88 INFLUENZA. 



appetite fails ; the flanks heave ; and there is more or 

 less cough. 



This may be mistaken for cold; perhaps at the 

 beginning it is nothing more. It cannot be inflam- 

 mation of the lungs, for there are no deathly-cold ears 

 or feet: in general the extremities are hotter than 

 usual. One general symptom, however, forbids its 

 being confounded with pneumonia. Early in the 

 attack swellings appear. The eyes are watery and the 

 lids, half closed, are enlarged. The legs and joints 

 are often increased in size, and motion is evidently 

 painful. The head sometimes becomes of enormous 

 bulk, and below the belly a number of dropsical 

 tumours may be seen. 



The second day seldom passes over without a de- 

 gree of weakness which does not accompany any affec- 

 tion of the chest. There may be a disinclination to 

 move in inflammation of the lungs ; but it is down- 

 right incapacity for motion in influenza. We are then 

 aware this peculiar disease is present — epidemic 

 catarrh, or distemper, or mucous fever, or influenza, 

 for it is called by each and by all of these names, 

 although the last term is now generally adopted. 

 Epidemic it is : whether it be contagious is a ques- 

 tion that has not been fairly settled ; but when it once 

 gets into a stable, no horse is secure from an attack, 

 nor any one certain of a visitation ; but it frequently 

 runs from stable to stable throughout the neighbour- 

 hood. 



When it is established, another train of symptoms 

 succeeds, plainly characterizing the peculiar nature of 

 the disease. There is sore throat to a far greater 



