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TO CURE COLDS, CHILLS, AND LUNG FEVER. 



Take tincture aconite, I oz. ; veratrum, oz. ; soft water, 4 oz. ; dose 

 25 to 40 drops on the tongue, to be repeated every thirty or forty min- 

 utes, more or less, and at longer or shorter intervals according to the 

 severity of the case. You may substitute belladonna for the veratrum ; 

 and, if there is much chill, 30 grains of quinine can be added, which 

 must be cut with sulphuric acid before mixing. 



The first is the FEVER MEDICINE used so generally in the principal 

 stables in New York and other cities. This is what I use for my own 

 horses. I have seen it used for the cure of hundreds upon hundreds 

 of cases of inflammation of the lungs, and in all cases of chills and 

 fever arising from exposure to cold. This prescription is priceless to 

 owners of horses, because it makes the treatment so safe and simple, 

 and it is just as good as it is simple. 



FOR INFLAMMATION OF THE EYE, CAUSED BY INJURY, 

 HAYSEED, ETC. 



Put 30 to 40 drops of the preparation into a tumbler of soft water, 

 and you have a fine preparation for acute inflammation of the eye, the 

 result of an injury. I have used it with marked success. Bathe the 

 eye with it several times a day ; keep the horse in a dark stall, and 

 take away all grain. Feed green grass, bran mashes, &c. 



FOR INFLAMMATION OF THE BRAIN, OR MEGRIMS. 



The horse is taken suddenly with a fit from undue pressure of blood 

 upon the brain. (See megrims, or inflammation of brain.) Give the 

 fever medicine three times a day for a few weeks, and a cure will be 

 effected. Several horses subject to this difficulty, that required bleed- 

 ing, &c., every few months, were given the fever medicine three times a 

 day for a few weeks. No relapse followed. 



When the horse is exposed to cold, and has a chill, ears and legs 

 cold, &c. (see symptoms of lung fever, &c., in a preceding chapter), 

 give the fever medicine promptly : DO NOT GIVE PHYSIC OR OIL. 

 Put the horse in a well-ventilated stall, where no current of air can 

 strike him. Put on a good warm blanket. You may rub the legs, and 

 use even a sharp liniment ; but it is seldom necessary to do more than 

 give the medicine, and let the horse alone. The pulse, ease of breath- 

 ing, and the heat in the ears, will indicate improvement. 



FOR RHEUMATISM IN MAN. 



Three times the writer has been cured of severe attacks of rheuma- 

 tism, in two to three days, by taking 8 to 10 drops of the fever medi- 

 cine on the tongue. 



Years ago the writer, on two occasions, was kicked on the shin, 

 causing serious ulceration, most difficult to cure. In 1875 nao ^ the sam e 

 part badly cut ; severe pain and inflammation followed. As a mere 

 matter of chance experiment, 40 drops of fever medicine were put into 

 a glass of soft water ; a handkerchief was saturated with this, and tied 

 around the leg at 7 and 10, P.M., and at 7 and 10 o'clock next morning. 

 All soreness and inflammation subsided, making a perfect cure. 



