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has been used with good success for several years: 

 Pulv. skunk cabbage 2 oz., pulv. gentian 2 oz., pulv. 

 lobelia 2 oz., pulv. capsicum 2 oz., mixed and divided 

 in sixteen powders, morning and evening, until re- 

 lieved; also, fluid extract of smartweed, combined 

 with elecampane, given in a dose, say one tablespoon 

 in a drench of, say one half teacup of warm water 

 three times a day for three or four days, together with 

 flax-seed tea and soft food, a horse will do much bet- 

 ter. Clothing the horse will also assist to mend his 

 wind; small feeds at a time, little water and often, 

 little or no hay, and dampen well what he does have. 



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Causes and Symptoms. — First, over-exertion and 

 over-gorging; fast and laborious work; after getting 

 the horse well heated up, cooling off too quick; sec- 

 ond, hangs his head, looks dull out of the eyes, 

 breathes quick and heavy, hard work to walk, trem- 

 bles in every limb. 



Treatment. — Clothe warm, hand-rub the limbs 

 well, bathe the legs well in water, hot as can be borne 

 with the hand, for one half an hour or more at a time; 

 keep him where the wind and air do not strike too 

 heavy; dip a blanket in hot water and put over the 

 shoulder, and cover over with a dry one; give a bran 

 mash three times a day; open the bowels, not enough, 

 however, to purge, and give the tr. of capsicum 1 oz., 

 30 drops tr. aconite in a drench, say -^ pint cold water; 

 repeat every four hours until relief. As soon as the 

 fever subsides enough, lessen the dose one half, and 

 as the patient grows better make the doses eight 

 hours apart; still keep him warmly clothed, and 

 walking exercise as much as he will bear without 

 >verdoing the matter. Always exercise judgment. 



