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sand or hay-seed, the wee])ing of the secretions of pus are reme- 

 dial measures to rid it of the offending matter. Poisons are good 

 exaniples of the manner in which animals will cure themselves. 

 Wlien poison is taken into the stomach, irritation of the bowels is 

 set up, followed by purging, as an effort to get rid of the poison. 

 Nature, however, is not always successful, and the animal may die 

 from the violent action set up. Again, a sprain will be cured by 

 this very powder, provided absolute and entire rest be allowed to 

 the sprained part without any interference from medicine or art. 

 The remedial powers of nature often require assistance, as, for in- 

 stance, in cases of debility, when the blood is becoming too watery. 

 A few doses of iron, and in many cases a little extra food, will 

 enable the sanative powers of the constitution to effect a complete 

 cure. Often the removal of an animal from the sphere of exciting 

 causes of disease, will cause the efifect to cease, and the power of 

 nature will cure the affection. Hence, many persons reflect upon 

 the many instances when apparently severe cases of sickness were 

 cured b}^ some simple substance, and much credit given to a 

 power it never possessed. Where the powers of nature are left to 

 perform a cure, let the strength of the animal be maintained, be- 

 cause if that fail, where is the chance of recovery ? Blood-letting 

 and physicking are powerful and depressing agents ; so much so, 

 that when carried to any extent, few, if any animals, by the little 

 power that may be left, will cure themselves. It is this knowledge 

 that enables Homoeopathists to continue practice; for if it were 

 not for this power in the constitution in each and every animal, 

 Homoeopathists would have long since ceased to practise their 

 peculiar art. If farmers and owners of horses and cattle will only 

 cease to bleed, and pour nostrums down the throats of their stock, 

 and learn to rely more upon the great curative that God has im- 

 planted in the constitution of all His creatures, as a power in 

 protecting their lives when attacked by disease, it will surely be 

 infinitely more profitable and pleasant to them. In curing disease, 

 medicine and art should be directed to assist the powers of nature 

 to overcome disease — nothing more. 



Nature, Symptoms, Cause, and Treatment. 



An alphabetical classification of disease is the only arrangement 



