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incli or so higher than the patient, covered with a tarpaulin 

 thrown over the box so as to tightly enclose the animal except 

 his head, and the hot vapor being kept up by throwing red- 

 hot bricks into a tub of hot water, first placed in the box 

 below the level of the floor, and so as to be easily accessible 

 to the operator. 



The avowed object of this bath is " to promote the circulation at 

 the surface, to relieve the congestion of the mucous membranes, and 

 to eliminate the poison from the system." 



To aid which desired results, and as not incompatible, 

 stimulants are given : 



1. Oil of turpentine, four table spoonfuls in a chopin-bottle full of 

 gruel, well shaken, and given twice a day — increasing the perspi- 

 ratory effort, and superceding the use of a laxative. 



2. Infusion of coffee, obtained by digesting two ounces of coffee 

 roasted and ground, in a bottlefull of boiling water, for fifteen 

 minutes, and when sufficiently cool given every six hours. 



3. Carbonate of ammonia, administered three times a day in half- 

 ounce doses, in a bottlefull of gruel, to which may be added three 

 drachms of nitre. 



Tlie Acid Treatment is suggested in consequence of the alka- 

 line state of the secretions, and consists of : 



1. Dilute muriatic acid, three drachms, twice a day, in a bottlefull 

 of gruel. 



2. Vinegar, also in the gruel, two ounces, given four times a day. 



The Restorative Treatment demands full accord with 



1. The general sanitary instructions of the commission as to clean- 

 liness, use of disinfectants, regulating the temperature of the byre 

 so as to keep it up to 65° Fahr., or 60° Fahr. at least; the banish- 

 ment of hay, straw and all kinds of fodder from the stall, as well as 

 manger, &c. 



2. The regulation of the diet, so as only to give oat meal or barley 

 meal gruel, or linseed, hay and bran teas, to which, in the earlier 

 stages of convalescence, well boiled turnips or carrots may be added ; 

 not even a handfuU of hay being permitted until rumination is re-estab- 

 lished, and that first dampened with water which has been salted. 



3. The keeping of the animal warm, by rugs or other appliances. 



4. The use of good, sweet ale, at the rate of two chopin bottles 

 three or four times a day. 



