REPORTS TO COMMITTEE ON DISEASES OF U. S. V. M. A. 269 
is now 102°-103° ; from the long continued abstinence from 
food the breath becomes foetid ; the mucous membrane of the 
mouth looks bluish, and in some cases peels off; a dripping of 
water from the nose and the mouth is constant; the desire to 
continually rinse the mouth in water is very great. 
Having mentioned the most striking symptoms of an aggra¬ 
vated case, I shall proceed to give the most important post¬ 
mortem lesions found. The chief alterations are found in the 
intestinal canal; a general inflamed state is apparent, and the 
lining membrane of the alimentary canal presents a bluish aspect. 
The canal is filled with fluid, in which floats a small quantity of 
solid excrement. I will state here that the lack of discharge 
from the bowels was not due to constipation, but to a want of 
activity of the bowels. This phenomenon must be carefully con¬ 
sidered iu the treatment of these cases. The thoracic cavity is in 
a fair state; lungs healthy; heart, pericardium filled with serum ; 
ecchymosisof the endocardium is very striking ; all other organs 
healthy. This form of iufluenza is unquestionably contagious, 
among green horses in particular, and among those horses that 
have not had that form of influenza commonly known as pink¬ 
eye on some former occasion. I have, however, been able to 
confine the disease to comparatively few by isolating the sick ones 
and by cautioning my patrons not to buy green horses, especially 
at auction stables, where the disease raged to an alarming extent. 
Treatment .—Quinine was the chief remedy employed, given 
in large doses. Opiates wore administered where bowel compli¬ 
cations appeared. 
Osteo porosis, with its rheumatic attendant, has been quite 
prevalent during the winter and spring months. It caused the 
destruction of a number of horses in this vicinity. This disease, 
however, is not contagious, and is produced by some local cause, 
which I am unable to point out just yet 
Besides these four diseases, none other than those which we 
would naturally expect to meet with during the respective sea¬ 
sons, has manifested itself. 
Yours respectfully, 
J. C. Meyer, Jr. 
