AND RESPIRATORY ORGANS. Ill 



to liim ; but rather than suffer an ordinary farrier to 

 deal with the animal, I will take the liberty in this, as 

 in other cases, to offer simple remedies that can do no 

 harm, and have in my own experience been beneficial. 



Bleeding is admissible only in extreme cases, and 

 under professional advice, at the commencement of an 

 inflammatory attack, in affections of the brain, or 

 serous and fibrous membranes — not in mucous ones. 

 In cases, however, of sudden pulmonary congestion, or 

 apoplexy of the lungs, general depletion is indicated. 

 Blood-letting should never be had recourse to in dis- 

 temper or influenza* neither should purging be thought 

 of in such cases, as it lowers the system, which, on the 

 contrary, requires all the sustaining power possible. 



Give at once in the most inviting small mash of 

 bran, or in the form of a ball, — 



2 drachms of nitre ; 



giving little or no hay, and nothing but warm mashes 

 of bran or linseed, if they will be taken. If the symp- 

 toms are urgent, give in a ball, — 



3 drachms of nitre, with 

 1 drachm of camphor. 



Also well hand-rub, with a liniment composed of equal 

 parts spirits of turpentine and oil mixed, all under the 

 windpipe, the gullet, within three inches of the ear, 

 by the parotid glands, and inside the jowls. Use the 

 liniment twice the first day if the symptoms are severe, 

 and once each day subsequently — abating its use ac- 

 cording to the disappearance of the disease. 



The horse should be placed if possible in a loose-box, 



* A little Avork on blood-letting, by Professor Hugh Ferguson of 

 Dublin, is well worthy of consultation on the subject. 



