304 THE CONTAGIOUS TYPHUS 



being irritant to the intestines, are the best 

 which can be employed. 



If the animal is very restive, if he passes 

 through alternate fits of dejection, stupor, and 

 great excitement, you must have recourse to 

 bleeding, particularly local bleeding, by open- 

 ing the small veins of the head. If the 

 excitement does not abate you must add, 

 night and morning, to one of his drinks, 

 2 grains of extract of belladonna, or a half ounce 

 of powdered belladonna leaves. If the fever, at 

 first, is irregular, and tends to become malignant, 

 you must then have recourse to sulphate of 

 quinine, 20 grains in the morning, and the 

 same quantity during the day. 



When the disease is principally seated in 

 the lungs, add to one of the pectoral drinks 

 4 ounces of oxymel of squills, and 2 grains of 

 opium, giving also an emetic 5 grains of 

 tartar-emetic to 4 pints of water to be taken 

 in four times, at intervals of two hours. 



Whilst this medication is applied to the 

 internal organs, let the animal have unusual 

 care taken of him ; let his head be washed 

 several times a day with vinegar and water. 



Such is the course of treatment to be 



