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ATONIC DISEASES. 



In activity. The treatment must vary with the cause, and it 13 

 therefore important that this should be ascertained at once. Thus, 

 in ca^e there is merely general debility, tonics (62) or (63) will be 

 the proper remedies. If the kidneys are in fault, but merely 

 >3rpid, the diuretic bolus (40) or (41) may be relied on ; while, if 

 they have been inflamed, the treatment proper to that disease 

 must be resorted to. Sometimes, in a broken down constitution, 

 when the uiine is mixed with blood, small doses of cantharides 

 may be found beneficial, as advised by Mayhew ; but these cases 

 are so difficult to distinguish, that it is only when veterinary aid 

 cannot be obtained that I should advise the use of this drug. The 

 dose is two to three drops in water twice a day; Tincture ol 

 Cantharides, 2 drops; Spirits of Nitric Ether, 151 drops; Water, I 

 0£. Mix, and give as a drench twice a day. 



