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cannot be fettered, we should not be justified 

 in asserting positively the same, as respects 

 the period of incubation. Indeed, we are con- 

 vinced ourselves, that if ever this disease shall 

 be clogged in the wheel, if ever its specific 

 remedy shall be discovered, it will be within 

 the period of incubation, when the economy 

 begins to struggle with the first phenomena 

 of the poisoning. Be that as it may, we 

 cannot, in epizootic times, too earnestly enjoin 

 the owners of cattle to submit their animals to 

 a strict and close inspection, in order that, 

 when the first signs of incubation appear, 

 they may modify the animal's usual diet, and 

 attack the disease at its birth, so as to render 

 it abortive, if the thing can be done. 



At this period we must endeavour to come 

 to Nature's assistance, we must shake and stir 

 up the economy, we must unseat the morbid 

 functions which seek to master us, and then 

 the vital force, thus solicited and stimulated, 

 may sometimes struggle with advantage. To 

 do this effectually, if the animal is atonic 

 and predisposed to adynamia, if his internal 

 organs are relaxed, we will strengthen him 

 by administering every day a stimulating 



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