DISEASES OF THE HEART AND BLOOD, ETC. .359 



are considering appear the same in all of them, heing erup- 

 tive in the glands, consumptive in the lungs, and ulcerous in 

 the liver and bowels. 



" Man hath no preeminence over a beast ; as the one dieth, 

 so dieth the other." May not this have reference, not merely 

 to the manner, but to a universal cause of death — something 

 to which all flesh and blood are subject ? We are well aware 

 that this is delicate ground for the pathologist, yet have long 

 entertained the opinion that the whole animal creation was, 

 to some extent, affected with the virus of scrofula, insidiously 

 diffusing its poison and scattering the seeds of disease uni- 

 versally. The horse we believe to present indications of a 

 decidedly scrofulous characber; hence the benefit of altera- 

 tives, by which, in connection with bleeding when the symp- 

 toms warrant it, the blood may be purified, its subtle poisons 

 neutralized or destroyed, and its qualities changed, so as to 

 make it fit for the support of a healthy and vigorous life. 



We have often recommended to the reader's favor the 

 "jimson" seed of the farmer, the datura stramonii of the 

 schools, and here desire to repeat the statement that, in our 

 judgment, no other alterative which the veterinarian can 

 give will produce equally beneficial results. It is invaluable 

 in farcy, distemper, hide-bound, mange, surfeit, stiff com- 

 plaint, big head, and numerous other diseases. It greatly 

 assists the digestive process, changes the character of all the 

 secretionsy eliminates the offensive matter from them, and 

 gives tone to the entire system. The dose is one table-spoon- 

 ful, or half an ounce of seed, given every other day, in the 

 horse's feed. 



The blood is not to be regarded as the seat or fountain of 

 disease ; yet there is hardly an ill to which horse-flesh is sub- 

 ject that does not affect it to a greater or less extent. It is 

 itself first filled with the virus of disease, which it then car- 

 ries to all parts of the frame. 



Fever is an inflamed condition of the blood, which has be- 



