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THE AMERICAN HORSE DISEASE. 
From New York, where the epizootic influenza was recently 
so extensively diffused, the reports received are in effect “ a 
clean bill of health.” 
The epizootic, however, continues among the hills in the 
Charlestown district, but it has disappeared from the coast. 
It has also disappeared from Galveston, nevertheless is reported 
to be extending further westward. Fresh reports of the in¬ 
troduction of the disease into this country have been investi¬ 
gated, but in every instance it has been ascertained that the 
onlyfoundationforthereports hasbeen the occurrence of catar¬ 
rhal affections, sometimes of the enzootic form, complicated 
with bronchitis, or severe irritation of the larynx and fauces. 
No increase of mortality from these affections has been 
observed. 
INFLUENZA IN INDIA. 
Mr. R. Spooner Hart writes us that influenza has been 
very rife among the horses in Calcutta. The malady began 
very suddenly in the middle of last November, and continued 
till about the third week in December, when the disease 
began to abate as rapidly as it arose. The disease usually 
ran its course in about twelve days, and during its prevalence 
it caused considerable inconvenience to many private indivi¬ 
duals as well as to large houses of business, but fortunately 
not any serious loss from death of the animals. In the 
majority of cases the symptoms were those of ordinary cold, 
such as catarrh, cough, weeping from the eyes and nose, loss 
of appetite, staring coat and slight elevation of internal 
temperature. In some cases derangement of the liver accom¬ 
panied the catarrhal symptoms. The visible membranes 
were tinged yellow. Obstinate constipation existed in most 
of these cases, but in others diarrhoea prevailed. There was 
little or no tendency to bronchitis, but great debility was a 
leading feature in all. 
Active treatment was required only in exceptional instances. 
In the majority little more was needed than watching the 
progress of the case, and administering as necessary mild 
aperient and febrifuge medicine; using also slight counter¬ 
irritation to the throat. This with good nursing was gene¬ 
rally sufficient to bring the patients to a convalescent state. 
The same form of influenza disabled great numbers of the 
Calcutta horses in March and April, 1870, but until the 
recent outbreak the City has been quite free from it. 
