24 NAVIN ON THE HOESE. 



The next thing to be done after the bleeding is to give the 

 following : 



Take — Tartar emetic 60 grains. 



Sweet spirits of niter 1 ounce. 



Tincture of digitalis <■ 1 ounce. 



Warm water 1 pint. 



Mix, and jrive as a drench, all at once. Blister the sides of the chest and 

 breast ; a very large surface should be blistered. The liquid blister should be 

 used, or aqua ammonia. 



While waiting for the action of the blister, the cold legs should 

 be rubbed with alcohol, one pint, and powdered Cayenne pep- 

 per, one ounce, mixed. This should be frequently used as long 

 as the legs are cold. If the blister is good and well applied, 

 if it does not rise in a reasonable time, there is but little pros- 

 pect of a cure. In two hours after giving the above drench, 

 repeat it, but leave out the digitalis ; or, what is better, use in 

 place of it one ounce of tincture of lobelia. This dose is to be 

 repeated every two hours until the breathing is easy or natural. 

 Then give carbonate of ammonia, sixty grains, in a pint of warm 

 water, every two hours, until the horse is well. 



If the tartar emetic does not keep the stomach nauseated or 

 sickened, five or ten grains more might be added to the dose. 

 And if the pulse should rise again after the first dose containing 

 the digitalis is given, it may be repeated again. The object of 

 it is to keep the pulse down. 



After the blister has raised and broke, a sheet wrung out of 

 cold water should be thrown over the horse, and about two 

 heavy, dry blankets thrown over it and bound on. This will aid 

 in producing perspiration, and do much good. Sweating is a 

 valuable means of cure in this disease. 



During the treatment the horse should be kept in a comforta- 

 ble stall or shed, where he can breathe plenty of fresh, pure air, 

 for the purpose of purifying the blood. 



When the horse commences eating, he might have a little 



