the pain causing the colics; diarrhea is also
relieved by the use of bicarbonate of soda, nitrate of potash, and
drinks made from boiled rice or starch, to which may be added small
doses of laudanum.

In complication of the lungs iodid of potash and digitalis are most
frequently indicated, in addition to the remedies used for the disease
itself.

Founder occurring as a complication of influenza is difficult to treat.
It is, unfortunately, frequently not recognized until inflammatory
changes have gone on for several days. If recognized at once, local
bleeding and the use of hot or cold water, as the condition of the
animal may permit, are most useful, but in the majority of cases the
stupefied animal is unable to be moved satisfactorily or to have one
foot lifted for local treatment; the only treatment consists in local
bleeding above the coronary bands and the application of poultices.

During convalescence small doses of alkalines may be kept up for a short
time, but the greatest care must be used, while furnishing the animal
with plenty of nutritious, easily digestible feed, not to over-load the
intestinal tract, causing constipation and consequent diarrhea. Special
care must be taken for several weeks not to expose the animal to cold.

_Prevention._--In order to prevent the introduction of the disease it is
advisable to isolate newly purchased animals for at least a week.
Further, the stabling of healthy horses in sales and feed stables should
also be guarded against. At the beginning of an outbreak the disease may
be checked by immediate isolation of the affected horses, by taking the
temperatures of the healthy animals, and by the segregation of those
showing a marked elevation.

Bacterial vaccines are now being prepared for the prevention of this
disease and also for its cure, but to date the results are not
convincing as to the beneficial action of these products. Since the
cause of the disease has not yet been satisfactorily determined it is
difficult to conceive how immunity could be produced with the aid of the
germs which enter into the preparation of these products. The reports
would indicate, however, that vaccines exert a favorable influence upon
the course of the disease, probably preventing severe complications
which under ordinary conditions are the principal factors in determining
the severity of the outbreak.

CONTAGIOUS PNEUMONIA.

_Synonyms._--Edematous pneumonia; stable pneumonia; e