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the case, administer a 6-drachm ball forthwith, and afterwards 

 resort to the Aconite as directed above. 



Diet. — The diet of the patient should consist of mashes, 

 carrots (if in season), or boiled turnips. The drink should 

 consist of a little cold water, or barley-water. I am not an 

 advocate, however, for any very large quantity of fluid to drink ; 

 give a little, and administer it frequently. 



Por further particulars relating to diet, see Section YI., 

 page 108. 



DIUEESIS. 



This malady is usually designated Diabetes Insipidus. It 

 is a disease which may prevail at any period of the year, and it 

 may be produced from a variety of causes. It may exist either 

 in an endemic or sporadic form. It is an affection which calls 

 for promptness and decision on the part of the veterinary 

 surgeon, otherwise it may speedily terminate in the patient 

 becoming glandered. The excessive drain of fluid from the 

 system, a fact so peculiar in this disease, so deranges the vital 

 economy of the blood as to favour the rapid development of 

 the latter. 



Symptoms. — The symptoms at the onset of the disease are 

 frequently insidious. The appetite fails ; the animal exhibits 

 weakness of a geueral character, with the attendant symptoms, 

 dullness of spirits, and perspiring readily upon slight exertion ; 

 the patient is thirsty ; he urinates frequently, and the urine is 

 secreted in great abundance. At first neither the pulse nor 

 the respirations are materially disturbed ; as the disease pro- 

 ceeds, however, the pulse and respirations quicken, the thirst 

 becomes urgent and excessive, and the patient manifests the 



