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The best remedies and modes of treatment to adopt, in 

 general, are — ISTux Vomica, Arnica, Aconite, Barbadoes Aloes ; 

 Ice to the Feet, Hot Fomentations, Poultices, Easping and 

 Paring the Feet, and Bleeding locally. 



Nux Vomica and Acoi^ite. — When the aifection arises 

 from Acute Indigestion, or when it is aggravated by disease 

 of the stomach, Nux Vomica and Aconite will be excellent 

 remedies to give internally. Use the Nux in drachm doses 

 of the 1st dilution, mixed with 3 or 4 ounces of water, and 

 repeat it every three or four hours ; or it may be given in 

 alternation with Aconite 1, in drachm doses, and repeated 

 every two hours. 



Baebadoes Aloes. — A purgative is occasionally of great 

 service in this disease — especially if it arises from gorged 

 stomach, or from the animal having eaten wheat. The size of 

 the dose will depend upon the breed and size of the patient : 

 8 or 10 drachms of the drug will be necessary for large, heavy 

 draught-horses ; and if the purgative should fail to operate in 

 fifteen or twenty hours after its administration, give drachm 

 doses of Aloes every three hours, until purging commences: 

 during the operation of the purgative, the use of other remedies 

 may be suspended. For further instructions relating to 

 purgative medicine, see pages 75, 76, and 77. 



Ice to the Feet. — Hot FoMEiTTATioifs.- -The adoption 

 of one or other of these modes will depend upon the vital con- 

 dition of the patient, and of the structures locally diseased. If 

 the constitutional debility be excessive, I am of opinion that hot 

 water is the best to apply, if not throughout the disease, at 

 least during its early stages. On the other hand, where the 

 disease may have arisen from the operation of intense cold upon 

 the feet, warmth suddenly applied would in all probability be 

 injurious. In all cases where the constitutional energies are 



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