358 ATONIC DISEASES. 



in activity. The treatment must vary with the cause, and it is 

 therefore important that this should be ascertained at once. Thus, 

 in case there is merely general debility, tonics (62) or (63) will be 

 the proper remedies. If the kidneys are in fault, but merely 

 torpid, the diuretic bolus (40) or (41) may be relied on ; while, if 

 they have been inflamed, the treatment proper to that disease 

 must be resorted to. Sometimes, in a broken down constitution, 

 when the urine is mixed with blood, small doses of cantharides 

 may be found beneficial, as advised by Mayhew ; but these cases 

 are so difficult to distinguish, that it is only when veterinary aid 

 cannot be obtained that I should advise the use of this drug. The 

 dose is two to three drops in water twice a day; Tincture of 

 Cantharides, 2 drops ; Spirits of Nitric Ether, 15 drcps ; Water, 1 

 OB. Mix, and give as a drench twice a day. 



