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symptoms subside. So soon as a marked change is 

 observed, the tonic treatment must be resumed, nor need 

 we wait until all signs of chest affection have disappeared. 

 When the more active stage is mastered by strengthening 

 the system, the cure is often hastened ; but the animal 

 should be watched, as sometimes the affection will return. 

 More frequently, however, while the lungs engross atten- 

 tion, the eyes become disordered. When such is the case, 

 the tonics may be at once resorted to ; for then there is 

 little fear but the disease is leaving the chest to involve 

 other structures. 



Diarrhoea may next start up. If it appears, let ether 

 and laudanum be immediately administered, both by the 

 mouth and by injection. To one pint of gruel add two 

 ounces of sulphuric ether, and four scruples of the tincture 

 of opium ; shake them well together. From half an 

 ounce to a quarter of a pint of this may be employed as 

 an enema, which should be administered with great gen- 

 tleness, as the desire is that it should be retained. This 

 should be repeated every third hour, or oftener if the 

 symptoms seem urgent, and there is much straining after 

 the motions. From a tablespoonful to four times that 

 quantity of the ether and laudanum mixture, in a small 

 quantity of simple syrup, may be given every second 

 hour by the mouth ; but if there is any indication of colic, 

 the dose may be repeated every hour or half hour ; and 

 I have occasionally given a second dose when only ten 

 minutes have elapsed. Should the purgation continue, 

 and the pain subside, from five to twenty drops of liquor 



