Megrims; its Causes and Treatment. ly^ 



exhibits symptoms of dullness and exhaustion. 

 Immediately after the first attack of this disease 

 resource should be had to bleeding, and that right 

 plentifully. Three or four quarts of blood should 

 be taken from the neck, which generally has the 

 effect of arresting the symptoms. I am induced 

 to the belief that in staggers there is an excess 

 of fibrine in the blood, consequently copious 

 bleeding will reduce the quantity of blood in the 

 system at the time and allow nature to regain 

 its equilibrium, and by the judicious administra- 

 tion of medicine enable the horse to make a fresh 

 supply of pure blood. For this purpose give 



Mtrate of potass 3 draclims 



every time the horse drinks ; give a physic ball 

 composed of the following : — 



Barbadoes aloes 6 draclims. 



Ginger 2 ,, 



Calomel 2 ,, 



made with honey. When the horse is on a journey, 

 and is attacked with this complaint, it is neces- 

 sary to bleed from the bars (but this should not 

 be resorted to unless the driver does not possess 

 a lancet at the time the horse is attacked.) The 

 bleeding-place in the palate is the third bar, in a 

 direct line between the middle and second cutting 

 teeth, and situated a little more than an inch 

 within the mouth. Here the vein and artery 

 make a curve, and a sharp penknife may be used 

 and cut down upon the spot where they intersect 

 each other, and the result will be a plentiful flow 

 of blood, which will stop of its own accord when 

 two or three quarts have issued forth. In con- 



