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now in a position to avail himself of strictly therapeutic assistance 

 and effect a complete restoration to health. 



Eucalyptus, ^. — Still another valuable agent must be referred to, 

 which under some conditions is capable of acting tlierapeuticall}^ 

 while at others it appears to act chemically, in virtue of its disin- 

 fecting properties; it is more with regard to the latter that we 

 propose to advocate its use in stables where a number of sick 

 horses are from force of circumstances necessarily kept together; 

 the apparently volatile character of the organisms or germs, 

 through the medium of which influenza is spread from place to 

 place, or by which one animal is the medium of infecting another, 

 makes it desirable, nay imperative, that no effect should be left 

 untried that may possibly tend to arrest the progress and further 

 development of the infective virus; this result may frequentl}' be 

 attained by the agent, Eucalyptus, now under consideration; as a 

 disinfectant and deodorizer it may very usefully be used in a stable 

 b}^ means of a spray diflEuser. The mother tincture will, when 

 used in this way over the general area of the stable until the 

 whole surrounding atmosphere of the building is impregnated, 

 (which may be determined by the excess of the aromatic over 

 other smells, ) serve at a small expense and little trouble to pre- 

 vent healthy animals from falling victims to the malady and will 

 facilitate the cure of those already the subjects of treatment. 



Antimonium iartarkuw , 6x. — When the cough is loose though 

 attended with a good deal of oppression and apparent difficulty; 

 thick lumps of soft gelatinous looking mucus will be discharged 

 from the nose while the animal is undergoing a fit of coughing. 

 The exertion of coughing evidently shakes the animal, this is 

 suggestive of stomach complications for which the remedy is 

 eminently suited. 



Lachesis, 30. — When the swelling down the legs and along the 

 abdomen persists and increases ultimately resulting in the oozing 

 of drops of blood and bloody serum through the skin. If this 

 remedy does not act promptly and within six hours give distinct 

 evidence of arresting this hemorrhage it should be substituted by 

 Crotalus, 12. 



Under such serious conditions the remedy should be adminis- 

 tered frequently, at least once in every two hours, and inter- 

 mediate between the doses stimulants should be given, probably 



