Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-10-30

Hints on the Grrnt Iunurngn, or the Great
Endemic Disease, Prevalent In Our North
ern and Eastern Citic-, by DR.. W. X.
Clever.
Influenza Is catarrhal complaint, accompanied
by typhoid lever, assuming In different seasons
different types, and always tending to involve
several different organs Of the body. II belongs
TO an Important class Of complaints known as
opiIootic, and exhibiting CERTAIN marked ohaTHo.
teristcs, they extend at the same time over
large tracts Of country, attack In q similar man
nor great numbers o. animals, tend % assume a
typhoid form, and withstand badly all deplotlve
treatment. They depend upon some general
causes az yet unknown, but which II has usually
been thought suihclent to term atmospheric
but are always most common and fatal among
animals breathing impure air, densoly orOgded,
badly fed, or exposed to cold winds, and are
chiefly prevented or robbed Of their vlrulenco by
guarding against such facilitating causes, and
nal ntAininE q high standard Of general health.
Such arc the prominent characters Of epiIootlc
diseases, Of which influenza, pleuro pneumonla,
and murraln, are good examples. Tho same
class OF diseases In man Il termed epidemic,
During the last few years the following general
vlsltntions Of inhuonEa have occurred among
horses, viz In lsts, 1852, during the hrst six
months OF 1854, IN tho close OF 1850 and begin.
ming nf 1851, and early In the summer OF 1892
aud 1853 1t IL generally most common In the
later Surfing and autumn monihri u most severe
and prevalent among young horses and among
the heavier brCoi, witch do not bear up undor
this or any other facilitating disease so we'll as
those with moro breeding The earliest and
followed by loss Of appetite, shlverinR, dry
staring coat, n dull, alckly appearance, hanging
Of the head, staggering gait, quick, weak
pulse, qulckened breathing and an occasional
short cough, and closed, weeping eyellds, With
iUrpidity Of the bowels and kidneys This Is
the ordinary form Of the complaint and has
been called, by way Of distinction, catarrhal In.
iuonEa But tho disease, "a has been remarked,
exhibits considerable diversity OF form, accord.
Ing a. II involves particular organs more or less
severely. Thus, Ia the influenza vlsitatiOns VI
the AIMING mOnthR Ol 1874 and In most of tho
cases that occurred In the North, East and West
during the summers Of 1888 aud 1884, tho liver
and other digestive organs aPpeared 20 pariSicl;;
appetite but Increased thirst, q short cough, \
soft, comprossiye pulse, usually reaching to 20
by the second days yellow, bllious.looking ap-
peArnnce Of the mucous membranes, and light
colored feces covered with sllmy mucuA In
these cases, besides the more ordinary post NOR
TEN appearances, the liver, distended with dark
the intestinal mucous membrane dlscolyrod, eX.
hlbltlng dark brown patches.
Again, inhuenEa elbows drnpslcal tendency,
when the eyellls, legs, and surface Of the belly
are covered with dihusej, soft plttiug, and non.
inhammatOry swellngs. Sometimes II pute on
q rheumatic torn, when tue back and lDlnte are
sore and stlteneil but whatsoever shape II
| bears II early shows the characteristics weakness
and typhoid fever
when an unfavorahe termination occurs the
dizziness Increases TO stupOr; the eNtremitios gel
solder, The breathing more dltfcult and ahloml.
nal, the pulse quicker, weaker, aud more lrreg'
| ular, and death occurs from the tonth TO tho
| thirtieth day. The blood Ia found dark.cDlorod
and slow to ooaVulAte, the muscles soft aud Of a
| dull yellow hue, the respiratory mucous mem
hrane covered with bloody mucus which, when
wiped of, dlsolosos a dark purple surface be-
meath; tho lungs are dark oolOred and tilled with
dark, unhealthy, slckly.smelllng lymph; the
pleural cavities generally contain some seroui
| huld, aud their walls are ouyhened by patches
| OF teebly coagulated lymph the lntestlnes eX
hlblt purple spots, and are occasionally ulcer
| ated
DR.. yerdl Is rather mistaken when he Think
the disease attacks the nervous centres; II % W.
should then have paralysis OF the hind eNtreml
| ties, The treatment should DO governed by thu
disease As presented. In my next Will give
the most successful mode Of treating the disc Asi