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" Drosera^ if the cough is of long standing, worse at night when 

 " the animal lies down. 



"Dose. — Six drops night and morning. 



" Pulsatilla^ if the animal is timid and easily frightened, or if 

 "with the cough there is a bad smelling discharge from the 

 " nostrils. 



" Dose. — Four drops or six globules every three hours. 



" Lycopodium^ if the cough is excited or worse after drinking, 

 "and comes on in fits, coughing a great many times in rapid 

 " succession. 



" Dose. — Six drops three times a day. 



" Attention ought to be paid to diet in this disease ; no inferior 

 " food should be given, such as the animal must eat a large 

 "quantity of to keep itself alive; but whatever is given should 

 " be good, and that moistened with cold water ; carrots are very 

 " good, either raw or boiled. ***** 



" COLIC, or gripes. 



'* Remedies. — Aconite^ Arsenicum^ Nux vomica^ Opium^ Cham- 

 " omilla^ Colch'icum^ Cantharis^ Hyoscyamus^ and Colocynth. 



" Aconite^ in the commencement, if there is dryness of the mouth, 

 " the ears are either hot or cold, breath hot, pulse accelerated. 



" Dose. — Four drops or six globules every fifteen or thirty 

 " minutes, according to the urgency of the case ; if no relief is ob- 

 "tained after the third dose, proceed then with the next remedy. 



" Arsenicum^ if the disease depends on indigestion, food of bad 

 " quality, drinking cold water when heated, or if it is caused by 

 " a constipated state of the bowels, in which case it is considered 

 " to be specific. 



" Dose. — Six drops every half, one, or two hours. 



" I have succeeded in curing a great number of cases with these 

 "two medicines; I generally, after giving two or three doses of 

 " Aconite^ give Arsenicum and Aconite alternately. 



" Nux vomica is useful for colic from constipation, when the 

 " animal walks slowly round, and then lies or falls down suddemy, 

 " bloated appearance of one or both flanks. 



