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this article without rendering it any more understandable, we 

 proceed to define the 



Symptoms, characteristic of the disease in horses; the most 

 notable indication, assuming that no prior suggestion has been 

 presented is the violent shaking of the body followed by sweating, 

 w^hich may be constant or occasionally alternate with cold; the 

 breathing is exceptionally violent; the horse loses control over his 

 movements: if at this period the temperature be taken it will be 

 found as high as 105 degrees or even 107 degrees; after the before- 

 mentioned s3^mptoms have been in evidence some hours the horse 

 will possibly become delirious to be followed by a period of coma 

 or unconsciousness: the pulse will naturall}^ be increased in fre- 

 quency, the beats being rather of a tumultuous character; there 

 is one notable sj-mptom that has been referred to b}' several 

 observers, namel}^ a swelling of the glands of the neck and chest, 

 for sometime the temperature is inclined to rise higher, but when 

 it does the pulse becomes weaker in tone and the respiration more 

 hurried; as the disease advances and obtains a stronger hold upon 

 the system the nasal membrane become spotted over with blood 

 markings and the surface assvnnes a pale, sickly appearance: from 

 these blood patches blood of a dark color oozes out, and the mouth 

 is filled with frothy, stick}^ saliva; this is the period that delirium 

 supervenes and the horse sliows how much he suffers in the brain 

 by forcing the head with some pressure against the wall or side of 

 box; the muscular tremors will become more pronounced, shiver- 

 ing and sweating will be renewed; the faecal discharges wall be 

 mixed with blood and the urine very much reduced in quality will 

 be of a claret color: at this period of the disease the temperature 

 will begin to decline until the animal heat is reduced below the 

 normal standard; this is suggestive of Speedy collapse, and the 

 end is generall}- attained amidst convulsive struggles. This is 

 the picture of a case that cannot be cured; now for the 



Treatment. — This is one of the few diseases in which among 

 animals the administration of a nosode is followed by success; 

 and that remedy is Anthracinum C. M., the virus of the disease 

 in an attenuated form, but it does not follow that it must of 

 necessity be the first remedy administered, indeed, unless within 

 easy reach of a druggist who kept same in stock, it is most prob- 

 able that it could not be obtained in time for a first case; but 



