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AND HIS DISEASES. . 149 



The spine should be freely blistered, and either of the fol- 

 lowing balls given night and morning : — 



Nux vomica in powder, . 1 draolim, 



piade into a ball, with linseed meal and extract of gentian. 

 Or, 



Strychnine, ... 2 grains, 



made into a ball in the same way. 



The nux vomica or strychnine, whichever be used, should 

 be gradually increased, until they produce their physiological 

 actions, known by twitching of the muscles and slight 

 tetanic convulsions, when it should be stopped, or the dose 

 diminished. He must be 'well fed and regularly groomed. 



The treatment must be persevered in, as it is often tedious. 



%/4^Xy^ PARTIAL ■^XB.ta.J^l^.y^^/*^ 



Under this name we will notice a disease which is very 

 comm on i n this cou ntry^ and very alar ming in its liSpect 

 from the suddenn ess o f i ts atta ck a nd seve rity of its symp - 

 toms, producing almost complete loss of power of the. hin d 

 qjjarters . ""^ "" "'" 



/^ Gauies. — It usually occ urs in ho rs es wh ic h are be ing "" fed 

 up," or which hav e bee n accustome d to h ar d work , a nd ar e 

 allowed to re main in th e stab le for a few days, p avin g a. 

 libera l allo wance of good feed, the system becomes pl ethor ic, 

 more blood being formed than the system can dispose of, 

 whereby the vascular organs are o verloaded, and conse - 

 quently, under in crea sed action caused by exertion, they are' 

 apOo become c ongeste d. 



Symp toms . — Thejnimal is apparentl y in ex cell ent health 

 a nd sp irits/ 'He starts off lively ; but before he has gone 



' far, he sudd enly stops, crouches, s eems ver y muc h di stressed. 

 The sweat rolls off him in streams : he blows and heaves at 



