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the other, is to be rubbed with the following blistering oint- 

 ment, as soon as the feverish symptoms abate : — 



No. 448. Powdered cantharides, 1 oz. 



Olive oil, 4 oz. 



Heat over a moderate fire, for half an hour. 



If the first application fails to produce a good blister, 

 apply it again the next day. 



When convalescence begins, give from ten to twenty grains 

 of the sulphate of iron every day for a few days ; and if the 

 lungs have been much affected, add to the dose thirty or 

 forty grains of carbonate of potash. 



Of other modes of treatment than those spoken of above, 

 that recommended by Prof. N. S. Townshend, of Ohio, 

 should be mentioned. This careful observer recommends, 

 when the attack commences with copious and dark dis- 

 charges from the bowels, to give at once — • 



No. 449. Podophyllin, 20 grains. 



Bicarbonate of soda, 2 drachms. 



In a boiled potato, or in milk . 



If constipation is present, he would give — • 



No. 450. Castor oil, 1 oz. 



Oil of turpentine, 1 drachm. 



In milk or gruel. 



He believes that in many cases the function of the liver is 

 suspended, and that thus the blood is poisoned by the reten- 

 tion of effete matters. These active purges are calculated to 

 excite the organ into activity. 



APOPLEXY Am) STAGGERS. 



The hog, especially when phlethoric and well fed, is liable 

 to congestion of the brain, which may pass into actual effusion 

 or apoplexy. 



In congestion only, which is popularly termed "staggers," 

 the animal is dull and stupid, the eyes are red, the bowels 



