930 DISEASES AND THEIE TREATMENT. 



himself, and the cause of the disease found. If from docking, the 

 next joint should be taken off the tail. If from a wound in the 

 foot, the wound should be opened up and made new, and an ap- 

 plication of digestive ointment inserted, so as to produce a healthy 

 flow of matter. Or, as soon as opened up, diligently foment with 

 warm water, after which cover with belladonna, and apply poul- 

 tices of linseed meal and opium or hyoscyamus to soothe and allay 

 the irritation, and give promptly at the same time a strong pur- 

 gative, such as 



7 drachms aloes (Barbadoes), 



2 drachms calomel, 

 given in solution or ball, as most convenient. 



Injections of alkaline solution of aloes should also be given, as 

 it is of the greatest importance to get the bowels open early. 

 Belladonna in half-drachm doses should be given four or five 

 times a day. If it cannot be given otherwise, place it up in the 

 cheek, when he will suck it up. 



He must be kept perfectly quiet, and the box cool and dark, 

 no one being allowed to go near him but the attendants, and they 

 must work about him noiselessly. A newly-flayed sheepskin 

 should be laid over the loins, and well covered up to excite per- 

 spiration. Very high authorities claim that blisters and other 

 irritating treatment must be avoided. He must be treated as in 

 a nervous fever, while average good authorities advise having the 

 spine rubbed well with a strong liniment such as one part aqua 

 ammonia, two parts of sweet-oil ; to be repeated daily until the 

 back becomes sore. He should be allowed all the nutriment he 

 will take ; and when he cannot eat, sloppy drinks of linseed tea, 

 barley water, well boiled oat meal gruel, etc., should be frequently 

 placed within his reach. 



It may run its course in four or five days, or it may continue 

 for one or two weeks. It very often proves fatal. 



Dr. Macbeth, of this city, who has had excellent success in the 

 management of this disease, informs the writer that he has re- 

 cently had two very severe cases, both idiopathic. The worst, 

 owned by W. M. Merritt, of this city, had run four days, with 

 jaws entirely fixed, before being called. His treatment is, first 

 sharp cathartic, aloes, with enemas to encourage action of bowels, 

 with half-drachm doses of belladonna, in some cases even more ; 



