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4 ounces of wq,ter. The dose may be repeated every fifteen 

 minutes, for three or four times in succession, when if the 

 patient be improved, use the remedy in 2-drachm doses of the 

 1st dilution, and repeat it at longer intervals. 



Belladonna is invaluable in Hysteria. I scarcely ever knew 

 it fail to aflGord the patient speedy relief. Pour cases out of 

 the six which are published in the pamphlet I have previously 

 referred to, were principally treated with Belladonna, and they 

 all recovered. 



CMorqform.^Shouli Belladonna fail to afford that relief 

 to the system desirable, have recourse to Chloroform. Use it 

 in 2-drachm doses, mixed with a pint of cold thin flour gruel. 

 The dose may be repeated in two hours afterwards should 

 necessity require. 



Mercurius. — The uses of the Belladonna and the Chloro- 

 form are to sooth the system and render the animal quiet ; 

 effects which may be known by the patient ceasing to struggle, 

 and by the skin becoming dry, when our attention should be 

 directed to the regulation of the urine, and one of the best 

 remedies for this purpose is Mercurius. Use it in half-drachm 

 doses of the 2nd trituration, mixed with a little flour, and given 

 as directed at page 146. The dose may be repeated every hour, 

 as frequently as necessity may require. 



ArxEE-CoNSEQrEFOES OE THE DISEASE. — The condition 

 in which the patient may be left after the acute form of the 

 disease has subsided is a matter which requires attention. If 

 the attack is severe, the animal wiU not be as lively and as 

 vigorous for some time afterwards as before the attack. Some- 

 times the voluntary muscles generally will be greatly enfeebled ; 

 at other times the voluntary muscles only of the hind limbs ; 

 and, in other cases again the debility will be principally 



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