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the prognosis is most favorable in the last, less so in the 

 second, and most unfavorable in the first ; /. ^., when the 

 symptoms have their origin in an actual organic lesion of 

 an important nerve centre. 



GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF TREATMENT OF DISEASE. 



Remedies classified according to the indications of treat- 

 ment in various disorders of animals. Regarding them in 

 this aspect they may be studied thus : 

 Anodyne and Calmative, e.g. 



Opium, Ether, Chloroform, in cases of Colic, Enterites, 



&c. 

 Belladona, Camphor, Aconite, 

 Carbolic Acid, Prussic Acid, 

 Pyroxylic Spirit, or Medicinal Naptha. 

 These remedies (with few exceptions) are used internally 

 as well as externally to allay irritation and inflammation. 

 Protective, Surgical dressings for wounds, injuries, &c. 

 Glycerine, Linseed Oil, 

 Gum Arabic, Marsh Mallow Root. 

 Balancive, e.g., cold to an over vascular part. 



Blood letting, &c. 

 Eliminative, e.g., Colchicum in rheumatism, purgatives. 



Iodide of Potassium, &c. 

 Alterative, e.g., Arsenic in skin diseases. Iodine, 

 Sulphur, &c.. Antimony. 



Economic, rest, astringents, retarders of tissue Meta- 

 morphosis. 



Recuperative Tonics and Stimulants, e.g. 

 Tonics. — Cinchona, Sulphate of Iron, 

 Sulphate of Copper, Nux-vomica. 

 Gentian, Rhubarb, Nitric Acid. 

 Stimulants diffusible. — Spirits Ammonia, Alcohol, 



Ether, Oil of Turpentine, 

 Spirits of Nitric Ether, 

 Potassium, Soap, &c. 

 The modes of treatment most frequently called for in 

 the management of acute and subacute affections of the 

 domestic animals. 



These may be named as treatment for: 

 Arresting and mitigating inflammation during 

 the existence of the febrile state. 



