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of soda (baking soda) in their water every day for a week or 

 ten days. Their supply of drinking water should of course be 

 unlimited. 



TREATMENT. — ^In cases of threatened sunstroke, as would be 

 made manifest by quickened respiration and marked rise of tem- 

 perature, say, over 103° F., I would advise that the animal should 

 get 1 lb. of Epsom salts in a couple of quarts of water ; and after 

 that, IJ drachm of phenacetine every four hours (according as 

 control over temperature is obtained), or 1^ drachm of tartar 

 emetic in his drinking water for a few days. He should have a 

 constant supply of water to drink, and his food should be restricted 

 to " green meat " (grass, lucerne, etc.), carrots and other suitable 

 roots. If this scale of diet oannot be carried out in its entirety, he 

 should have bran mashes or boiled barley, in strictly moderate 

 quantities, instead of corn given in the usual way. All food which 

 contains a large proportion of nitrogen," such as peas and gram, 

 should be withheld. 



When a horse is " knocked down " by sunstroke, the best treat- 

 ment is the application of cold to the surface of his body, especially 

 to his head and spine. Very successful results (with losses of only 

 about one per cent.) have been obtained by this method in 

 America. In one case the animal lay comatose and motionless on 

 a bed of matting. Lumps of ice had already been applied to the 

 head and neck, crushed ice being pushed into both ears, while two 

 hose pipes of icy cold water, played, with great force along the 

 spine, on the body and extremities. In a short time he was on 

 his legs and staggered into a comfortable box, where whisping and 

 drying were had recourse to, and the patient could be sent home 

 the following day. In these cases, no medicine is given. When 

 cold cannot be applied in this admirable manner, we should do the 

 best we can by cold water and fanning. 



