108 VETEKINARY MEDICINE AND 8UEGEET. 



answers Dest. In all cases the Tjatient should be placed in a cool, airy, 

 darkened box. 



The duration of the comatose state is very uncertain. When arising 

 from indigestion, it will probably be over, in favorable cases, in twenty- 

 four hours; or it will run on into mad staggers with occasional intervals 

 of coma. A decided change for better or worse will probably take place 

 in from one to three days. When the coma arises from a tumor or ab- 

 scess on the brain, or from a tumor in the head pressing on the brain, 

 the case may last for weeks or months if the animal be allowed to live 

 so long. In such cases it is a mercy to shoot the horse and put him out 

 of his misery. In concussion of the brain the comatose symptoms may 

 last a considerable time, but the patient will not long survive repeated 

 attacks of a violent pain. 



In mad staggers, encephalitis, phrenitis, or bram fever, from what- 

 ever cause proceeding, the exhaustion produced by the violence of the 

 disease will probably cause the animal to sink in a few days, unless relief 

 is obtained. 



Therefore, when the disease has taken a favorable turn and the 

 patient is recovering, most careful attention must be paid to the diet, to 

 good nursing, fresh air, and the administration of tonics, as: 



Iodide of potassium, 



Nux vomica i aa.3 i. 



Given in the animal's food twice daily for a time. The regular action of 

 the bowels should be established, and tonics will be found of advantage 

 in bringing up the general tone of the animal. The following may be 

 used : 



Sulphate of iron | ss. 



Gentian 3 i j. 



Make into a ball. 



The feeding should be liberal and of good quality. The strength of the 

 patient is always greatly reduced by the attack, if severe, and especially 

 jif prolonged. 



MEGRIMS. 



Synonyms.— Vertigo; Giddiness. 



Definition. — Vertigo, more common.y called megrims, is an affection 



