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superintended at Belle Vue, near Paris, might 

 prove of some service in ox-typhus, especially 

 in the form of the vapour bath ; but it requires 

 so much practice, and so incessant and watch- 

 ful a care, that it is needful to have the pro- 

 cess attended by an experienced practitioner. 



We must remark, in addition, that the 

 general state of the animal, and his desire for 

 food, will show the degree of strictness and re- 

 straint which must be observed in regulating 

 his diet. His instinct must be taken by us as 

 a guide ; and if the drinks rendered nutritive 

 by the addition of bran, oatmeal, barley flour, 

 or even seed of grass pounded, are relished by 

 him, we must indulge his desires to some 

 extent, in order to keep up his strength. 



Third Period, or that of Duration. 



At this stage of the distemper we must 

 watch and follow step by step the symp- 

 toms which attend it, and come to then- 

 relief. 



All the secretions have now resumed their 

 course ; from the mucous membranes there 

 occurs a copious discharge, first of all serous, 

 then thick and muco-purulent ; the breathing 



