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giddiness. This may soon pass over and he may go on as 

 if nothing had occurred. If more serious, he may fall to 

 the ground or suddenly turn several times around first; 

 he may lie quiet, or struggle violently. If it be a horse 

 of full habit, well fed, three or four quarts of blood better 

 be drawn at once. 



Treatment — Cease using him for a time, give mild 

 physic, such as physic ball, powdered aloes, 6 drachms, a 

 little honey to make the powder tenacious enough to ad- 

 minister, physic or drench pulverized aloes, 6 drachms, 

 syrup of bucthorn, 1 ounce, tincture ginger, 1 ounce, or cro- 

 ton oil from 20 to 30 drops. Give an occasional laxitive 

 ball, powdered aloes, 3 drachms, powdered sulphur, 1 do., 

 powdered mandrake 2 do. 



To be formed into a bolus with honey or mucilage. 

 Stop hearty and dry feed, and let mashes and green feed 

 be substituted. If not cured at first, the animal will be 

 useless, as the diseased action will become fixed. Severe 

 cold weather in winter, by determining the blood to the 

 brain, predisposes to this disease. 



APOPLEXY. 



Apoplexy is a serious form of the diseases we have 

 mentioned. 



The Symptoms which mark its approach are loss of 

 appetite, dullness, stupidity, a somewhat staggering gait, 

 he stands with his head down, or rests it on his manger 

 and seems balancing and ready as often he does to sud- 

 denly fall, he is sleepy, eye dull, he chews his lock of 

 hay for a moment and relapses into a stupor; as the dis- 

 ease advances his breathing becomes slow, loud and 

 labored, the pulse is slow, the veins in the neck full, the 

 mouth cold, and death closes the scene. 



Post mortem examination of the brain reveals a highly 

 congested condition of the blood vessels of the brain. 



The Treatment. — Bleed very copiously, if the 

 horse be strong and vigorous, followed by active purging, 

 with such articles as we have indicated in megrims or 

 staggers, together with rest and light food. If the anir 



