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fore I accomplished this. I gave a nine-months' 

 old colt two and one-half pounds, so there is no 

 danger of giving it in large doses. If the animal 

 has lost the power of swallowing it is best to put it 

 out of pain. The injecting of three grains of eser- 

 ine under the skin is said to be useful in some few 

 cases, but I have never seen any benefit from its 

 use. Since I have discovered the bromide treat- 

 ment, and the animal can swallow, I have saved all 

 cases. If possible the animal should be placed in 

 a loose sling. By this means it may be prevented 

 from falling during the severe seizure. Applica- 

 tions to the external surface of the body seem to 

 be of little use, but rather augment the animal's 

 suffering. The wound ought to be cleaned out and 

 belladonna extract applied, but I find in most 

 cases that the lifting of the limb to dress it causes 

 more disturbance than the benefit resulting from 

 the treatment. Where the majority fail is in not 

 giving a sufficient quantity of medicine, as it takes 

 at least five times the usual dose to have any effect. 

 I believe if other medicines recommended were 

 given in sufficient doses they might be of use, 



Azoturia. — This is a name given to a disease pe- 

 culiar to the horse, as it has not been seen in any 

 other animal. It is a disease associated with dis- 

 turbed assimilation and characterized by muscu- 

 lo-nervous spasms of the muscles of the hips and 

 loins and the discharge of high-colored urine. We 

 will not take up the reader's time with the pathol- 

 ogy of the disease, as to my mind it has not been 



