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698. — No medicine of any kind is admissible here. The 

 most rash drn^ dealers would hardly venture to pour their 

 medicines down the throat of an animal in this state. Even 

 Youatt breaks loose from the drug school here, and ventures to 

 follow the severe lessons of his own experience. He says ; 

 " The liuman practitioner gives, under this disease, and with 

 advantaije (?) very powerful doses of purgative medicine, and he 

 mav be disposed to demur to tlie cautious mode of proceeding- we 

 recommend with regard to the horse. Although we may not be 

 able to give him a satisfactory theoretical reason, in defence of 

 our treatment, we can appeal to the experience of every veterinary 

 surgeon, that a strong dose of physic given in inflammation of 

 the bowels, would be certain poison." Dr. Dadd says : " Super 

 purgation, induced by active cathartics, would be equivalent to a 

 sentence of death." 



DISEASES OF THE BRAIN, 



699. — Such as are enumerated in paragraph 681, are all 

 traceable to the digestive organs. They are the effect of long' 

 fasts and dry, concentrated, stimulating food. The horse affected 

 with either of them should be warmly packed over the body, 

 especially tlie spine (686 to 692), and have cold wet cloths over 

 the head. He must be carefully kept from corn and have but 

 little hay. Get the bowels open, with green food, wet bran, or 

 carrots. 



When recovered he should noc again be put to long fasts, 

 or to high, dry feeding, and irregular work. He can only safely 

 be put where he can live chiefly on green food, with moderate, 

 regular work, and no very long fasts. 



DISEASES OF THE EESPIRATORY ORGANS, 



700. — Though often brought on by severe exposure, by 

 sudden changes of temperature, by cruel over exertion, especially 

 after enforced inaction, and still more frequently by bad air, are 

 all greatly aggravated by very high and very dry dusty feeding. 

 High inflammatory diet, or rich concentrated food, is always 

 dangerous to the bronchial tubes of either man or horse. Simply 



