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OF THE EPIDEMIC INFLUENZA OF 1836. 
CASE II. 
A remarkably strong and round carcassed pony, the property of 
Mr. Cook, of Chenies, was observed to be ill on the 13th of 
December. His eyes were inflamed and closed, and discharged 
down his cheeks; pulse 70; very much tucked up, but his 
breathing not quickened; his head hanging down, but every 
now and then tossed up, and shaking. He quite reels as he 
moves, and does not feed ; he had already been bled. I inserted 
a rowel in his breast, gave him two drachms each of aloes, nitre, 
and cream of tartar, and one drachm of emetic tartar in a ball ; and 
prescribed for him three drachms each of nitre, cream of tartar, 
and one drachm of emetic tartar to be given in a ball morning 
and evening. 
14 th . — He is about the same as yesterday; his dung quite 
pultaceous ; eats nothing, but drinks his gruel well : — continue 
medicine, and give him his gruel. 
15 th . — Purges briskly ; he is about the same as yesterday ; 
pulse 70; breathing quiet; discontinue medicine until the 
purging has ceased : give him his gruel. 
1 6th . — Continues to purge, does not eat, but drinks his thick 
gruel well. He appears rather more lively to-day, but in other 
respects about the same. 
17 th . — Does not purge to-day, feeds a little, and is better. The 
fever medicine was again resumed and continued until the 21st, 
by which time he was quite well, except that he was, of course, 
a little weak yet from his illness. 
Mr. Cook had two cart horses and two colts affected at the 
same time, of the same disorder; but they were milder cases, and 
all did well. 
CASE III. 
This was a horse, the property of Mr. Tallent, a surgeon of 
this town ; it was lying at straw-yard, at Mr. Cook’s, the pro- 
prietor of the horses just spoken of. 
On the 20th of January I was sent for, and found him in pre- 
cisely the same state as the pony : I put him into a box and 
clothed him up, and gave him a fever ball, consisting of two oz. 
each nitre and cream of tartar, and one drachm of emetic tartar 
morning and evening. 
21.s t . — Much the same, except that his breathing is a little 
quickened, and I heard him cough once while I was with him, 
the peculiar character of which plainly indicated that there was 
some mischief about the chest. I inserted a rowel in his breast, 
and continued the fever medicine ; the pulse was 70, and some- 
