270 DISEASES AMONG HORSES IN THE CRIMEA. 
I have many cases of enteritis, but there is nothing 
new in them. I may promise you a line or two on influenza 
as it shows itself in this place, at some future period. 
Feb. 16, 1856. — As spring is now advancing I hope to be for- 
tunate enough to get some herbs indigenous to this country, 
and if so, my chief pleasure will be to transmit specimens of 
them to you. I have been lately using an underground stem, 
called by the learned “ Cochlearia armoracia,” vulgo horse- 
radish. In consequence of my being minus medicines, I 
have been obliged to exercise my faculties a little, and try to 
obtain other agents than those usually resorted to. I know 
not whether this plant has been used in veterinary practice 
before, but it has become a favorite remedy with me. It, 
however, differs much from the kind we see in England, and 
in consequence of its immense size, being in many instances 
six and eight inches in diameter, I have called it “ Cochlearia 
armoracia giganticus.” Being one day in a “ brown study,” 
for I had many horses needing stomachics, and not being 
able to procure the usual agents — “Youk Johnny” being the 
answer to all my inquiries at the bazaar — I was interrupted 
by the entry of an officer who lived close to me — Captain 
Pilcouski, of the Polish legion — having a piece of beef in one 
hand, and in the other what I took to be the trunk of a 
small tree; but he informed me that it was first-rate stuff 
with beef! I examined it, and immediately thought that 
the “ condiment*’ "was just the thing I wanted. I at once 
made an infusion of part of the treasure, and its effects were 
marked. Having then many cases of “ Zouk Munzee,” I gave 
it in three fluid-ounce doses one hour before feeding. As a 
tonic I find the infusion useful ; but I have ascertained that 
it must be fresh made or it is almost worthless, the active 
principle seeming to be very volatile. 
To-day I have had a fresh arrival of 119 horses from 
Rustchuck, and expect 500 more by March 10th, so I am not 
only much engaged now, but am likely to continue so. A few 
days ago I went to Cavahnah, some twenty miles higher up, 
with the Commissariat-General here, to see the cattle, which 
are dying in great numbers. The disease is an epizootic 
and varies but slightly in any of the cases. Sometimes it is 
attended with diarrhoea, and sometimes with angina. The 
general symptoms are — dulness, refusal of food, the animal 
lies down, resting on the sternum, and occasionally turns its 
head round to the side; mucous membranes ofa dull leaden hue. 
In some cases viscid saliva flows from the mouth; in others, 
a little froth only, the hams and extremities are cold, the pulse 
