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pass involuntarily. Tenderness of the spine ni;iy 

 sometimes be detected by percussion, and will 

 guide to the positive seat of the disease. 



TREATMENT. 



The judicious practitioner must be prepared 

 to judge from symptoms whether the case is sus- 

 ceptible of treatment, and I have in cases ap- 

 parently hopeless, entirely at first sight, found 

 nothing so efficatious as the, copious use of Tur- 

 pentine or^Aqua Amonia about tlib top of head 

 and along the course of the spine, and in any 

 extreme case I should not fail to try the efficacy 

 of Strychnine externally, in combination with 

 Ammonial frictions along the spine, but likewise 

 give it in grain doses in combination with Sul- 

 phuric Ether and Tincture of Capsicum, each 1 

 drachm, in 1 pint of Flaxseed Tea three or four 

 times per day. Should the horse's appetite be 

 very poor, and strength declining, add 30 grains 

 Quinine to each above described dose, and where 

 the above remedies fail and great nerve prostra- 

 tion exists I would advise the use of the Galvanic 

 Battery. Should the pain be severe use Sulphate 

 Morphia or Chloral-hydrate; and in the earlier 

 stages give Bromide Potassium and Fluid Tinc- 

 ture of Ergot. And right here let me say that 

 where the power of deglitition( or swallowing) is 

 lost always resort to the stomach pump, Hypo- 

 dermic treatment, or injections, as the case may 

 require. In addition to the foregoing treatment 

 in cases of great loss of power it may be neces- 

 sary to give Whisky or Brandy in doses of % 

 pint every 2 to 4 hours in a pint of Flaxseed tea; 

 end in cases of extreme prostration add Fluid 

 Tincture of Nux Vomica, one drachm, to the 



