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adapted for food. It is best to offer the animal drinking water 

 as frequently as it is desired. 



Rubbings repeated two or three times a day and wrapping 

 the paralyzed part of the body with moist cloths may also 

 be advantageous, while it is better to omit counter irritants, 

 as they rfiay contribute to produce an aggravation of the con- 

 dition by causing restlessness. The frequently recommended 

 bleeding was found ineffective by various authors. If heart 

 weakness is present, stimulants (alcohol, black coffee, camphor 

 [20-30 gm. subcutaneously] , caffeine [2-5 gm. subcutaneously] ) , 

 may be used to some advantage. If gangrene of the skin from 

 pressure develops it may be treated with drying and disinfect- 

 ing washes (alum and acetate of lead water [1:2:50], Goulard's 

 extract), or with similarly acting dusting powders (charcoal 

 powder containing corrosive sublimate, iodoform, dermatol, 

 xeroform, etc.). 



To increase the alkalinity of the blood, which is supposed to be 

 considerably reduced, Di'eckerhofE recommended the administration of 

 alkalies in great quantities. He gave on the first day 150-300 gm. of 

 bicarbonate of sodium, and 300-500 gm. of sodium sulphate, in three 

 doses, and on the following days 50-200 gm. of sodium bicarbonate. The 

 result was said to.be satisfactory, but Hutyra and Marek failed to ob- 

 serve any particular results. Hink and Humann observed good results 

 from the use of sugar (%-l lb. per os repeated several times), while 

 Braund produced recovery in 95% out of 50 cases with iodide of potas- 

 sium (15-25 gm. in 250 gm. of water on the first, and if necessary 10 

 gm. additional on the following day), and subcutaneous injections of 

 eserin. Atoxyl on the other hand was not effective (Rudolph) . Finally 

 the results of the veterinarians agree in that Lumbagin lacks any thera- 

 peutic value whatever. 



After improvement has commenced, the rubbing should 

 be diligently continued, and later the animal may be exercised 

 quietly, then used at first for light, and finally for the ordinary 

 work. 



Prevention. The disease may be prevented with the greatest 

 certainty by exercising the horses daily and reducing the grain 

 food. In consideration of this, the horses should be exercised 

 for a short time, and fed less even on days of rest and in bad 

 weather. Sanitation and sufficient ventilation of the stable are 

 also of importance. 



In a large stable of horses in which year after year cases of hemoglobinemia 

 appeared, new cases were avoided after the animals were only led out of doors 

 after stable rest, if ootered with blankets (Johne). Similar observations were made 

 by Benjamin and Lavalard after a considerable reduction of grain food, by Brun 

 from systematic exercising the animals by trotting on days of rest. Ohler orders 

 washing the croup witt cold water in the stable, after which it should be rubbed 

 dry, shortly previous to the use of the horses; with this procedure he succeeded 

 in preventing the appearance of the disease. 



Literature. Benjamin, Bull., 1907. 240. — Bollinger, D. Z. f. Tm., 1877. 

 III. 155; W. f. Tk., 1^85. 439. — Brun, Bull., 1907. 237. — Cadfiae, J. vet., 1897. 



