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ill the brain and cord satisfactorily cleared up; this, however, is a 

 matter of far less importance to the homoeopathist than to the 

 allopath, as he depends upon the symptoms a case presents dur- 

 ing life rather than to any knowledge of changes that are going 

 on as the result of the disease; for this cause we, as homoeopaths, 

 do not find ourselves beset with the same difficulties in attempting 

 treatment of obscure diseases that the allopaths do. It is not at 

 all clear what accounts for this form of fever, though by some it 

 is attributed to dietetic errors, while others account for its pres- 

 ence by climatic disturbances; certainly the facts that frequently 

 quite a number of horses are attacked at one and the same time, 

 and that the outbreaks " are only occasional, but when they do 

 arise come suddenh', point rather to climatic influences than to 

 dietetic errors; but whatever may be the cause it does not seem to 

 us that this has much bearing upon the treatment. First we will 

 deal with the Symptoms presented: Suddenness is characteristic 

 of the disease; the horse loses all power of control over his move- 

 ments; falls to the ground without any apparent reason, intima- 

 tion being given but a few moments prior to going down by 

 giddiness and staggering; when down the horse struggles vio- 

 lently and makes frequent ineffectual attempts to rise; sweat 

 breaks out over different parts of the body and literally pours off 

 the animal; the pulse and respirations are rapid, urgent and 

 irregular, there being no relation between one and the other, as 

 there is in health and in many diseased conditions; the horse is 

 extremely sensitive, and muscular spasms affect him in various 

 parts of the body, contracting and relaxing with great apparent 

 force; the eyes have a wild and staring look, and the animal 

 throws its head about with great violence; the visible raucous 

 membranes, especially of the eyes, are extremely red and injected. 

 Unless the disease centres its force almost entirely on the brain, 

 the horse cannot bear to have any pressure upon the spinal col- 

 umn. Constipation usually sets in early; the urine is passed with 

 difficulty and at varjdng periods. The temperature changes 

 remarkably; at one time of the day it will be found considerably 

 elevated, at another almost down to the normal, nor is there any 

 specified time when these alterations take place. 



Treatment. — In the first place it is important to have the 

 animal placed in a quiet and roomy box, away from other horses. 



