ON THE EPIDEMIC INFLUENZA OF 1836. 
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swollen ; discharge from the nostrils increased, but now of a 
yellow colour, yet not so offensive ; moves pretty cheerfully 
about in the box ; eats his mash and drinks his gruel and 
linseed tea freely. Legs well hand-rubbed, and bandages ap- 
plied ; green meat and a few carrots cut small three or four 
times a-day. 
22 d . — Still going on well, but a difficulty in voiding urine : 
foment and dress setons, and administer the following ball : — 
two drachms ofVenice turpentine, two drachms of sulphur, with 
linseed meal and honey sufficient to make it into a ball ; green 
meat, &c. as before. 
23 d . — Breathing quite free, swelling of the legs almost dis- 
appeared, the setons discharge well : treatment as before. 
24 th . — Better ; ball, &c. as before. 
26th . — Remove the tube from the trachea, close the lips of 
the orifice by an adhesive plaister : treatment as before. 
28th . — Still going on well. Gruel, linseed tea three times 
a-day, and also green meat and carrots. 
30M. — Improving fast. I continued his green meat, mashes, 
&c. with a camphor ball every other day, until the 15th of May, 
when he was dismissed from the infirmary, and, having been 
turned out to grass for six weeks, was taken up, and has done 
well ever since. 
ON THE EPIDEMIC INFLUENZA OF 1836. 
By Mr. Joseph Beeson, of Amersham. 
This epidemic disorder has for several months past been very 
prevalent in this neighbourhood : I had, however, eight cases of 
precisely the same nature occur to me from last November to 
January. 
The principal features of the disease have been, inflammation 
and tumefaction about the eyes, with considerable effluxion 
running down the cheeks. The head drooping, mouth hot and 
dry, the animal off his feed ; in short, there has been considerable 
fever. The flanks were tucked up, the pulse quickened more or 
less, the legs swelled, and in some cases very painful to the touch. 
A general stiffness of the whole muscular system prevailed, accom- 
panied by extreme weakness ; a great disinclination to turn in a 
stall, or to go through a doorway, i. e. unless it was large and the 
threshold low. If relief was not obtained at the onset, every 
symptom rapidly assumed a more intense character. There 
was usually increased fever or inflammation of the mem- 
