50 VETERINARY HOMCEOPATHY. 



evidence of such decided constitutional debility as to call for the 

 administration of some stimulant, such as good, sound old ale 

 mixed with beef tea, or raw eggs beaten up and mixed with wine 

 or whiskey, while the most suitable remedy will probably be 

 found in Lachesis 12, ten drops every four hours. Some careful 

 nursing will in all severe cases of strangles, especially those in 

 which the more serious symptoms supervene, be found essential, 

 to facilitate which the administration of China twice a day will 

 afford material assistance. 



INFI.UENZA. 



The designation adopted to describe the various forms of illness 

 which are supposed to be included thereunder, is a very ambiguous 

 and unreliable one; in olden times Influenza was presumed to ex- 

 press a feverish cold in the head attended with an irritating fluid 

 discharge from the nostrils which by some was considered infec- 

 tious, by others not so; as at present used, however, the term has 

 to cover a much wider area, inasmuch as it affects at one time the 

 respiratory organs, at another the digestive organs, while yet 

 again it may centre its force upon the nervous system. 



In one form the United States and Canada, in 1872 and 1873, 

 experienced a visitation of a very virulent type of this disease 

 while Great Britain and various localities on the Continent of 

 Europe have, on several occasions, had outbreaks of a serious 

 character and under varying conditions. 



Probably the chief feature of each type is the extreme prostra- 

 tion experienced by the patient, and in most there is a distinct 

 soreness of the muscles and a pronounced disinclination to move; 

 dullness, and a sort of '' cave nothing for anything'' attitude is 

 very marked, especially when the malady is thoroughl}^ estab- 

 lished; the surface temperature of the body as revealed to the 

 touch is extremely variable; the lining membrane and the tissues 

 thereunder of the eyes are very swollen and suffused with red 

 streaks, tears trickling freely from the corners over the face; the 

 membrane lining the nose is intensely injected; the internal tem- 

 perature rises to 104 or 105 degrees; the pulse is rapid but small in 

 volume and weak in force; the respirations are regular but much 

 more frequent than they ought to be; the mouth is usually 

 excessively hot, and the saliva hangs therefrom in long, ropy 



