516 ON THE RECENT EPIDEMIC AMONG HORSES. 
a little green meat, and continued gentle exercise daily, in order 
to recall the strength of my patient, and allow the parts to 
perform their natural functions. When the disease occurred dur- 
ing the conclusion of last year, and in the early part of this, it 
assumed a serious and complicated character, and proved in 
many instances fatal. The concomitant symptoms were rather 
peculiar, and the post-mortem examinations discovered extensive 
disease within the thoracic cavity. 
The first form of the disease of which I shall treat was 
where bronchitis formed the type of the malady. It appeared in 
some instances to arise from or to be connected with uneasiness 
in the abdominal cavity, and colic was frequently present in the 
primary course of the disease. In other cases it appeared in the 
form of common catarrh. Perhaps there was slight cough, which 
was allowed to linger without attendance to it, as there was 
nothing apparently alarming in its nature ; but, in a few hours, 
the case is altered, and the golden period for combating the dis- 
ease will too often be passed away. It now manifests itself by 
more serious indications of the epizootic stage of bronchitis. 
The symptoms in the early part of the disease are easily re- 
cognized by the experienced practitioner. The patient will, per- 
haps, be fidgetty, evincing marks of intestinal irritation ; or, at 
other times, the disease will be ushered in by rigor, and, having- 
had a previous attack of catarrh, he will be defective in his appe- 
tite as the disease advances ; or there will be dulness and disin- 
clination to move about ; the pulse feeble and accelerated, ranging 
between 60 and 70 beats per minute ; a bounding action at the 
head, while at the jaw the action in the artery is scarcely per- 
ceptible ; the respiration quick and laborious, accompanied with 
a mucous rale or rattle; the mucous membrane of the nose in- 
jected ; the countenance betraying anxiety; occasional discharge 
from the nostrils ; the mouth hot and dry ; the animal searching 
about in the loose box to obtain as much fresh air as possible; 
the extremities moderately warm ; the bowels rather constipated. 
This is succeeded in two or three days by a rapid prostration of 
strength. If he is led about, he will stagger and reel. The 
cough is now very painful, but the pathognomonic symptoms 
require to be carefully watched. Nothing but close attendance 
and skilful treatment will give us any chance of success; although 
slight and simple in its attack at the first, yet its unsubduable 
termination in bronchitis often baffles the most experienced prac- 
titioner. 
The remedies to be employed require to be varied according to 
the stage of the disease. It has been tried by different persons 
with nauseants, sedatives, tonics, stimulants, blood-letting, and 
