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active virus in an attenuated form — and here again is an instance 

 of Homoeopathy taking precedence of the scientists, as vide 

 "Pasteur" and his cure of rabies inoculated patients; the symp- 

 toms for the selection of Hydrophobin are that the wound made 

 by the rabid dog assumes a bluish-red color and the edges thereof 

 are hard and swollen. Other remedies which may be occasionally 

 useful are Stramo7iium and Hyoscyamus but as these belong to the 

 same natural order as Belladonna the differences are rather re- 

 fined and call for a closer study than can be given here when the 

 general recommendation is slaughter; we would issue one warn- 

 ing, never under anj^ circumstances adopt the suicidal practice of 

 cauterization; it is absolutely the surest way of insuring the de- 

 velopment of the virus because by its adoption the blood vessels 

 are all sealed up and the escape of the virus is impossible; if 

 within the range of possibility submit the animal to a Turkish 

 bath or some such process so as to secure the most profuse pers- 

 piration, in this way you may succeed in sweating out the virus; 

 if you use a cauterizing agent you ensure its being firmly locked 

 into the system. 



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Among stablemen this form of disease, whose presence is re- 

 cognized by lameness and swelling of one or both hind legs — rarely 

 the forelegs — is described as ' ' Monday Morning Disease ' ' pre- 

 sumably because it usually makes itself manifest after the cus- 

 tomary rest on the Sabbath or succeeding an enforced rest on ac- 

 count of the inclemency of the weather. Its cause is generall}^ 

 attributed to a disordered state of the digestive functions and it 

 was a matter of question with the writer whether its proper place 

 in this work should not have been among Diseases of the Digestive 

 Tract; but on second consideration, it was determined that though 

 closely allied with the function of digestion, it could not be afl&rmed 

 that the digestive organs proper, namely those organs that are en- 

 closed within the abdomen, are responsible for its development, nor 

 is its pathological condition located in these organs; moreover it is 

 a disease which exercises a disturbing influence upon the whole sys- 

 tem, as is evidenced by the exhalted temperature, increased fre- 



