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pirations will probably be accelerated. There will be 

 great stiffness of the affected limb and considerable 

 pain when handled. The pain is sometimes so great in 

 the early stages that the animal is covered with perspir- 

 ation. There is often a marked loss of appetite. The 

 disease has a tendency to recur in an animal that has 

 once been the subject of it. 



Treatment. If taken in time and there is no excuse 

 for delay in the treatment of these cases a perfect cure 

 may be effected. The following are the guiding princi- 

 ples : allow no food for at least 24 hours, but all the 

 water that the animal will take. The medicinal treat- 

 ment will consist in giving a cathartic ball made as fol- 

 lows : Barbadoes aloes, six drams, ginger, 1 dram, with 

 injections of warm water and soap until purgation fol- 

 lows. The local treatment will consist in applying hot 

 water to the limb 3 or 4 times a day for about 20 min- 

 utes each time. After each bath apply a little of HEARD'S 

 AMERICAN EMBROCATION, which has been diluted with 4 

 parts of water to one of the EMBROCATION. As soon as 

 the purging ceases, this should be followed by the ad- 

 ministration of the following ball twice a day : Iodide 

 of potassium, 1 dram, calomel, 1 dram, gentian, 3 drams. 

 As soon as the patient can walk around without evinc- 

 ing much pain, it should be given a short walk several 

 times a day. Feed sparingly for about 2 weeks. As 

 soon as the appetite returns and there is no lameness, 

 give gentle work for a short time each day, increasing 

 the amount gradually until a full day's work is well 

 borne. By following this treatment the permanent en- 

 largement of the limb called elephantiasis or milk leg is 

 prevented. We see many cases where the limb is twice 

 the natural size, the enlargement being of a permanent 



