THE HORSE, ITS DISEASES. 341 



case which confines itself to no particular organ or organs of the animal economy. 

 The cause is some malignant miasmatic influence. 



Symptoms. — The mucous surface of the eyelid assumes a yellow cast ; in- 

 creased redness of the membrane of the nose ; oozing of tears and sometimes 

 mucus from the corners of the eyes ; snorting, in some cases cough, and sore 

 throat, with or without febrile disorder. I shall divide my subject into four 

 classes: Simple, when void of fever; febrile, when attended by fever; chronic, 

 when of long and tedious duration ; influenzal, when attacking many at one 

 time, and accompanied with prostration of strength and loss of condition. 



The symptoms of simple are some slight hurried blush of the membrane of 

 the nose ; oozing of tears from the corners of the eyes, with globules of mucus 

 observable in them ; occasional snorting, perhaps coughing as well, with or 

 without slight soreness of the throat, but without depression of spirit or loss 

 of appetite. 



Febrile stage may be either slight or severe. When slight it is nothing more 

 than the simple form accompanied with swelling in one or all the legs, and 

 with dullness and fastidiousness of appetite and some little fever, preceded per- 

 haps by shivering. This is the ordinary form. 



The severe form is that in which the depression is greater, the appetite nearly 

 or quite lost, tbe fever comparatively high, membranes more injected. The 

 duration of an attack of Pink Eye is ordinarily from one week to three. 

 Should it not appear to be on the decline about the third week, we may infer 

 the disease is becoming chronic, in which form it may degenerate into nasal 

 gleet or glanders. 



Treatment. — The treatment is a very simple affair. First. Take the horse 

 out of his warm (perhaps foul) stable, or from any cold or wet situation in 

 which he may happen to be, and turn him loose into a box of the temperature 

 of 55 degrees. Take care that he may have an ample bed, clean and dry, 

 and free from all impurities. In cold weather clothe him warmly, and, if re- 

 quired, flannel bandage his legs ; give him nothing to eat but sloppy bran- 

 mashes ; and, as he probably evinces signs of sore throat, let him have linseed 

 tea or gruel, or chilled water to drink, a pailful of either beverage being hung 

 up within his box, so that he may partake of it at pleasure. Inject by th« 

 roouth once a day as follows : 



Chlorate of Potash, one ounce; 

 Warm water, a half gallon. 



Let the throat be rubbed with the following liniment: 



Water of Ammonia ; 



Oil of Turpentine ; 



Oil of Lard ; two ounces of each. 



Apply the above once a day for three days. Should the excrement proT* 

 Wd, let an injectioa of soap and tepid water be given and repeated daily, 



