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in conjunction with twenty drops of tincture of capsicum. 

 The sulphoearbolates alone do not give the desired result. 



Patients that do not eat can in many instances be 

 brought into good appetite by a few doses of lemon juice. 

 The juice from two or three lemons makes an average 

 dose, and can be repeated a few times. It is to be given 

 with a dose syringe. Others are tempted with fresh 

 vegetables, of which carrots are usually the most accep- 

 table. A good, seasoned bran mash containing a few 

 finely sliced carrots will frequently be eaten when every- 

 thing else is refused. Feed that is not promptly eaten 

 by the patient should be removed from the manger. A 

 pail of fresh water should be constantly within reach of 

 the patient. The patient may be blanketed or not, de- 

 pending upon the temperature of the stable, the presence 

 of air currents, etc. 



One feature of great importance in the successful han- 

 dling of pneumonia cases is the supply of fresh air that 

 the patient must have. Were I to choose between treat- 

 ing a case of equine pneumonia in a poorly ventilated 

 stable and the open, even in extremely cold weather, I 

 would choose the open. Ventilation of a stall is not al- 

 ways practicable, especially in the ordinary basement 

 stable usually built on farms. In a stable such as this 

 fresh air usually means cold air admitted in such a man- 

 ner that it wiU chill the patient. Under these conditions 

 better results will be obtained from the use of an out- 

 house or shed to which fresh air has free access con- 

 stantly. When this sort of an abode is resorted to the 

 patient must be amply provided with blankets, a hood, 

 and leg wrappings. The wrappings applied to the legs 

 should consist of a layer of cotton under flannel ban- 

 dages, loosely put on. Under all conditions the patient 

 should be subjected to a daily application of curry-comb 

 and brush, thoroughly manipulated. 



