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DISEASES OF 



push forward again ad soon as allowed freedom of the 

 head. This condition is well represented in Fig. 36. 



Fig. 36. Horse suffering from stomach staggers. 



Horses remain in this condition for days at a time, but 

 by appropriate treatment gradually regain their nor- 

 mal powers of motion. They sometimes get worse, de- 

 lerium comes on, and they know nothing that is going 

 on around them. They may become furiously mad or 

 utterly paralyzed and helpless, which increases until 

 death. 



Treatment. No time should be lost in getting the 

 following medicines into the patient : one ounce of bar- 

 badoes aloes, powdered, and mixed with a quart of lin- 

 seed oil, to be given as a drench. Injections of soap and 

 warm water to be given every three hours, One oz. of 



