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approval of the general practitioner more readily than 

 other theories. 



The fact that the treatment which was based upon it 

 has proved remarkably successful is the best evidence 

 that this theory has merit. Accepting this theory as our 

 basis we searched about for an agent that would prevent 

 coagulation and that would, if it were possible, bring^^ 

 about a resolution of blood already coagulated. After 

 much digging in textbooks on physiology, and after a 

 series of experiments, we chose oxalic acid, believing that 

 after ingestion it would rapidly form oxalates of potas- 

 sium in sufScient amount to serve our purpose. The dose J 

 which we found most satisfactory for repetition was four I 

 grains. 



Oxalic acid is an active agent, and while this dose 

 may appear small, it is sufficient for all practical ends 

 when repeated hourly. ^ 



This, then, is the active principle of azolysin — oxalic 

 acid. 



For business motives several other ingredients were 

 added to azolysin while it was on the market as a secret 

 preparation. 



From reports gathered over a period of four or five 

 years we have evidence that this oxalic acid treatment 

 will save over eighty per cent of the bad form — eases in 

 which the horse is down. Veterinarians who used azoly 

 sin, as made by the Azolysin Company, did not use the 

 treatment in mild cases; it was too expensive. For this 

 reason I do not hesitate to say that the percentage of 

 recoveries will be over ninety per cent when the treat- 

 ment is used as a routine treatment. 



While oxalic acid alone will save many cases, I would 

 recommend the use of symptomatic treatment in con- 

 junction. 



Cases showing a predominating nervous trend should 



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