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cording to the violence of the attack. The bowels 

 must then be relaxed, but carefully, active purgation 

 too suddenly may tend to bring on inflammation of the 

 lungs. Mr. White recommends the following laxative 

 drink : — 



Barbadoes aloes _ _ 3 drachms. 



Prepared kali - - - 1 J drachms. 



Castor oil - - - 4 to 6 ounces. 



Mint water _ _ _ 2 ounces. 



Pure water - . _ half a pint. 

 The bowels may be opened by adding two drachms 

 of aloes to a fever medicine, but the purgation must 

 be discontinued as soon as it has produced the effect 

 required. 



Emetic tartar - - 2 J drachms. 



Nitre . _ - 1 ounce. 



Camphor - - 3 or 4 drachms, 



will be found efficacious as a fever powder. When 

 the cold fit first comes on, the animal may be judici- 

 ously trotted about for ten minutes or a quarter of an 

 hour, and when brought to the stable well rubbed 

 down with the hand by several persons. 



Symptomatic Fever, is by far the most frequent 

 among horses, and is generally an increased arterial 

 action, originating from some local cause. It is not 

 usually sudden in its appearance, but takes some time 

 to show itself. Some particular organ becomes de- 

 ranged, and accompanied often with inflammation ; the 

 neighbouring parts then participate in the derange- 

 ment, and gradually the whole system partakes of the 

 affection. 



The Treatment ought to be somewhat similar to that 

 in common fever, taking care to pay attention to the 

 state of that organ whence the disease originated, as 



