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be given twice a day ; and after the severity of the 

 inflammation is in some measure diminished, setons 

 or rowels may be inserted in the brisket. 



The liquid blister rubbed upon the throat down the 

 course of the windpipe and upon the chest will, after 

 the first symptoms have abated, often be attended with 

 the best effects. 



Gruel and green meat should constitute the only 

 food of the horse ; and even these should be offered 

 in limited quantities. 



The disease of the lungs, however, will not always 

 thus decidedly attack the bronchial tubes alone; it 

 will more often have a diffused character, and be con- 

 nected with the inflammation of other parts. 



CHAPTER XV. 



EPIDEMIC CATARRH — MUCOUS FEVER — DISTEMPER 



INFLUENZA. 



This disease is not at all times distinguished by any 

 common and characteristic symptom ; but strangely 

 differs in different years and seasons of the year; it 

 has a great variety of names, and has been subject to 

 a greater variety of treatments. 



The attack is usually sudden, and may appear during 

 the night. It at first simulates the commencement 

 of catarrh : — the horse shivers ; the pulse is generally 

 weak and not always quickened ; the mouth is hot ; 

 the coat stares; the belly is tucked up; the membrane 

 of the nose is red ; the eyes are red and weeping ; the 



