188 THE VETERINARY DOCTOR. 
INFLUENZA.—EPIZOOTIC. 
Under these names we shall treat influenza in general, so interpreted 
as to include the epizootic scourge which raged so widely and so fatally in 
this country in 1872, and has appeared in less violent forms at different 
times since then. By treating the latter we cover the field of the former. 
That this influenza is borne from one place to another by diseased animals 
can scarcely be questioned; but that it is also communicated by the atmos- 
phere admits of scarcely more doubt. During its prevalence the human 
family has been afflicted with a disorder so similar to it that many have 
thought that man can take it from the horse. : 
Symptoms.—The symptoms are numerous: First, loss of appetite; 
then the horse becomes indifferent in manner; fever, with rapid weakening; 
quick, soft, weak pulse; short, dry, catarrhal cough; breathing sometimes 
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hurried, sometimes difficult and painful; signs of pain during a fit of cough- 
ing; the nose and mouth show a yellowish-red mucous membrane; mouth 
dry and hot, with drooping lips; the eyes have drooping lids, and are sunken, 
with inner membrane of lids yellowish-red; swelling and dryness of the 
eyes and nose; swollen throat; skin dry and hot; coat staring in severe 
cases; heaving flanks; scanty, high-colored urins; costiveness; dry dung; 
sometimes cold extremities. Soon the pulse is more rapid and weak; the 
cough becomes looser but more pronounced; the membranes of the eyes, 
nose and mouth discharge an irritating fluid, afterward becoming thick, 
stringy and mattery; the eyelids swell and tears flow; the mouth fills with 
frothy, very offensive mucus; even swallowing water is sometimes pain- 
ful; loud, frequent and painful cough; increasing weakness; slimy evacua- 
tions; external swelling at the angle of the jaws and between the jaw-bones, 
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