THE 
VETERINARIAN. 
VOL. XXII, 
No. 262. 
OCTOBER 1849. 
Third Series, 
No. 22. 
CASE OF INFLUENZA TERMINATING IN DEATH 
FROM APOPLEXY. 
By Edw. Mayhew, M. R.C,V. S., 
Spring-street, Westbourne-terrace. 
WHEN I wrote to you last month, I could boast that no horse 
had died under my treatment for influenza; but 1 am sorry to say 
that charm is broken, and I think it due to truth that I should 
notify the fact. The circumstances, however, are somewhat pe¬ 
culiar, and therefore I will intrude u'pon your notice a narrative 
of the case. 
A worthy corn-chandler in this neighbourhood possessed a very 
fine Flanders colt. It stood seventeen hands high, was of a bright 
bay colour, was active and docile, and in such condition that it 
could be shewn as a living exemplification of the kind of provender 
its master sold. In July last the animal had an attack of influenza, 
which was accompanied with numerous abscesses upon the head. 
One formed upon the nostril, and five had to be lanced under the 
jaw, but all upon the left side. As the breathing was impeded 
and deglutition imperfectly performed, drinks were withheld, and 
the case was treated with calomel, opium, and embrocations, &c. 
The disease was lingering, but on the 31st of July I paid my last 
visit, and the animal subsequently went to work and did well. 
On the 28th of August I was again called to see the horse, 
which h^d been sickly for a day or two. 1 found it dull, and, on 
passing iny hand over the coat, a sensation similar to that which 
would have been experienced if grit or sand had been mingled 
with the hair was communicated. The membranes were injected, 
the pulse quickened but feeble, the mouth very hot, the hind legs 
were carried rather wide apart, the breathing tranquil, and one 
of the extremities a little cold. Subsequently, a slight yellow¬ 
ish discharge appeared from the off nostril, but it was never 
copious or fairly purulent. On the 1st of September purging 
was observed, which being spontaneous, was not checked until 
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