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the animal, changing the medicine several times 

 daily, it makes it a very difficult disease for the 

 farmer to treat. Professor Wood, in his practice 

 of medicine, says: "In the vast majority of cases 

 scarlet fever would end favorably without treat- 

 ment; hence, the reputation acquired by homeo- 

 pathy in this disease." Therefore, if such a disease 

 as this should break out, keep the animal in a good 

 comfortable place, keep the bowels open by giving 

 one ounce doses of epsom salts, or a seidlitz powder 

 occasionally. Some recommend to give diluted 

 acetic acid, ten drops in a little water, several times 

 a day. If there should be diarrhoea, give one ounce 

 of castor oil and from ten to twenty drops of tinc- 

 ture of opium in it; repeat in ten hours if neces- 

 sary. It is dangerous to check diarrhoea too quick- 

 ly in this disease, as it is often an effort of nature to 

 rid the system of poisonous material. If the throat 

 is troublesome give ten grains of chlorate of potas- 

 sium and three to five drops of fluid extract of bel- 

 ladonna in three or four tablespoonfuls of cold 

 water three or four times daily. If the fever is very 

 high and in the early stage of the disease, from five 

 to ten drops tincture of aconite in a spoonful of 

 water, will in some cases keep it down; but this 

 should not be carried too far, as it is a very reduc- 

 ing medicine, and so is the disease, and there may 

 be danger of collapse. If the animal is very weak 

 and the pulse small, give stimulants, such as two 

 teaspoonfuls of sweet spirits of nitre in a little 

 water, three or four times a day, or two teaspoon- 

 fuls of good whisky in a little milk several times 



