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nostrils will become of a dirty blue or leaden colour ; the 

 breathing will be hurried, short, and at times gasping ; the 

 skin will be bathed with perspiration, which, in the generality 

 of cases, will be hot and steaming. In addition to the incessant 

 struggling, the animal will strain violently, and eject, by the 

 urinary passages, immense quantities of bloody urine. The 

 pulse may beat from 60 to 100, and the respirations reach as 

 high as from 30 to 50 per minute. 



In this condition the patient may remain for some hours, 

 until at last the animal dies from exhaustion ; but, if carefully 

 dealt with and judiciously treated, the violence may subside, 

 and recovery ensue. 



Paxho&nomoiho Symptoms. — The animal is affected witJi 

 partial loss of voluntary power, which rapidly attacks first one 

 limb, and then another; the muscles of the hind limhs are 

 affected with severe spasm; and the urine is mixed with hlood, 

 and is of a darle coffee-colour. 



Teeatment. — Prior to commencing the medical treatment 

 of a patient affected vrith Hysteria, secure for the animal, if 

 possible, the following advantages, viz. : — a loose box which is 

 clean and cool in temperature, where the light is admitted 

 sparingly, and where straw is dry and plentiful. 



The best remedies in general are — Aconite, Belladonna, 

 Chloroform, and Mercurius. 



Aconite and Belladonna. — Commence at once with these 

 remedies. Use the Aconite in 2-drachm doses of the 1st 

 dilution, mixed with 6 or 8 ounces of water ; a dose may be 

 given every half hour, for two or three times in succession, 

 after which have recourse to Belladonna, and use it in 2 or 

 3 -drachm doses of the -6- tincture, mixed each time with 3 or 



