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may be obstructed, the diarrhoea frequent ; the 

 air infiltrates beneath the integument. The 

 fever is sometimes continuous, sometimes in- 

 termittent. "We must satisfy the cravings of 

 the vital powers by administering the same 

 beverages as in the preceding period. Far 

 from checking the diarrhoea, as some advise, 

 we must regulate the evacuations by means of 

 laxatives, such as tartrate of potash, sulphate 

 of magnesia, or sulphate of soda. It is very 

 essential, indeed, that the mucous membranes 

 of the digestive channels should be free, and 

 not irritated by the contact of solid alimentary 

 substances or bilious secretions. 



If the diarrhoea be too frequent or irritating, 

 we must give the sufferer night and morning 

 a clyster, consisting of bran water. 



At this period we will follow the advice 

 given over and over again by all the physi- 

 cians of the last century, and apply cauteries 

 with red-hot iron, or fix one or two setons 

 either on the dewlap, the neck, or the thighs, 

 and these issues must be kept open by means 

 of basilicon ointment. It is unquestionably 

 of the highest importance to promote all the 

 depurative secretions in animals whose cellular 



