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snow, is said to produce a temporary relaxa- 

 tion of those muscles by which the jaws are 

 closed. Opium and camphor have been 

 strongly recommended. I have lately been 

 informed of a case in which a combination of 

 these medicines completely succeeded. In 

 America and the West- India islands, where 

 the disease is much more frequent than it is in 

 this climate, strong stimulants have been found 

 elTectual; it would be advisable therefore to 

 try the same plan on horses, should opium 

 and camphor fail. The best stimulants for 

 this purpose are spirit of hartshorn, ether, 

 opium, and brand}-. I have been informed 

 that a blister, applied to the spine or back, 

 throughout its whole length, from the withers 

 to the basis of the tail, has proved successful in 

 several cases. I have had only one oppor- 

 tunity of trying it, in which it did no good : 

 but the disease had existed for sometime, and 

 had become very violent before any remedy 

 nas employed. 



Lam pas. 



When the bars or roof of the horse's moutli, 

 near the front teetli, become level with, ov 



