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box. II. — A generous diet, and one suitable to the patient. 

 III. — Cleanliness, warmth, and dryness of the stable or box, 

 and of the animal diseased. IV. —Avoid giving to the patient 

 huge quantities of filthy drugs. The animal should be treated 

 with strict reference to the economy of the life force. 



Where practicable the patient should be at once removed 

 into a roomy box, possessing as many of the advantages as pos- 

 sibly can be had, such as the reader will find detailed at page 

 117. Eor the animal to remain in the stable to which he is 

 regularly accustomed is in itself detrimental to recovery. The 

 very atmosphere of the place I regard as highly deleterious : 

 where practicable, then, change the habitation of the patient. 



Diet. — The diet I have stated should be generous, and of a 

 nature suitable to the patient. By this I mean that articles of 

 food should be given which are easy of digestion, such as sago 

 gruel, boiled rice, raw eggs and water, milk, malt, speared corn, 

 and (when in season) carrots and grass. 



During the early stages of the disease, sago gruel, milk, 

 and milk and water may be all that are necessary ; but when 

 convalescence is established, and the appetite takes on a vigo- 

 rous character, food of a more solid and strengthening quality 

 will be required. 



Drinks. — The drink should consist of cold water, barley 

 water, milk and water, acidulated water, and gruel. The way 

 in which these articles should be prepared, and under what cir- 

 cumstances administered, the reader is referred to Section VI., 

 pages 108 to 119 inclusive. 



CleanijIness.^ — Unless regular attention be given to the 

 cleanliness of the patient, matters wLU soon arrive at an intole- 

 rable state, especially during the existence of the more severe 

 or malignant types of the malady. What with the discharges 



