360 VETERINARY SURGICAL THERAPEUTICS. 
To this effect it has been recommended to trot the patients until the ap- 
pearance of the symptoms, to give them a certain rest, and another 
exercise and so on; by these repeated restings, when the current of the 
blood is stronger and more rapid, the clot would be gradually destroyed 
or removed ina collateral branch. But there is small hope of obtaining 
such result. Progressive increase of the affection is the general rule. 
