PINK-EYE. 475 



In some seasons the luiigs, are primarily affected, and there is 

 great weakness, with a tendency to dropsical effusion ; water ac- 

 cumulates in the chest ; the heart and its coverings are seriously in- 

 volved ; often the eyelids, lips, and whole head are greatly distended 

 with fluid. . In other cases the liver and bowels seem to suffer most, 

 causing great thirst, general Uneasiness, costive bowels, and light- 

 colored feces, sometimes covered with slimy mucus, and rapid pros., 

 tration. "When unfavorable termination occurs, the dullness in- 

 creases to stupor, the extremities get colder, the breathing more 

 difficult and abdominal, the pulse quicker, weaker, and more irregu- 

 lar, until death supervenes." - 



Pink-Eye. , 



Symptoms as Ghken by Dr. Meyer. — The symptoms are shown in a staggering gait, 

 hanging head, trembling, shivering as from' cold, loss of appetite, watery discharge 

 from the eyes, one eye closed, especially the left one. The pulse is quickened and 

 weak, from 50 to 60 in the minute, and the breathing is hurried, temperature 104* 

 to 106°. The bowels are bound and the urine scanty. The disease is often compli- 

 cated with bronchitis, pneumonia, pleurisy, etc. A pinkish color of the mucous 

 membrane of the eyelids is always present in this disease. There is a discharge 

 from the nostrils, swelling of the limbs, whiqh are tender to the touch. The animal 

 is weak, lying down most of the time. The body seems to be hot all over. The 

 head hangs low, and the horse seems to be suffering from pneumonia. The only dif- 

 ference between pink-eye and pneumonia is, that in the former the pink-eye is no- 

 ticeable, and the horse lies down, while in the latter.he does noj." 



Treatment. — The general principles laid down for;, the treatment 

 of common catarrh, are applicable to the treatment of influenza ; 

 bleeding, purging, or any method of treatment that would tend to 

 diminish the strength, must be avoided, as the debilitating tendency 

 is great from the first. He should be placed in a loose box, the 

 body clothed,, and the legs bandaged. If noticed while the shiver- 

 ing fit lasts, one or two ounces of acetate of ammonia may be given 

 with advantage. The bowels should be gently opened by a pint of 

 castor-oil and one or two drachms of calomel, supplemented by in- 

 jections of soap and water. When the rigor has passed off, and the 

 fever runs high, the fever medicine should be given in doses of fifteen 

 to thirty drops, every hour and a half, or tincture of aconite in doses 

 of about ten or twelve drops may be given. He should be encour r 

 aged to drink water holding small' doses of niter in solution ; should 

 he not drink it, he may have a few mouthfuls of water every 

 hour or two, which of itself is excellent for reducing fever. He. 

 should have green food when procurable, or a little boiled oats, and 

 bran mash, or anything else he will eat. When the throat is very 

 sore, and the cough troublesome, rub on the throat a counter-irri- 



