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proneness of the disease to terminate in Scarlatina is greater 

 in summer than during the winter months of the year ; while, 

 on the other hand, Typhoid Pneumonia, Ozena, and Eoaring 

 are, upon the whole, more common to the latter period. 



Teeatmekt. — The treatment of Epizootic Catarrh should 

 vary, in certain essentials, according to the period of its mani- 

 festation. If the tim'e of its appearance he in winter, and 

 there prevails a raw, damp, cold state of the atmosphere, 

 warmth and dryness of the stable are highly necessary. If 

 sufficient warmth cannot be otherwise obtained, a crate of red 

 hot cinders should be placed within the apartment, and main- 

 tained at the same temperature. "Without warmth and comfort 

 to the patient, medicine will prove of little or no avail. It is 

 uncomfortable to the animal to clothe him heavily. "Warmth 

 and dryness are absolutely necessary to recovery. 



The best remedies in general, for maladies of this nature, 

 are — Belladonna, Mercurius 2, Hepar. Sulph. 3, Ehus Toxico- 

 dendron 1, Arsenicum 3, Camphor, Aromatic Ammonia, Tinct. 

 Ferri Murias, Poultices, Elisters, and Fomentations. 



Belladonna, Mercurius, Hepar Sulph., and Ehus Toxico- 

 dendron, are valuable remedies to relieve the soreness of the 

 throat. Sometimes the administration of Belladonna and Mer- 

 curius in alternation will speedily remove it ; while, in other 

 cases, the Hepar or the Ehus are necessary. 



Give the Belladonna and the Mercurius alternately, three 

 or four times a day : the former in 2-drachm doses mixed with 

 water : and the latter (of the 2nd trituration) in drachm doses 

 mixed with flour, as directed at page 146. 



Hepae Sulph. — Ehtjs Tox. — Sbould the Belladonna and 

 the Mercurius fail, have recourse to the Hepar Sulph. and the 

 Rhus Tox. Give the former in 2-drachm doses, the latter in 



