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ommended to give one quarter of a grain of sul- 

 phate of atropia injected under the skin to stimu- 

 late the heart. Aromatic spirits of ammonia in 

 two-ounce doses has also been used, or one-half 

 pint doses of whisky, but I have never seen any 

 good result from their use. There is a derange- 

 ment which sometimes affects colts at pasture. 

 The first thing noticed is a stiffness in the hind 

 parts, then the animal loses partial control of 

 them; they will stagger from side to side. The 

 animal seems to eat and has no fever. This may 

 continue for a week or ten days, when the animal 

 either begins to improve or loses complete power 

 of its hind parts, and often in a few days dies. 

 When this is first noticed the animal should be 

 taken to the barn and given a dose of aloes accord- 

 ing to the age, a one-year-old four drams, a two- 

 year-old six drams, a four or five-year-old one 

 ounce, made into a ball, or mixed with one ounce 

 carbonate of soda and ginger dissolved in half a 

 pint of boiling water; add half a pint of cold water, 

 and give at a dose. Follow this by giving two 

 ounces sulphate of iron and one ounce nux vomica, 

 divided into twelve doses, one to be given twice a 

 day in bran mash. Rub the back once a day with 

 soap liniment. I have met with a few cases in both 

 horses and colts in which the nerves of the back 

 were deranged sufficiently to make the hind parts 

 wabble. The animal may walk a short distance 

 as if it were all right, and all at once the hind parts 

 will be affected as above. This derangement is not 



