488 ' DISEASES AFD THEIR TREATMENT. 



for pleurisy, as so doing will cause debility of the capillaries of 

 the part, which would induce hydrothorax, or dropsy of the chest. 



This will be somewhat puzzling to owners and stable-keepers, 

 and especially to those who may be guided by Youatt and other 

 good old authorities who invariably advised this treatment. 



The better to aid my readers, I include also the directions 

 given by Prof. W. W. Williams, president of the new Veterinary 

 College of Edinburgh, Scotland : — 



1. Place the animal in a well-ventilated loose box, but where the air is not too 

 cold. 



2. Clothe and wrap the body, extremities, and head in suitable but not too 

 heavy cloths. 



i 3. Give it as much water as it will drink, adding to the water, if there is much 

 fever, about an ounce of niter, or 20 to 30 drops of tincture of aconite, to the 

 bucketful. 



4. If the bowels are bound, loosen them by injections of -oil or warm water. 



5. If there is much weakness, give two drachms each of Carbonate of ammonia 

 and camphor, in the form of a ball, twice daily. 



6. Let the food be simple, laxative, cooling, and nutritious, as bran, boiled lin- 

 seed meal, good hay, or cooked carrots or turnips. 



7. If moderate diarrhea or profuse staleing come on, they are on no account to 

 be checked, as this is an effort of nature to throw off the disease. 



8. If there is great exhaustion, moderate doses of whisky may be given, but 

 there is no use of pushing them, unless their good effects are soon seen. 



The attention of the writer has been particularly directed to 

 the value of the fever medicine before recommended >in the treat- 

 ment of pleurisy and pneumonia. During the year of his stay in 

 Buffalo with Dr. Summerville, it was invariably used for all cases 

 of chills and fever with remarkable success. Indeed, the writer 

 does not remember a single fatal case, even of those that had been 

 caused by expbsure, or from badly ventilated stables, or of an 

 epizootic character, when treated within a reasonable length of 

 time. The usual, course was blanketing the horse comfortably 

 warm and giving this medicine, in about the proportion and at the 

 intervals stated, the size and the condition of the case determining 

 how much to give. A great many -times while on the road the 

 writer has had occasion to use this medicine for chills and fever, 

 and always with success. Indeed, if this is given promptly, with 

 anything like ordinary care, aided by other means as directed, 

 there need be but little danger of failure. The point is, as repeat- 

 edly stated, to , take the case in hand promptly at the start ; watch 

 closely the condition of the animal that has been exhausted, or 

 hard-driven, and exposed to cold, especially during chilly, rainy 

 weather, and if any indication of chill is noticeable, give a little of 



