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too far exhausted. Keep horse in warm well 

 ventilated stable free from one sided draught 

 and feed soft mashes, carrots, pumpkins, pota- 

 toes or anything of a laxative and nourishing 

 tendency, observing most strictly to keep the 

 horse warmly covered, and in no case driven into 

 a worry sweat. The practitioner must always 

 keep in mind the very liable complications of at 

 least a sympathetic (if not original) affection of 

 stomach and bowels, and recollect that it is very 

 safe (when not always requisite) to add the follow- 

 ing demulcents in every case viz : slippery elm, 

 marsh mallows or flax seed, accompanied with 

 Anodynes, Laudanum, Aconite Balladonna &c,, 

 in doses according, size, age, and condition of 

 horse and aggravation of symptoms. Should 

 much excitement of brain ensue wet cloths, ice, 

 mustard or blisters according to severity of 

 symptoms, accompanied purgatives, anodynes or 

 whatever the ease may indicate, and if any rheu- 

 matic complication should appear, use Tr. Col- 

 chicum Propylamine, Acetate Potassa, turpen- 

 tine, warmth, and all the most advisable means 

 recommended in that afflicting disease. 



HOG CHOLERA, 



or intestinal fever of swine, is a specific, conta" 

 gious disease common to hogs attended by con- 

 gestion, exudation, extravasation of blood and 

 ulceration of the membrane of the stomach and 

 bowels, by liquid fetid diarrhea, by general heat 

 and redness of the surface, and by the appearance 

 on the skin, and mucous membranes of spots 

 and patches of a scarlet, purple or black color, 



