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patient. Six straps are figured in the engraving ; but seven 

 or eight may be fixed to the article if necessary. The straps 

 should not be more than three inches apart. 



Arsenicum 2. — Bryonia 1. — In having recourse to these 

 remedies, they may either be used in alternation, alone, or either 

 the one or the other may be alternated with Aconite. Use the 

 2nd dilution of Arsenicum in 2-drachm doses, mixed with 2 or 

 3 ounces of water. Use the Bryonia of the 1st djlution in 

 2-drachm doses, mixed with 2 or 3 ounces of water. 



Sometimes Rhus Toxicodendron may be substituted for 

 Bryonia ; use it in 2-drachm doses of the 1st dilution, in 2 or 

 3 ounces of water. WhUst using these remedies, however, the 

 practitioner should exercise patience ; a disease of so violent a 

 character as Enteritis cannot be dealt with in a moment. Let 

 the practitioner persevere and learn to wait. 



Bleeding. — Sedatives. — Fwrgatives. — Having detailed the 

 modes of cure which I generally pursue with those cases of 

 Enteritis entrusted to my care, I pass to the consideration of 

 the propriety of bleeding, and the administration of sedatives 

 and purgatives. 



Bleeding, accompanied by the use of sedatives, for the cure 

 of this disease, are practices which have the assent of ages ; the 

 question, therefore, very naturally arises — is it necessary to have 

 recourse to either one or the other ? My reply is (and I write 

 from experience of an extensive kind), that at times, and under 

 circumstances of a peculiar nature, both will be found of value ; 

 but the difficulties are in learning to know the times and circum- 

 stances which warrant the veterinary surgeon in resorting to 

 their aid. To do so at the very commencement of the~ disease 

 I have clearly shewn to be bad practice. Let us endeavour to 

 ascertain what condition of the patient will indicate to us the 

 ncessity for their use. 



