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creased quantities, according to the symptoms of the 

 case. 



During the continuance of pneumonia should the 

 horse appear to be griped — should the symptoms 

 seem not to be sufficiently energetic — should blowing 

 announce that faintness is on the eve of mastering the 

 animal economy — at once, and without hesitation, 

 resort to sulphuric ether, and tincture of opium, an 

 ounce of each in half a pint of water. This medicine 

 may be repeated whenever the symptoms appear to 

 require it. It is equally potent and harmless. It 

 acts with magical speed, and does so without appa- 

 rently leaving behind any of those after-effects which 

 render us unable to resort to too many of the best 

 forms of medicine. 



When the active symptoms are reduced, counter- 

 irritation should be adopted. Before this, the appli- 

 cation of a blister would have added to the consti- 

 tutional irritability ; probably it would have done 

 little else ; for during the existence of violent internal 

 inflammation, it is seldom that the benefits of a coun- 

 ter-irritant can be obtained. The liquid blister is to 

 be preferred ; and it should be well rubbed along the 

 windpipe and between the fore legs, and even con- 

 tinued, in severe cases, along the belly. Some per- 

 sons apply the blister to the sides ; but as the horse 

 lies upon its side, this is objectionable: because 

 through the soreness which it induces the horse may 

 be prevented lying down ; also because it makes the 

 motion of the ribs painful ; and in pneumonia the 

 respiration, however laboured it may be, is always, to 

 a considerable degree, suppressed, and because the 



