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I. — Thorough ventilation of the stable or loose box. 

 II. — A generous diet, and one suitable to the patient, 



III. — Cleanliness, warmth, and dryness of the stable or 

 box, and of the animal diseased. 



TV. — Avoid giving to the patient huge quantities of 

 filthy drugs. The animal should be treated with strict refe- 

 rence to the economy of the life force. 



Where practicable the patient should be at once removed 

 into a roomy box, possessing as many of the advantages as 

 possibly can be had, such as the reader will find detailed at 

 page 117. For the animal to remain in the stable to which he 

 is regularly accustomed is in itself detrimental to recovery. 

 The very atmosphere of the place I regard as highly deleterious : 

 where practicable, then, change the habitation of the patient. 



Diet. — The diet I have stated should be generous, and of a 

 nature suitable to the patient. By this I mean that articles 

 of food should be given which are easy of digestion, such as 

 sago gruel, boiled rice, raw eggs and water, milk, malt, speared 

 corn, and when in season, carrots and grass. 



During the early stages of the disease, sago gruel, milk, and 

 milk and water may be all that are necessary ; but when con- 

 valescence is established, and the appetite takes on a vigorous 

 character, food of a more soHd and strengthening kind will be 

 required. 



Deinks. — The drink should consist of cold water, barley 

 water, milk and water, acidulated water, and gruel. The way 

 in which these articles should be prepared, and under what 

 circumstances administered, the reader is rei'erred to section 

 VI., pages 108 to 119 inclusive. 



