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teaspoonful doses three times daily with the arsenic. 
This treatment may be vontinued for two or three weeks, 
then stopped for two or three weeks, and then repeated. 
In some cases, cutting the lateral extensor tendon just 
below the hock joint gives permanent relief to horses 
having stringhalt, and this is not a dangerous 
operation. 
FITS, EPILEPSY 
Horses are sometimes subject to fits, which render 
them wholly or partly unconscious. In some cases 
they appear to be in a frenzy of excitement; they stag- 
ger about and often fall. Animals subject to fits are 
dangerous for driving, because they are wholly irre- 
sponsible during an attack; and they frequently cause 
serious injuries to themselves and to those depend- 
eut on them. .A horse is usually attacked by a fit 
while being driven, and without any premonitory 
symptoms, often floundering, rearing or plunging, 
and sometimes running away or dashing into dan- 
gerous places. 
During the attack, the horse should be freed from 
the vehicle, and the harness loosened or removed. 
Cold water dashed over the head generally gives relief. 
The cause of the difficulty should be looked for and 
removed, if possible. It may be over-feeding, or a 
tight-fitting collar or throat-latch, or any other con- 
dition that interferes with the circulation. Real epi- 
lepsy is incurable, and a horse suffering from such 
fits should not be placed in any position involving 
respousibility. Many causes are responsible for fits. 
