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ing at the mouth. If the animal is made to move round, it turns 

 like a solid block, with its fore-legs wide apart. Patches of perspira- 

 tion are noticed on various parts of the body, and, in some cases, it 

 sweats profusely all over. At first the pulse is not much affected, 

 but finally becomes quick, hard, and oppressed. The moment the 

 animal ceases to breathe all the muscles of the body become relaxed, 

 soft, and flabby. 



619. Treatment. — Having seen a large number of cases, various 

 modes of treatment have come under my notice, such as bleeding, 

 physicking, hot fomentations, applying a newly flayed sheep's skin 

 or heavy woollen rugs to the body ; giving prussic acid, belladonna, 

 aconite, chloroform, chloral hydrate, bromide of potassium., opium, 

 etc., recovery being sometimes attributed to one thing and sometimes 

 to another. I have also tried hypodermic injections of the various 

 serums and antitoxins without obtaining any beneficial results. My 

 greatest success, however, has been in getting the affected animal 

 into a quiet, secluded, well-ventilated loose-box, and supporting it 

 with slings to keep it from falling ; for if it once gets down, it very 

 rarely gets on to its legs again without assistance. If called to the 

 case before the jaws become closed, and there is opportunity for 

 giving a dose of medicine, a 6 to 8 drachm dose of physic must be 

 given on the end of a small cane, taking great care not to excite the 

 animal. Sheets and rugs are then to be removed, as they only 

 aggravate the patient ; leave the body without any covering, as cold 

 acts as a grand sedative. Cases recover more readily in extremely 

 cold, frosty weather than in hot. If there be an external wound, 

 clip off the hair from about it, and wash well with 1 part of Little's 

 phenyle and 60 parts of cold water ; then apply tincture of iron to 

 the wound, and cover it well up with a good plaster of extract of 

 belladonna, over which is spread a thick layer of cotton-wool. Great 

 success has attended this mode of treatment, accompanied by alter- 

 nate hypodermic injections of pure carbolic acid (B.P.) and glycerine 

 and a mixture of morphia and atropine, 30 to 40 drop doses of each, 

 every six or eight hours, at the same time giving 1 to 2 ounces of 



