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nostrils will become of a dirty blue or leaden colour ; the 

 breathing will be hurried, short, and at times gasping ; the skin 

 will be bathed with perspiration, which, in the generality of 

 cases, will be hot and steaming. In addition to the incessant 

 struggling, the animal will strain violently, and eject, by the 

 urinary passages, immense quantities of bloody urine. The 

 pulse may beat from sixty to one hundred, and the respirations 

 reach as high as from thirty to fifty per minute. 



In this condition the patient may remain for some hours, 

 until at last the animal dies from exhaustion ; but, if carefully 

 dealt with and judiciously treated, the violence may subside, 

 and recovery ensue. 



Pathognomonic Symptoms. — The animal is a-ffected with 

 partial loss of voluntary 'power ^ ivhich rapidly attacks first one 

 limb, and then another; the muscles of tJie hind limls are 

 affected with severe spasm ; and the urine is mixed tvith Hood, 

 and is of a dark co^'ee- colour. 



Treatment. — Prior to commencing the medical treatment 

 of a patient affected with Hysteria, secure for the animal, if 

 possible, the following advantages, viz. — a loose box which is 

 clean and cool in temperature, where the light is admitted 

 sparingly, and where straw is dry and plentiful. 



The best remedies in general are — Aconite, Belladonna, 

 Chloroform, and Mercurius. 



Aconite and Belladonna. — Commence at once with 

 these remedies. Use the Aconite in 2-drachm doses of the 

 1st dilution, mixed with 6 or 8 ounces of water ; a dose may 

 be given every half hour, for two or three times in succcession, 

 after which have recourse to Belladonna, and use it in 2 or 

 3-drachm doses of the -e- tincture, mixed each time with 3 or 



