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of its ravages. In the Austro-Prussian campaign of 1866, it was 
very prevalent amongst the cavalry horses at Vienna. Roll de¬ 
scribed it as the “ Catarrhal form of Influenza.” In the autumn 
of 1869 it was observed in St. Petersburg!!, and in the beginning 
of the following year made its appearance at Dorpat and the 
neighborhood, where it was studied by Jessen, who named it in¬ 
fluenza. Very soon afterwards the extensive transport of horses 
from Russia, consequent on the Franco-German war, was the 
means whereby it again gained access to Germany. Proceeding 
onward from east to west, it soon reached other parts of Germany, 
as well as Belgium and France. The horses of the occupation- 
army were for several weeks in the spring of 1871 the victims of 
its ravages, and as the German legions withdrew, it followed them 
to South Germany. England was the next country invaded, the 
horses especially in the large towns suffering severely in 1871 and 
1872. When in 1872 it made its appearance in the New World, 
it created a great stir and sensation. To me it seems not at all 
improbable that the contagion was conveyed from England to 
Canada, where it first broke out. In a few weeks it had reached 
the principal towns of the United States, where the immense losses 
it occasioned soon attracted the attention of the press, whose 
accounts of the disease were in all probability greatly exaggerated. 
The American Veterinarian regarded it as a new disease, and 
described it as “ Influenza,” or as “ Epihippic Fever.” The Ger¬ 
man dailies soon came to speak of it as the “ American horse-sick¬ 
ness.” 
From France we learn that the disease was very prevalent 
during the early months of the present year, especially in the 
capital. The French veterinarians applied to it the terms 
“ Gastro-enteritis,” or “ Gastro-hapatitis.” During the previous 
month it broke out in Alsace, in Baden, and in Bavaria (Munich). 
In Berlin it was noticed at the commencement of last June, 
since when it has spread to many large horse establishments, and 
at the present moment is still extending its area. The Berlin 
Omnibus Company possesses 1,050 horses, stabled in five depots, 
four of which the disease has gradually invaded. Up to the present 
time 497 horses have been affected, the greater portion being now, 
