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the mixing and tlie application of the Mustard to cases of this 

 nature, the reader is referred to pages 158 to 160. 



Fomentations. — Fomenting the limbs with Hot Water, will, 

 in numerous cases, prove of signal benefit, especially in the 

 more severe forms of Bronchitis. The operation should be 

 daily performed until the recovery of the patient is fairly estab- 

 lished. For instructions as to the process, see page 156. 



Injections. — Injections are occasionally necessary when the 

 bowels are constipated. Many practitioners advocate the use 

 of Aloes, given in small doses, in these cases. The practice, is 

 not a safe one, especially if the malady be of the epizootic form. 



Diet. — The diet of the patient should be regulated according 

 to the special and general directions laid down in Section VI., 

 page 108, to which the reader is referred. 



Ai'tee-Teeatment.— By after-treatment, I mean the proper 

 treatment to pursue when the acute lorm of the disease may 

 be considered as past, and recovery to have commenced. This 

 in numerous cases will prove a matter involving not only great 

 care, but considerable judgment also, as the state of the patient 

 at this time is not unfrequently critical. 



The state in question is usually marked by the appetite 

 being bad ; the system feeble, and the cough severe ; accom- 

 panied by swelling of the limbs, and dropsical effusions within 

 the structures of the sheath and the walls of the abdomen. 



Apart from proper hygienic treatment, the best remedies in 

 general for cases of the above character, are, — -Arsenicum 2, 

 Belladonna, Tincture of the Muriate of Iron, Capsicum 1, and 

 Sulphur. 



Arsenicum 3. — Give Arsenicum, 2, ia 2-drachm doses, morn- 

 ing, noon, and night, in 2 ounces of water each tkne. If the 



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