The Supporting, The Antidotive and the Altera- 

 tive treatment. 



_ Under the first head, namely, the treatment of inflamma- 

 tion, we place : 

 Arresting and mitigating inflammation. 



Rest, Cold Applications, 

 Venesstion, Local Depletion, 

 Purgation, Diet, 



Nitrate of Potassa, Ipecacuanha. 

 Veratrum Viride, Aconite, 

 Digitalis, Opium, Counter Irritation, 

 Actual Cautery. 

 An elaborate work might, of course, be written upon the 

 topics included in this table, but a few words with special 

 reference to the general treatment of the horse in his various 

 afflictions may not be here out of place. I am bold to assert 

 that if the following cautions were observed and the advice 

 here given followed, one-half the animals in the United 

 States would be saved to the commonwealth, that die every 

 year from the neglect of those alone, namely : 



Prevention of diseases, by attending to the laws of 



Hygene. 

 Timely treatment of disease in its incipient stage. 

 Rest in the beginning, middle and end of all disease 

 until strength is regained, and health finally es- 

 tablished. 

 These are particularly important in all diseases of loco- 

 motion, such as founder, ringbone, spavin, or any other form 

 of exortoris, then, timely remedies, and above all things 

 rest. Were these attended to one-fourth of the animals 

 that are yearly lost might be saved. 



Cold Applications are very important in the treatment 

 of inflammation ; they are very useful in cases of acute 

 founder (or laminitis), and in such affections as disturb the 

 brain or any of its coverings, as in phrenitis and cerebro- 

 . spinal meningites. Ice has been successfully used in these 

 cases as well as in cases of sun-stroke. 



Bloodletting, whether from the jugular vein or any of 

 the smaller arteries is one of the olde'st, and has been one 

 of the most universal remedies for inflammation, although it 

 has been out of fashion now for some years. " The theory 

 of inflammation as held by the most accurate pathologists in- 

 culcates that the determination of blood towards an in- 

 flamed part conspires with the central stasis in causing the 



