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CYCI OPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



red ; delirium at first, but eoon runs into stupidity ; the horse places his 

 head against the wall and pushes and braces himself against it, and 

 always bruises his eyes and head badly ; he will eat occasionally, and will 

 doze off into a fit of stupor with his mouth full and let the food drop ; 

 when roused he will paw and move around, hang his head against the 

 wall and then doze off again. These synitoras may continue for several 

 days, the mad fits connng oftener and more violently each time till death 

 takes place, or he may die in forty-eight hours. Animals thus affected 

 sometimes recover, Init not very often, and when they do they are not safe ; 

 they are liable to another attack at anytime, from the most trivial cause • 



AN ADVANCED STAGE OF FLATULENT COLIC OR TYMPANITES. 



fits may come on while in the street, the disease assuming almost a 

 chronic character. Young horses are more liable to phrenitis than old 

 ones. 



What to do. — If discoverea m the very earliest stage when the pulse is 

 very full and quick, bleed the horse, taking from two to four quarts of 

 blood. Give a purgative — recipe No. 48, and apply ice to the head and 

 keep it on continuously. Give No. 30 as a sedative. If the fever entirely 

 subsides and consciousness returns, blister all over the upper part of 

 the head with No. 9. It is necessary to secure the animal well, for he 

 struggles violently during the mad spells. 



