It must be a great mistake, that any ani-…
source date: 1891
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the arteries and veins we found large clots of coagulated serum, enough to cause obstruction in the arterial and venous circulation, which causes the swelling. The fever comes on very rapidly, lasting from 3 to 4 days, when it either ends in death, or changes for the better. It must be a great mistake, that any ani- mal really having the present influenza, can possibly get well without proper treatment. It may be very true that some horses having swelled legs, and their systems a little out of order, may be turned out on the range and come out all right, but when they really have the influenza, there is not one case in one hun- dred that will ever become cured without the proper treatment and good nursing. We quote again, and give as authority the unsurpassed knowledge of Professors Stone- henge, Youatt and Spooner of England ; of Stew- art, Jennings and Manning of America. All the above referred to veterinary sur- geons claims that no horse can live to exceed 40 to 60 hours with a pulse running from 70 to 100 per minute. Thus we can see that the present influenza is a very dangerous and fatal disease ; it is not contagious, but is epidemic in its character, and fever is taken through atmos- pheric inhalation. We have treated 16 cases of the present influenza, and have found all of them with a pulse ranging from 60 to 100 beats per minute.