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CORRESPONDENCE. 
CORRESPONDENCE, 
EPIZOOTIC CELLULITIS UNQUESTIONABLY A FORM OF INFLUENZA. 
Editor Review: 
The January issue of the Review furnishes a criticism rela¬ 
tive to the nomenclature adopted by myself in designating the 
type of the outbreak of the late epizootic, from the pen of our 
worthy correspondent, Dr. Holcombe, Veterinary Inspector U. S. 
A., who condemns the term epizootic cellulitis, as applied to this 
variety of influenza, in my brief article of the November num¬ 
ber of the Review, which, in order to substantiate my views, 
necessitates a reply in the way of a few explanatory remarks. 
Not being satisfied with the general term influenza, which 
had been adopted throughout the country by the profession to 
designate this late epizootic, I endeavored to find a name more 
explicit than the above ; at any rate, a name that would convey 
an idea as to the localization of the disease by consulting the 
German and English literature at my command, neither of which 
furnished the desired information to my entire satisfaction, i. e ., 
a scientific term that alludes to this particular form of influenza, 
which is still prevalent in the eastern portion of this country. 
Most emiuent authorities agree that to the term, Influenza, is 
given too wide a range in veterinary science. Prof. Roll says 
that it has become a habit with the profession to designate such 
epizootic invasions as catarrhal fever, bronchial catarrh, acute 
gastric and intestinal catarrh, pleurisy, pneumonia, and erysipe¬ 
latous forms of disease, attended witli profound apathy by the 
term Influenza,” a name which does not denote any definite 
form of disease, but signifies a general distemper. 
Considering the various forms in which influenza makes its ap¬ 
pearance, it seems to me the term is so vague that it can be cor¬ 
rectly applied to almost any acute epizootic disease that in the 
least has any symptoms of catarrhal afflictions, not regarding 
other manifestations that may exist, of much greater importance, 
even if they decidedly predominate over the catarrhal affections. 
If the terra “ Influenza of solipedes ” can be restricted to a 
