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from my own experience, and know of a number of other cases 

 where it has been entirely successful. This is no guesswork. 

 Those persons I allude to were bitten by their own dogs that were 

 bitten by rabid dogs, and were penned up to see if they would go 

 mad. They did go mad and did bite the persons. 



" This remedy has been used in and about Philadelphia for forty 

 years and longer, with great success, and is known as the Grood- 

 man remedy. I am acquainted with a physician who told me he 

 knew of its use for more than thirty years, but never knew of any 

 case that failed where it was properly and timely administered. 

 Among other cases he mentioned one where a number of cows had 

 been bitten by a mad dog. 



" To half of this number they administered this remedy, to the 

 other not. The latter all died of hydrophobia, while those that 

 took the elecampane and the milk showed no signs of that disease." 



Stringhalt. 



This is a peculiar jerking or pulling up of the hind legs when 

 walking or trotting, familiar to every one. It .is most severe dur- 

 ing cold weather when the horse is led out of the stable, also after 

 a hard drive, and is much better when driven and warmed up. 

 Many horses that have but a slight touch of it may move off 

 showing so little evidence of it as to escape notice. If suspected, 

 back the horse up hill, especially after standing awhile, or when 

 cool, and he will show it most clearly. 



It is claimed that colts suffering from worms, and horses suf- 

 fering from derangement of the digestive organs, will show some 

 temporary jerking of one or both hind legs, from which they re- 

 covered under good keeping and mineral tonics. The writer has 

 never known a case of stringhalt to be cured. There are a great 

 many theories and pretended cures, but I know of none worthy 

 of mention. 



Thumps, or Spasmodic Action of the Diaphragm, 



Commonly called thumps, is caused by severe and long-con- 

 tinued driving and hard work. Horses of a nervous tempera- 

 ment having too much cold water given to drink on a cold 

 morning, nervous irritation, severe work or excitement from any 

 cause, may excite this trouble. 



Symptoms. — A sudden jerking or twitching of the muscles of 

 the sides and flanks ; pulse wiry, quick, and low ; more or less 

 fever; extremities natural. 



