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adjuncts to medical treatment. In the summer months, -w hen the 
weather is warm, the door of the stable may be thrown open ; and 
at all times provision should be made for the free entrance of fresh 
air. Protection from draught should be provided, and on no 
account should the animal be unduly exposed. To uphold the 
surface circulation and prevent internal congestions, the body should 
be well clothed and the legs enclosed in flannel bandages. The latter 
may be removed from time to time, and the legs briskly rubbed with 
a straw wisp : but the body-clothing shotdd on no account be com- 
pletely taken off until the fever subsides. 
In ^'iew of the prostrating influence of the disease, everything 
should be done to support the bodily strength. Any description of 
wholesome food may be allowed in small quantities, often repeated 
so long as the appetite remains. Cooked food, however, is preferable, 
if acceptable to the patient. Well-scalded oats and bran, with a 
fair amount of boiled linseed, form an agreeable and attractive diet 
for sick horses. This may be varied by scalded chaff and malt- 
meal. Should these be refused, the appetite may be tempted by a 
few carrots and old beans, or, in the summer season, by vetches, 
clover, rye-grass, and any other well-matured green foods. Raidi, 
rapidly grown herbage should be avoided on account of its tendency 
to ferment and irritate the bowels Medical treatment for the most 
part is to be directed towards subduing the fever and guarding 
against internal congestions. For this purpose, alcoholic stimulants 
or ethereal compounds are much to be preferred, and, in conjunction 
with saline diuretics, prove most efficient in lowering the tempera- 
ture of the body. In some instances, where the bowels are much 
constipated, a small dose of sulphate of magnesia, given for two 
consecutive days, with a little aromatic powder, is usually sufficient to 
excite a gentle action in them. When the fever has dispersed 
and signs of returning health appear, convalescence may be com- 
pleted by a course of iron tonics in combination with quinine or 
nux vomica. A plentiful supply of good food should now be offered, 
and slow walking exercise allowed if the weather is favoui-able ; but 
the too early resumption of work shoifld on no account be permitted. 
J. WoRTLEY Axe. 
MARKET RIGHTS AND TOLLS. 
The Royal Commission on Market Rights and Tolls, which began 
its work in July 1887, presented its final report to Parliament on 
January 1-5, 1891. I had the honour of being appointed as one of 
the Assistant Commissioners, and as such I visited and reported 
upon some eighty markets in England, including Bolton, Bradford, 
Carlisle, Hull, Leeds, Newcastle, Norwich, Sheffield, and Sunderland, 
and had the opportunity of hearing from local authorities and 
market frequenters of all classes their opinions on most of the 
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