This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIV. Fevehs And Constitutional Diseases. ON THE NATURE OF FEVER--SIMPLE FEVER--MALARIOUS FEVER--INFLUENZA OR PINK-EYE--EPIZOOTIC PLEUROP-NEUMONIA--STRANGLES --ANTHRAX, LOODIANA DISEASE, OR CAPE HORSE SICKNESS--CF.REDRO-SPINAL FEVER--GLANDERS AND FARCY--SURRA--HORSE POX-- DIABETES OH PROFUSE STALING--PURPURA--SCARLATINA--AZOTURIA -- WEED OR LYMPHANGITIS--RHEUMATISM--MELANOSIS. We may broadly state that fevers are caused by the entrance, from without, into the system, of some disease-producing material; while, in constitutional diseases, the virus, whatever it may be, appears to be generated in the body itself. As it is impossible, with our present state of knowledge, to draw a hard and fast line between the two, I have grouped the various diseases under one heading. On the Nature of Fever. The term " fever" is used to express a state of the system in which the internal temperature of the body is higher than natural, and continues so for a certain time. This condition is accompanied by more or less general derangement, and by increased waste of tissue. The expression " specific fever" is employed to denote a febrile disease of more or less unvarying type, as small-pox or strangles. The bodily temperature of the horse is about 100"5° F., with a variation, consistent with health, of, perhaps, not more than 15 either way. Although the temperature of exposed parts, such as the limbs, ears and surface of the body, may vary considerably, without detriment, from the standard just mentioned, the degree of heat of the interior remains nearly constant, notwithstanding the vicissitudes of climate or the amount of exertion taken. Let us now glance at the causes which operate in maintaining this equable degree of heat. On the one hand, we...
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