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such troubles as inflammation of the larynx, of the 

 lungs, nasal gleet or pyteniia (abscess formation through- 

 out the body) may result, in such cases the veterinar- 

 ian is essential; so severe are the symptoms occasionally 

 that the surgeon may have to insert a tube in the wind 

 pipe to avoid suffocation of the animal. The ordinary 

 form runs its course inside of three weeks; if prolonged 

 beyond that time or the animal steadily refuses to eat, 

 skilled assistance should be called. The treatment is 

 mainly hygienic and calls for good nursing. Kegulate 

 the bowels with the food, bathe the swelling beneath 

 the jaw with hot water or apply a blister, which when it 

 has become soft should be opened and the pus drained 

 out; if breathing is painful steam the head (let the 

 horse inhale the steam) with hot water to which turpen- 

 tine or creolin has been added. 



Influenza is a very wide term applied to epizootics of 

 the horse; pink eye is one form of the disease, stock- 

 yards fever, so called, is another form. This disease is 

 more or less serious, depending to a great extent on the 

 health of the animal and the healthiness of its surround- 

 ings. It may be set down as a general rule that a horse 

 off feed should not be worked, and if the clinical ther- 

 mometer shows a fevered condition in the animal the 

 veterinarian should be consulted. Partial or .complete 

 loss of appetite, fever, great nervous depression, partial 

 loss of control of the limbs, constipation, slimy feces, 

 discharges from the eyes, cough, sore throat, swelling of 

 the limbs, sheath and along the belly, and occasionally 

 a nasal discharge are all common symptoms of influenza; 

 a serious result in pregnant mares is abortion; few carry 



