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appeared inert. Use it in 2-drachm doses of the 1st dilution, 

 mixed with 4 or 6 ounces of water. It may be repeated at 

 intervals of fifteen or twenty minutes. 



WhisTcey.- — I administer Whiskey as a stimulant ; my object 

 beiug to rouse the mucous membrane, and if possible, to check 

 the further secretion of gas. In cases where my patients were 

 of the large, heavy draught breed, I have given as much as a 

 piat of the best and strongest spirit I could purchase, mixed 

 with a quart of hot water ; and I afterwards administered Cap- 

 sicum 1, in 2-drachm doses. 



Tmeture of Colocynth. — In cases where Tympany super- 

 venes after the animal has partaken freely of grass, Colocynth 

 is the best remedy. Use it in 2-drachm doses, mixed with 6 or 

 8 ounces of water. ' The dose may be repeated every twenty or 

 thirty minutes. It is the best to use the strong tincture to 

 commence with, and the 1st dilution of the remedy afterwards. 



Aftee-Teeatment. — In cases of excessive severity where 

 the animal recovers, it is necessary to use the greatest care in 

 the after-treatment of the patient. Administer gruel mixed 

 with boiled linseed, as directed at page 112. 



Barley "Water will also prove an agreeable diluent. Be 

 sparing of hay, and dry food of any kind. 



GASTRITIS. 



Stomach Staggers, Symptomatic Phrenitis, Grass Staggers, 

 and Abdominal Vertigo, are some of the names by which this 

 disease is known and recognised by the profession in general. 



Certain forms of the malady have from time to time appeared 

 as an epizootic amongst horses. In the year 1846, according to 

 the statements of Professor Dick and others, it thus prevailed 

 in Scotland. When existing in the epizootic form it appears, 

 to a certain extent, to depend upon the heat and dryness of the 



