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fomentations. — I"ew things will tend more to sootli tlie 

 patient, whether the affection be local or general, than fomen- 

 tations. If the affection be sysbemie, fold large woollen rugs, 

 previously dipped in water at a temperature of 114° Fahrenheit, 

 around the animal. If the affection be local, fomentations can 

 be more readUy applied. 



After fomenting the body at large, the patient should have 

 a cold shower bath : a contrivance for this purpose may be easily 

 devised ; and immediately after the shower bath, the animal 

 should be briskly rubbed with dry coarse cloths, and then 

 covered with dry woollen clothing, and left alone for several hours. • 



Turning the Patient to Grass, — Myositis, be it understood, 

 is an affection difficult at times to cure : considerable patience, 

 will be required ere the animal is restored, and not unfrequently 

 all remedies of an ordinary character prove of little or no avail. 

 The malady cannot be eradicated by storm. The patient lingers, 

 and the owner perhaps becomes impatient. The best plan to 

 pursue, under circumstances of this nature, is to turn the animal 

 to grass — that is, if the season be favourable. A run of two 

 or three months' duration is generally necessary to accomplish 

 what is desired. 



Diet. — I"or particulars with regard to the diet of the 

 patient, see Section VI., page 108. 



CHILL. ^ 

 I use the above term to designate an affection, or rather a 

 state, which may terminate either in direct recovery, or in the 

 manifestation of an inflammatory disease of some important 

 organ or set of organs. When this particular state is present 

 it is impossible to say, with positive certainty, whether further 

 derangement or not will ensue ; all that can be said is, that an 

 abnormal effect is produced, which may terminate in this or 



