84 VETERINARY HOMCEOPATHY. 



and only as a last resort did ha consent to test a lionioeopathic 

 remedy; this, however, he did try with the happiest results, as his 

 life was saved; he was converted to homoeopathy and ultimately 

 became one of its most ardent and consistent advocates. 



The remedy which was instrumental in saving Dr. Dunham's 

 valuable life is the one we have found useful on more than one 

 occasion among the lower animals; we refer to Lachesis 12. An- 

 other remedy of the same class is Crotaliis, but our experience is 

 that it is not necessary to look beyond the first; for all such malig- 

 nant conditions which arise from a poisoning of the blood and all 

 the attendant complications and consequences there is no remedy 

 more strictly homoeopathic than Lachesis 12. So far as local ap- 

 plications are concerned we still believe in this remedy and apply- 

 ing it by means of the spray difFuser in the same strength as ad- 

 ministered internally, namely, ten or fifteen drops in a wineglass 

 of water; or, if an antiseptic agent is preferred, and from some 

 points of view this may be desirable, if only to act as deodorizer, 

 then a weak solution of Candy's Fluid or Sulphurous acid can with 

 advantage be availed of. Every facility should be afforded for 

 the admission of fresh air, and for a few days the horse should be 

 supported with eggs beaten up in milk, in the proportion of three 

 fresh eggs to a quart of milk, to be repeated every three hours; 

 this may be varied by some beef tea and an occasional wineglass 

 of Scotch whiskey in a teacup of milk, but so long as the horse 

 will: take the non-alcoholic food, and does not get too low, it is 

 better to dispense with the whiskey, as the blood is already in a 

 too irritable condition. 



When abscesses form externally and do not burst and discharge 

 readily, they may when located in situations where the skin is 

 thick and tough and takes a long while to break down, be advan- 

 tageously opened, discharged and cleansed. 



The atmosphere of the box should be regularly impregnated 

 with Eucalyptus <-f, by means of the spray difFuser, as before sug- 

 gested, and the patient kept comfortabl}^ warm by means of cloth- 

 ing; so soon as the febrile conditions are allayed and convalescence 

 has .set in a dose or two of Sulpluir i2x should precede a course 

 of China (■>, ten drops twice a day for a fortnight, or longer if 

 necessary; the ordinary food being gradually resorted to so soon 

 as the horse seems able to digest it. 



