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and sweet spirits of nitre are among the best, and an ounce of 

 each of them at a dose, several times per day, will soon pro- 

 duce the desired effect. Half an ounce of turpentine for a 

 few times works admirably at a critical stage when the bladder 

 has become distended with high-colored urine. In such cases 

 I have used gin and a strong tincture of the oil of juniper, 

 and have seen much relief afforded to a creature in a dying 

 state. Hence I would advise the free use of such remedies to 

 evacuate the bladder, and thus aid in the work of elimination. 

 Bleeding has been strongly advocated, but it must be resorted 

 to early, to get any perceptible effects. When the spleen 

 has become congested, there is little chance of affording 

 amelioration by venesection. But at the commencement of an 

 attack, if the animal is strong and fleshy, it is well to bleed, 

 and no doubt many cases have been saved by so doing, yet I 

 have no faith in the universal practice of the abstraction of 

 this vital fluid. 



Thus, from no meagre experience in the treatment of this 

 disease in Connecticut and at Brattleborough, Vt., as well 

 as more recently in our own State, I am fully persuaded 

 that a large proportion of these cases may be saved under the 

 watchful eye of a skilful practitioner. But the veterinarian 

 must be called at an early moment, and give his undivided 

 attention to an outbreak of this kind, for there is no time to 

 be lost after the^rs^ appearance of the disease in any case. 



