108 HOT-AIE BATH. 



hands of the essentially practical medical men of Britain, I look 

 to see thermotherapeia occupy a useful and a dignified place ; 

 and I trust that in a short time, in every small village and 

 harnlet in England, wherever a medical man is found there 

 also will be found a British thermae." 



Viewing the subject as a veterinarian, I unhesitatingly say 

 that we have in the thermae the most effectual diaphoretic, 

 the most active depurant, and the most effectual means of 

 inducing a healthy reaction, that we have yet had at our 

 disposal. It is a great addition to our therapeutic means. 

 We needed a satisfactory means of acting on the skin of the 

 lower animals in febrile and other diseases, and we here 

 have it. 



THE VALUE OF CLOTHING AND CLEANLINESS. 



The skins of our domestic animals, coated as they are with 

 hair, do not, as a rule, require much additional covering, and 

 it is only the finer breeds, with delicate skins and accustomed 

 to be covered, that do not resist the effects of a cold atmo- 

 sphere. Habit leads to the necessity for horse-cloths, &c., 

 which animals would not need if always exposed, provided 

 they had sufficient room to move, and a certain amount of 

 shelter, which is essential to all animals on the occasion of 

 severe storms. Veterinary surgeons have often striven to 

 overcome the strong prejudice, which all persons connected 

 with the stable have, of keeping animals excessively warm, 

 both at the expense of air to breathe and air to circulate 

 around an animal's body. A sleek skin is thus obtained at 

 the expense of a sound constitution, and there are no animals 

 more delicate than those submitted to the very extraordinary 

 system of management permitted by individuals who them- 

 selves delight in fresh air, sponge baths, light clothing, 



