616 THE RECENT INFLUENZA AMONG HORSES. 
biting wildness and distress. The pulse was about 55, soft, 
and compressible ; the extremities comfortable ; the appetite at 
first good ; the membrane lining the nose, mouth, and eyes, 
pallid ; the dung quite free and natural. The breathing evi- 
deatly was nervous and spasmodical, and I thought it was in 
some way or other complicated with the influenza. I consi- 
dered the diaphragm might be affected. Willing first to try 
the effects of a sedative, I gave spts. sether. nitros. §jss, liq. 
am. acetatis §ij, in a pint of water. I also gave a warm in- 
jection, and rubbed the throat, neck, and chest, with the com- 
pound liniment of turpentine, and repeated it in a few hours. 
I found no change resulting from this; so in the evening gave 
a simple alterative ball, resolving to see what the morrow would 
bring forth. The mare was, therefore, left clothed up, with her 
legs doubly bandaged, in an airy loose box. 
In the morning I found no change; the lining membranes of 
the nose, mouth, and eyes, still pallid. I gave an injection ; as 
the mare was taking which she broke into a sweat. Taking every 
thing into consideration, I felt satisfied that the lungs could not 
be the seat of mischief — that it must be the diaphragm. It was 
plain something must be done. I deemed it most advisable to 
apply extensive blisters to the sides. This was done, and to- 
wards night there was a decided improvement in the character 
of the breathing. The mare was debarred from food ; at least 
only allowed a handful of mash at night. On the following 
morning I found the symptoms of broken wind had altogether 
vanished ; but that, in their stead, my old enemy, the influenza, 
had begun to appear. The pulse had increased in frequency to 
about 70, and was very weak. It is unnecessary to take up time 
by following the treatment of influenza throughout ; suffice it to 
say, that it proved one of the worst cases I had had. The eyes be- 
came perfectly red, the colour of blood. Nevertheless, in about 
eight days, the disease apparently had yielded, and the animal 
was recovering her appetite, and the lymph and effused blood 
were gradually becoming absorbed, and the breathing was per- 
fectly calm and natural, and the blisters had acted well, and the 
cough had vanished, and to casual observers, a desirable change 
had taken place. There were some symptoms, however, which 
boded caution on my part. One was, the pulse had continued 
between 70 and 80, and felt small and wiry. Another, the 
membrane lining the nostril had gradually assumed a congested 
leaden hue, and, although this was not always present to the 
same extent, yet there was evidently a disposition to assume 
that colour. The animal heat had fallen below the standard; 
the mouth felt cooler than natural ; and the mare had not lain 
down. Though, the latter symptom we might account for by 
