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and apart from the attention of his nurse, should be allowed to 

 remain as undisturbed as possible. 



Aclea mccmosa ix is specially indicated for sharp muscular 

 spasms and great restlessness; and when the symptoms already 

 referred to as affecting the eyes and the urine are present, these 

 only confirm its usefulness; when a horse is in the condition 

 which this remedy covers, it is a critical period, and to have a 

 medicine at hand that is capable of alleviating these symptoms is 

 a matter of the first importance. 



Ciciita virosa 3X. — This remedy goes farther in its effects than 

 the previous one, as it not only meets those cases that have spas- 

 modic twitchings, but also the paralytic symptoms; a horse is 

 down and cannot rise in consequence of the paralyzed condition of 

 hind quarters, give him this remedy and you will probably find 

 that he is soon able to get up; in many cases that have died from 

 this disease the post mortem examinations have revealed hyperse- 

 mia (excess of blood) of the brain and cord; the same condition 

 presents itself in animals poisoned by this drug; to this extent, 

 therefore, pathology and pathogenesy agre(^ 



Cupyum accticiim 3X is a splendid remedy to steady muscles 

 that have been the subjects of spasmodic twitchings, in addition 

 to which paralysis, particularly when centred upon the right side 

 and in the fore limb, is amenable in a remarkable manner to its 

 action ; this remedy exercises a potent influence upon the brain 

 while at the same time a post-mortem examination reveals no 

 organic mischief; a further indication of its usefulness in the dis- 

 order may be gleaned from the symptom already referred to of 

 scanty urine. 



Ipecacuanha <■>. — Dr. Hughes, in his Pharmacodynamics, when 

 referring to the action of this drug on the nervous system, states: 

 ' ' What amount of direct action Ipecacuanha exerts on the nervous 

 system in health is uncertain. But it has found an occasional place 

 in the treatment of neurotic affections in both schools of medicine, 

 as may be seen in Dr. Imbert-Gourbeyre's collection. I can speak 

 only of cerebro-spinal meningitis and of intermittent fever. In an 

 epidemic of the former disease occurring at Avignon in 1846-7 

 Dr. Bachet was led to Ipecacuanha as the medicine most similar to 

 the symptoms present, and he gave it (in the mother tincture) in 

 every case with such great relative success that it was appropriated 



