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Treatflient. — The old treatment of this disease was bleed- 

 ing largely until the animal was faint ; giving it a full sized 

 dose of purgative medicine, and pouring cold water from a 

 height upon its head. 



Very few surgeons would follow this plan now. Recog- 

 nizino; that the disease is an inflammation of the coats of the 

 stomach and bowels, to give strong purges is to rasp and irri- 

 tate still more the inflamed membrane, and to lessen the 

 chances for life which the beast has left him ; and to bleed 

 in a disease where death often comes through exhaustion, is 

 contrary to all prudent doctrine. 



Therefore it is best to begin with a sedative and an 

 alkali, as : — 



No. 328. Extract of belladonna, 2 drachms. 



Bicarbonate of soda, 1 oz. 



Mix in a quart of water and give three or four times a day. 



Or— 



No. 329. Tincture of aconite root, 20 drops. 



Lime water, 

 Sweet oil, each 4 oz. 



Add to a quart of milk and give three times a day. 



Give the animal plenty of milk and water to drink, and 

 as soon as the severest symptoms are abated, horn down a 

 quart of linseed oil, repeating it every twenty-four hours till 

 it brings on a moderately free evacuation of the bowels. 



Professor Strangeway's treatment, which was very success- 

 ful, was as follows ; He gave, to begin with, such a dose as 

 this ; — 



No. 330. Laudanum, 2 oz. 



Castor oil, Ij pints. 



To be given at one dose. 



When the feverish symptoms had to some degree abated, 



he prescribed : — 



No. 331. Sulphate of magnesia, 10 oz. 



Sulphuric acid, 20 drops. 



Quinine, 30 grains. 



Mix with a quart of water for one dose. 



