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ON THE INFLUENCE OF NEW BUILDINGS ON THE 
HEALTH OF HORSES. 
By M. Vi LATTE, Surgeon , Paris. 
The stables of M. Eugene Cremieux, dealer in horses, are 
spacious and well exposed to the air; nevertheless, the horses 
frequently fall ill in great numbers. Half of them are occasionally 
most seriously affected ; and, in fact, death is regarded imminent 
from the moment that disease begins to appear. The same forage 
is given to them the year round, — the oats are of the best quality, — 
all the water is drawn from the Seine, — and the care and manage- 
ment of them are as minute as can by possibility be conceived. 
Well assured that the discovery of the causes of one malady, 
which rages over a great number of animals in the same stable, is 
of the highest importance, I neglected nothing to arrive at it; think- 
ing that it was infinitely preferable to prevent the disease than to 
overcome it by force. I will enter into this subject at some con- 
siderable length. 
The stables of M. Eugene Cremieux are generally known to 
have none but English horses of the greatest value, all of them of 
a sanguineous temperament, nervous, and naturally predisposed to 
inflammatory affections. I had nothing to do but to combat the 
apoplexies, congestions, or acute affections of the most intense 
character which surrounded them. 
On the 5th of November a grey horse was mounted at seven 
o’clock in the morning for the promenades and pas. The rider 
perceived that the animal went feebly. Having arrived at the 
avenue of Neuilly, the animal broke out into a general cold sweat, 
and an infectious diarrhoea followed, so abundant that the rider 
told me that he evacuated as frequently as if he had taken the 
most active medicine. 
The horse was brought home with much evident pain, and the 
moment that he arrived he lay down, rolled himself about, regarded 
his flank, continually rose and laid himself down again, fought 
with his hind limbs, agitated his tail, and could not rest himself 
a single moment. 
On my arrival I found him lying on his right side, frequently 
looking round at his flanks : the tail was contracted towards the 
left side. I made him raise himself, but he fought violently, and 
was continually up and down. He made numerous efforts to stale 
— his eyes were fixed — the pupils were dilated — the conjunctiva 
and the mucous membrane of the mouth were of a pale yellow — 
