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were intended only for the use of horsemen, but the same prin- 

 ciple applies throughout the whole list of domestic animals, 

 and specific directions for the medication of all are included in 

 the principal works upon the system, several of which may be 

 obtained through any bookseller. The following extracts are 

 made from the chapter above referred to : — * 



*' The remedies being in a liquid form, the best means of ad- 

 " ministering them to the horse is to put six drops on a small 

 " piece of bread, or on a wafer of flour paste, and to raise the 

 " horse's head a little, ' press down the tongue to one side, and 

 " pull it out as far as may be, and .then place the wafer as far back 

 *' as possible ; after which the mouth is held closed with the hand, 

 *' in order to compel the animal to swallow the wafer.' Schaefer 

 " says : In some cases the dose has to be repeated ; but all use- 

 *' less and improper repetition should be avoided. If no change 

 " of any kind should take place after the first dose, this is a sure 

 " sign that the medicine has been improperly selected, and that 

 " a second dose of the same remedy would not do any more good 

 " than the former has done. In this case we have to review the 

 " symptoms a second time, and to select a different remedy. 

 " If the first dose should produce a favorable change in the 

 " symptoms of the disease, and this change should again be fol- 

 " lowed by an aggravation, it is proper to give a second dose of 

 " the same remedy. If the symptoms should become aggravated 

 '' after the first dose, we should not all at once resort to a difFer- 

 " ent remedy ; for this aggravation might be what we have termed 

 " homeopathic aggravation, which would soon be followed by a 

 " favorable reaction. In all very acute diseases that run a rapid 

 " course, and, after one, two, or four weeks, terminate in death 

 "or recovery, such as glanders, pleura pneumonia, etc., the dose 

 " should be repeated every five, ten, or fifteen minutes. 



" In such dangerous maladies, the first dose is often followed 

 *' by a visible improvement, which soon ceases, however ; this is 

 " the time to repeat the dose, and a second dose may then be emi- 



* Herbert's Hints to Horsekeepers. Orange Judd & Co., New York. 



