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reein. Add the cantharides and stir until it sets together. Apply to the 

 chest and throat if the case is desperate. If only irritation is desired the 

 following will be good : 



No. 54 4 Ounces lard oil, 



1 Ounce turpentine, -* 



6 Drachms powdered cantharides. 



Shave the hair and apply by rubbing in. 



For the body prepare a strong cloth as shown on preceding page. Get 

 two pieces of flannel three yards long and the full width of the fabric, 

 also four pieces half a yard long and a foot wide. Saturate one of the 

 pieces with cold water, fold, and apply near the top of the back, equally 

 on each side. Two of the smaller pieces are to be saturated with water 

 and laid along the sides of the chest, fasten the jacket at the back so as 

 to hold all snug. When the flannels are warm remove them and replace 

 immediately with others. So continue for two or three hours as the case 

 may be, and then allow them to remain until the animal is pretty well 

 recovered. 



In very aggravated cases of congestion give every half hour until the 

 pulse regains its tone, and then at longer intervals, reduced at last to 

 once a day, the following : 



iTo. 55. 1 Ounce sulphuric ether, 



1 Ounce laudanunqu 

 1 Pint water. 



At the third dose discontinue if the effect required is not produced and 

 give the following : 



No. 56. yi Drachm of solid belladonna, 



y^ Pint of warm water. 



Rub down the belladonna with the warm water. Give this exclusivelr 

 every hour until the pulse is better, then withdraw half the laudanum and n<l<) 

 half a drachm of belladonna to the drink first recommended (No. 55), rc- 

 suming it as directed. Let the food be thick gruel of oatmeal, boikd 

 potatoes, and oatmeal and bran mashes. Give no dry, and especially no 

 dirty food. When the animal begins to recover so as to eat whole grain, 

 grass and hay, let them be especially freed from dust, and let them be 

 given moistened, until the horse be perfectly recovered 



If the disease is to terminate fatally, the pulse will grow quick and 

 tremulous. In drawing the breath the body will quiver, showing increas- 

 ing difficulty and pain. The membrane of the nose becomes of a blui'^'i 

 tint with frothy blood and purulent matter about the nostrils. The 

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