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of its action, the pericardium (or the membrane that clothes the 

 heart externalh-j and the eyes; when the symptoms which draw 

 attention to the heart are also accompanied by a weakness of the 

 eyes, as evidenced by a desire to avoid light, and the whites of 

 the eyes are shot with red lines, a suggestion is before one to re- 

 sort to Spigelia; and should the patient be weak, thin and lifeless, 

 another reason will be added for its selection; a capricious appe- 

 tite, constipated bowels, rough coat, and general dullness are in- 

 cluded in the symptomatology. 



Spongia 6x. — This is an essentially useful drug when the valves 

 of the heart are affected; the associated symptoms are a rough, 

 husky cough, painful palpitation, extreme difficulty in breathing, 

 with intermittent periods of apparent suffocation, during which 

 the horse will stand with forelegs wide apart, tottering at the 

 knees, as though he would fall; after a while this passes off to be 

 repeated again in a less intense" form. 



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