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hanging of the head and a very staggering gait. Chills and 

 shivering, loss of appetite, a dry staring coat, with watery 

 discharge from the eyes, are also among the first signs of 

 this disease. The pulse is feeble, rising from 50 to 60 beats 

 per minute, the respiration slightly increased, and a short, 

 dry cough. The mucous membrane is injected, and after a 

 few days a discharge of a thick, creamy character hangs from 

 the nostrils. This is generally called the catarrhal form of 

 influenza. As this state of the disease progresses the pulse 

 rises from 60 to 80; temperature from 104 to 105; respira- 

 tion proportionately accellerated. The head is held down, 

 the legs extended, and the patient is afraid to lie down. 



The bowels and kidneys also suffer; the excretions are 

 scanty, showing torpidity of- those organs. This is a most 

 complex disorder, and always involves some particular part 

 or organ. During the late epizootic the complications in 

 individual cases were : 



Influenza complicating — 



Laryngitis. 

 Bronchitis. 

 Pneumonia. 

 Pericarditis. 



Each and all of the patients with complications of these 

 characters had to be treated according to their several 

 indications. 



In very many cases the great debility and weakened cir- 

 culation gave rise to passive congestions, with dropsical 

 tendencies in various parts of the body. Thousands of 

 animals that rallied and recovered from the violence of the 

 disease, afterwards suffered from abscesses, rheumatism, and 

 permanent enlargement of the joints and legs. 



If we should suppose that altogether 10,000 horses died 

 from the immediate and remote effects of this disease, we 

 may safely tabulate them in this fashion : 



Died within the first month after the invasion of the 

 disease, 7,500. 



