and of great value. 



Influenza, etc., belongs to the class of diseases called epizootic, 

 which are distinguished by extending over a large tract of coun- 



