AND LECTURES. ; If 
a quittorr, which with the best of attention cannot be cured 
in less than 5 or 6 weeks. Another instance, a horse may 
catch a cold and have a catarrhal discharge from the nose, 
sore throat, a cough and loss of appetite, if promptly and 
properly treated he may be restcred to health and useful- 
ness in from 2 to 10 days, but if neglected for a day or two 
the disease will in all probability find its way into the 
lungs, starting an irritation most painful in character, and 
disease of lengthy duration, with the possibility of a fatal 
termination. 
KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TREATING. 
Let me urge as a matter of utmost importance, that when 
treatment of any kind is indicated, whether it be local or 
internal, that the proper remedies be applied promptly and 
thoroughly. But I would remind you to be sufficiently 
cautious in every instance; always be sure you are on the 
right track then go ahead with energy and persistence. Do 
not be caught treating an ankle because it is cocked, when 
every particle of the inflamation causing the lameness is in 
the foot. Neither would I have you make the mistake of 
‘*dosing’’ a horse for the ‘‘Bots,’’ when the trouble is either 
Pleurisy or an affection of the kidneys. Many errors 
similar in character to these, have come under the obser- 
tion of the writer in his practice. One notable instance in 
which many were deceived was sttpposed to be a case of 
‘‘Sweeney’’? in which I was called. I found the horse 
very lame, and blistered on both shoulders and withers by 
the too free use of some patent liniment of questionable 
utility. I made a careful examination, and through it 
the fact was disclosed to me that this horse was suffering 
