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must be maintained at an equable standard by warm clothing to 

 the body and legs, and this clothing should be removed at least 

 three times a day and the horse be rubbed down with gentle 

 friction before replacing same; to avoid the risk of chill one man 

 on either side should be engaged in dressing him that the process 

 may be got through with as little loss of tims as possible and the 

 clothing put on again before the animal has had the chance of get- 

 ting cold. The administration of medicinal agents must be ar- 

 ranged according to the special symptoms. 



Aconite, jx — This remedy always comes first in these diseases 

 that are ushered in by decidedly febrile indications, and in many 

 cases of influenza great benefit is derived from its early adminis- 

 tration as it serves to abort the fever, and in this way cuts short 

 the further developments; but, as a rule, a hor.se is frequently 

 allowed to go beyond the stage when Aconite is useful before the 

 nature of the malady is discovered. 



Arsenicum iodide, jx. — This remedy is peculiarly efficacious in 

 those cases of influenza when the predominant symptoms are run- 

 ning at the nose and eyes; great prostration and weakness; tem- 

 perature 104 degrees; pulse feeble and frequent; respirations 

 urgent; thirst gratified only by small, but very oft-repeated 

 draughts of water; appetite precarious and uncertain; very pro- 

 nounced swelling of legs. Dr. E. M. Hale, of Chicago, a well- 

 known homoeopathic physician and literateur was one of the 

 first to test this remedy on his own horses, during one of these 

 epidemics in the United States, the results of which were emi- 

 nently satisfactory, and to this gentlemen we are indebted for 

 drawing our attention to the specification of the drug under cir- 

 cumstances when these symptoms chiefly prevailed in a stud of 

 horses we were attending. 



Ge/semijiPi, ix. — There are several very characteristic symp- 

 toms which occur in influenza for which this drug, in the earlier 

 stages, is peculiarly appropriate; we have proved it on several of 

 onr patients and on one occasion with marked success on ourselves 

 when we believe we had been infected from inhaling the breath of 

 a patient that pre.sented these particular symptoms; they are, very 

 marked swelling of the eyelids, to the extent of absolutely clos- 

 ing the visual opening; there are indications of marked pain in 

 the head by the dull, heavy expression of the animal's face as 



