70 THE MODERN HORSE DOCTOR. 



labored to discover was bitterly opposed, even by professional 

 men. Galileo, Newton, Franklin, and Fulton — indeed, a host 

 of men of kindred genius — have been assailed and pronounced 

 the humbugs of their day. But what care we for censure when 

 engaged in this glorious work of reform ? If we can only arrest 

 the stream of blood that is now, in consequence of an evil system 

 of medication, flowing from the veins of our domestic animals, we 

 shall have done a good work ; and persecution, from whatever 

 source, only stimulates us to greater exertion. We have but to 

 thank God that we are in enlightened America — among a nation 

 of scholars, where men delight to honor even a Spurzheim, one 

 whom the nations of the old world denominated a fool. The 

 American people have testified their approbation of his worth by 

 erecting in Mount Auburn Cemetery a monument to his memory. 

 Hence our lot is cast " in pleasant places" and our work is a 

 comparatively light one, to what it would have been in any other 

 country. 



Treatment of Inflammation of the Lungs. — Before commen- 

 cing the treatment of this malady, the horse should be placed by 

 himself in a shed or barn, where he can breathe an uncontami- 

 nated atmosphere ; for the author considers it a matter of 

 impossibility to carry a case of inflammatory pneumony to a 

 successful termination in an atmosphere such as we find pervad- 

 ing some of our city stables. In this disease the venous blood is 

 of a black, pitchy character, loaded with carbon, a defiling mass, 

 which requires pure oxygen for its decarbonization, and any thing 

 short of purity is not admissible. No dependence can be placed 

 in remedial agents, or the most consummate skill, unless seconded 

 by an atmosphere that will decarbonize the blood. Having then 

 secured a pure atmosphere, in a situation where the patient shall 

 be free from annoyance of every kind, we thus commence the 

 treatment: Suppose the bowels to be constipated, extremities 

 cold, respiration laborious, &c, take 



Powdered aloes, 4 drachms, 



" crawley root, 2 " 



" lobelia', \ ' • • • of each 3 drachms, 



Honey, half a gill, 



Boiling water, 1 quart. 



When cool, administer from a bottle. 



