60 The Management and Treatment of the Horse, 



aniseed. The effect produced is so satisfactory, in nearly 

 every case, that it would appear to be the very stim- 

 ulant required at the ti<ne. Any diffusible stimulant 

 that acts on excitement, such as brisk exercise or 

 considerable friction to the skin, is of great benefit. 

 Get the skin thoroughly warm, supply it with cool 

 fresh air, and you have a reaction established im- 

 mediately. The progress of affection is arrested- 

 The system seems to assume altered electrical con- 

 ditions, but it is not to be supposed that this neutralises 

 the invisible influence which is exerting itself from 

 without, but it excites and maintains an artificial spirit 

 of vitality, which enables the system to withstand the 

 shock it has sustained in the loss o± electricity, which, 

 unlike the process of equilibrium, is being completed. It 

 some hours have elapsed and the vesculate system has 

 become involved, administer spirit nitrous ether, and 

 tincture pimento, one ounce of each in four ounces of 

 warm water every six hours. Sometimes great benefit 

 is derived by changing medicine, if so the following 

 can be given instead — spirit nitrous ether one ounce, sig- 

 ammonia acetatus one ounce. Keep the horse's head 

 tied to the open door. The legs and feet are generally 

 hot and tender, and will keep themselves warm, and 

 the simple pressure of a bandage causes pain. 

 Regulate the quantity of clothing to the heat of the 

 skin, as you may do much mischief by smothering the 

 skin with too much clothing, by increasing the 

 fever and causing your patient to commence blowing- 

 There are some cases in which tne patient cannot tolerate 

 diaphoreosis. Unless the horse has pumiced feet remove 



