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This drink may be given morning and night. The 

 proper treatment in the after stages of this disease, 

 when the bad symptoms are slowly abating, is to sup- 

 port the system ; and to leave nature, as much as may 

 be, to herself. 



If, however, from the employment of too active 

 measures the horse continues to lose flesh, and 

 strength, and spirits — if the first tonic has produced 

 no febrile reaction, a stronger one may be tried, and 

 Recipe, No. 21, p. 76, may be given as a drink, the 

 ball being dissolved in a quart of ale or stout. 



Should the membrane of the nose become of a 

 leaden colour ; or the flanks begin to heave ; the 

 extremities to feel cold ; the countenance to appear 

 haggard, and the pulse to quicken — powerful stimu- 

 lants will be required. These ought to be admi- 

 nistered of a strength wholly disproportioned to that 

 of the animal. No rule can here be laid down, but 

 the judgment must decide upon those measures which 

 the case demands. Typhoid symptoms are best pre- 

 vented by abstaining from the use of debilitating 

 medicines in a disease which is certainly accompanied 

 by weakness. To promote a copious discharge from 

 the nostrils should be the primary object of our treat- 

 ment; and to forward this end the employment of 

 the nose-bag, as before directed, will be found to 

 be of importance during the primary stages of in- 

 fluenza. 



This disease has been very fatal to many horses ; 

 but it is doubtful whether it was not made so by the 

 means adopted for its cure. Now, fortunately, it is of 

 a milder character, and if the proprietor can have 



