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heated by a stove. In default of this, warm woolen blankets, 

 hood and leg bandages should be secured^ If the case is mild 

 enough to allow of appetite, the food for herbivora may be green 

 food in summer and carrots, beet, turnip, potato or ensilage in 

 winter. The dog may have buttermilk or sweet milk or mush 

 and milk. Meat is objectionable because of the amount of urea 

 and other urinary products which it produces. 



Trasbot strongly recommends general bleeding in strong, 

 vigorous horses and cattle, attacked by the disease in an acute 

 form, but deprecates it in the lymphatic, fat, or debilitated. 



Omitting the general bleeding, one can always find a good and 

 safe alternative in bleeding the animal into his own tissues. 

 Shaving the loins and cupping has often an excellent effect. An 

 approach to this may be had by vigorous rubbing by several men 

 at once, of the limbs and the whole surface of the body, by warm 

 fomentations over the loins by means of spongio-piline or sur- 

 geon's cotton covered with dry blankets, or by winding a hose 

 round the body through which warm water is forced, or finally 

 by a bath of steam or hot air, or in small animals of warm water. 

 The dog may be placed in a bath of 80° or 90°- F., which is al- 

 lowed to gradually cool to 65" or 70°. In all these cases the 

 greatest care must be taken to avoid chill when the animal is 

 taken out. He should be quickly rubbed dry in a warm room 

 and blanketed. 



Counter-irritants act in the same way, and mustard, or hot 

 water hotter than the hands can bear may be applied. Turpen- 

 tine, cantharides and other diuretic counter-irritants must be 

 carefully avoided. An old practice of laying a freshly removed 

 sheep skin over the loins, with the flesh sid6 inward, often causes 

 a distinct exudation, thickening of the skin and derivation. 



A damp cloth, laid across the loins and thoroughly covered 

 with dry to prevent any evaporation and chill, will usually give 

 great relief and may be kept on for days. 



Internal medication must at first be mainly anodyne, laxative 

 and diaphoretic. The two latter classes are at once derivative 

 and eliminating, carrying out through other channels, waste 

 products that would otherwise have taxed the kidneys. 



Among anodynes, the bromide of camphor (horse, 1-2 drs., 

 dog, 2 to 5 grs.), bromide of potassium (horse, i dr., dog, i to 3 

 grs. ) or hyoscyamus may be used, and repeated twice daily. 



