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should be burnt. The extreme fatality of this malady 

 makes it all the more important that preventive measures 

 should be effectually carried out. Jt is therefore essential 

 that the food and water should be carefully examined, and 

 to ensure that there be no escape of effete matter into the 

 wells and ponds. It has been held that the germs of 

 anthrax may be contained in mouldy food, such as grains. 

 The affected animals should be at once isolated, the healthy 

 ones carefully watched, and all stables and harness, utensils, 

 fittings, etc., well and effectually disinfected. 



Draught. 



Sulphite of sodium, two to three drachms. 

 Salicylate of sodium, two drachms. 

 Tincture of ginger, half one fluid ounce. 

 Water, a sufficient quantity. 

 This draught may be given every three hours. 



Draught. 



Carbolic acid, twenty minims. 

 Glycerine, two fluid ounces. 

 Sulphate of cinchonine, one drachm. 

 Diluted sulphuric acid, one fluid drachm. 

 Water, sufficient to make one pint in all. 

 This draught may be given every six hours. 



Powder. 



Antifebrin, two drachms, either in powder or in solution. 

 This amount may be given twice daily as a preventive, or 

 in bad cases every four hours. Phenacetin, and creasote 

 suspended in mucilage of starch or gum acacia, and stirred 

 up in a mortar, may be tried in small doses. 



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