422 FEVERS, AND THEIR TREATMENT. 



SIMPLE EPHEMERAL FEVER. 



Symptoms. — This slight disease, known as " a common cold," 

 is ushered in by chilliness, with increased heat of surface, a quick 

 pulse, and slightly hurried breathing. The appetite is not as 

 good as usual, eyes look dull, bowels costive, urine scanty and 

 high-coloured. There are often cough and slight running at the 

 nose and eyes, and sometimes the other internal organs are 

 attacked ; or the disease goes on till a different form of fever is 

 established, known as typhus, and this is particularly the case 

 when many dogs are collected together, or when one or two 

 are kept in a close kennel, and are neither properly ventilated 

 nor cleaned. 



Cause. — Exposure to wet or cold." 



Treatment. — Complete rest. A gentle dose of opening medi- 

 cine : (12) or (13) if the liver is torpid, (15) if acting: After 

 this has acted, give slops, and if there is still much fever, one of 

 the remedies (45) or (51). If there is much cough, give the 

 draught (47) or the bolus (46). 



INFLUENZA. 



The symptoms of influenza at first closely resemble those of the 

 last-described attack, but as they depend upon some peculiar 

 condition of the air which prevails at the time, and as they 

 are more persistent, the name influenza is given. After the 

 first few days, the running at the eyes and nose increases, and 

 a cough is almost always present, which symptoms often persist 

 for two or three weeks, leaving great prostration of strength at 



