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earlier application would have enabled me to employ 

 medicine with a reasonable prospect of success. 



In the commencement, when the breathing is simply 

 increased and the pulse slightly accelerated, then if you 

 place the ear to the side, there is merely a small increase 

 of sound ; and the animal exhibits no obstinate, or more 

 properly, unconquerable disposition to sit upon the hocks ; 

 small quantities of belladonna, combined with James's 

 powder, will generally put an end to the disease. The 

 belladonna, in doses of from one to four grains, may be 

 given three times a day ; but where trouble is not objected 

 to, and regularity can be depended upon, I prefer adminis- 

 tering it in doses of a quarter of a grain to a grain every 

 hour. By the last practice I think I have obtained results 

 more satisfactory ; but it is not always that a plan neces- 

 sitating almost constant attention can be enforced, or that 

 the animal to be treated will allow of such repeated inter- 

 ference. The following formula will serve the purpose, 

 and the reader can divide it if the method I recommend 

 can be pursued. 



Extract of belladonna . One to four grains. 



James's powder . . . Two to eight grains. 



Nitrate of potash . . . Four to sixteen grains. 



Extract of gentian . . A sufficiency for one pill. 



If, on the second day, no marked improvement is percepti- 

 ble, small doses of antimonial wine may be tried ; from 

 fifteen minims to half-a-drachm may be given every fourth 

 hour, unless vomiting be speedily induced ; when the next 

 dose must, at the stated period, be reduced five or ten 



