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warmth, and at times are absolutely cold; the legs also swell and' 

 symptoms of dropsy present themselves along the abdomen and 

 under the chest; the pulsation of the jugular veins is generally 

 observable, and the animal is weak and altogether wanting in 

 spirit and energy. 



Arsenicum allncm 3X should be given three times a day in doses 

 of ten grains; and especially when the dropsical condition is ex- 

 hibited; it serves to give tone to the muscular walls and relieves 

 the urgent breathing. 



Cactus grandijiorus ix. — When hypertrophy (or thickening of 

 the walls of the heart) is present in more marked degree, the pulse 

 differs in character from that when dilatation predominates; the 

 impulse of the beat is increased and is much stronger; the sounds, 

 especially the second one produced by the blood passing into the 

 aorta, are intensified and instead of the short, sharp ''dub'" are 

 more of a ringing, metallic character; under these circumstances 

 Cactus grand, is the more suitable remedy. 



Digitalis 3x. — The circumstances under which this remedy has 

 been found effective are when the pulse is weak, irrregular, inter- 

 mittent and the quantity of urine passed is much less than is usual 

 in ordinary health; the oedema or swelling sometimes observable 

 on the under surface of the chest and abdomen may also be in- 

 cluded as one of the indications for this drug. 



VARIOUS CARDIAC INFLAMMATIONS. 



CARDITIS, ENDOCARDITIS, VALVULITIS. 



In endeavoring to deal with the effect of inflammation upon the 

 various parts of the vital organ we must first remind our readers 

 that the heart consists of muscular walls, which are lined both ex- 

 ternally and internally with a special form of membrane, and that 

 the internal membrane extends over the valves; to properly appre- 

 ciate this fact we advise one and all who desire to master the details 

 (which though difficult to explain we are compelled to refer to in 

 language that is doubtless rather vague to those who have never 

 studied anatomy), to obtain from the slaughterer's a horse's heart; 

 first examine it carefully as a whole, then cut it open from top to 

 bottom; in this way it will be rendered clear what is meant by the 



