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The first thing to be done is to place the animal in circum- 

 stances favourable to recovery. If the patient is lying in a 

 ditch, get him out as speedily as possible; and if remotely 

 situate from stable, barn, or shed, either procure a sleigh, and 

 remove the patient upon it, or construct a tent upon the 

 ground and place the animal beneath. 



It is easy to erect a dry, comfortable tent, with a few strong 

 poles and a couple of waggon covers ; — to carry a few bundles 

 of dry straw to the place ; and if the weather be wet, to exca- 

 vate a ditch around the tent to carry off the surface water. 



Having made the patient comfortable, give the animal an 

 injection of warm water and soap, empty the rectum of its 

 contents, and if necessary, the bladder also ; then administer 

 two or three quarts of gruel, prepared as directed at pages 112 

 and 113 ; or a mess of warm milk and bread sops ; after which 

 the Hmbs should be bandaged with woollen bandages, and all 

 done that can be accomplished at the time to restore warmth 

 and power to the extremities. 



The best remedies in general are — Arnica and Ehus Toxico- 

 dendron. 



Arnica and Wms Toxicodendron. — Apply Arnica lotion 

 freely to the back and limbs. Use it warm, and give Arnica of 

 the 1st dilution in 2-drachm doses, mixed with water; also, 

 Rhus of the 1st dilution ia 2-drachm doses. Give these reme- 

 dies in alternation, and repeat them every three hours for 

 twenty or thirty hours in succession. 



If the patient be unable to get up, he should be raised with 

 blocks, and afterwards partly supported in slings for a few days. 

 In cases of this kiud the extremities sometimes swell to a con- 

 siderable extent, and the muscles are so bruised, and weakened 

 as to reqiiire considerable time ere they fully recover their 

 normal condition. . 



