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ate a quantity of pus. The orifice thus made must not be allowed 

 to close, but must be kept open for a few days, or until matter 

 ceases to run. During this period, a liniment, composed of cod- 

 liver oil, half a pint, and powdered camphor, two ounces, must 

 occasionally be rubbed about the region of the jaws. Half an 

 ounce of powdered chlorate of potass should be mixed in the 

 drink, or with some flaxseed tea, if the patient will drink it. A 

 aouple of drachms of fluid extract of pleurisy-root may be given, 

 night and morning, for a short time. Active medicine is not 

 indicated ; good nursing, aided by pure air and voluntary exercise 

 in an inclosure, will soon restore the patient to health. 



We close our labors in the Equine Depaetment by entering 

 our solemn protest against the unwarrantable use of the lancet or 

 knife in Veterinary Piactice. It is a disgrace to humanity, an 

 outrage on the rights and privileges of that noble animal, the 

 horse, over whom God has given us dominion and power — not lo 

 abuse and render their life a weary toil, and extort from them all 

 the labor we can, but to protect them, to administer to their wants 

 and necessities, and render their conclition as happy as possible. 

 A moral responsibility rests on every man to see that the c)aims 

 which these poor creatures have upon our race are respected ; that 

 their rights are not violated ; that, when sick and in a dying con- 

 dition, they shall be treated with mercy, and be protected from 

 their tormentors, the unmerciful phlebotomists. Any misguided 

 man who can draw from the veins of an emaciated or dying horse 

 the little blood they contain should be sent to the insane asylum, 

 and never again be permitted to disgrace the noble nature of man. 

 We can respect the man who conscientiously practices blood-let- 

 ting; bit where is the medical man who can conscientiously bleed 

 a dying brute with a view of saving life? 



SSD OF EQUINE DEPABTMEBT. 



