376 CALOMEL, ANTIMONY, AND QUININE, 
art, I was in the habit of prescribing portions of these two drugs, 
but administered in such divided doses, and at intervals, perhaps, 
too far between, their action was in nowise immediately per- 
ceptible. In course of time, however, I found that, by thus treating 
my patient, I seldom cured him, and as often displeased my em- 
ployer ; and that, if I could devise no better method of cure, I 
should have the mortification of seeing myself, in a manner, ex- 
pelled from the practice. 
Calomel and antimony were, however, still my favourites, especially 
in certain forms of the disease; viz. where the catarrhal symptoms 
were most predominant : so I came to the conclusion to try them 
again. To make their action more expeditious, I mixed toge- 
ther equal portions of them, and thought that I would give my 
patient so much of the compound as would act in a twofold man- 
ner, both upon the stomach and alimentary canal, and nearly at 
the same time. By so doing, I soon found that I had got in my 
power a medicine that would do its duty, and that quickly, and 
to any extent that I required. But, however, after having acted 
thus, it, at times, and those occurring too often, left the animal 
in such a state of debility, that nature could not rally, and he 
fell a sacrifice to his weakness, or, perhaps, the poison. 
Of late, however, from having seen a hint thrown out in The 
Veterinarian, I have been accustomed (after the action of the 
compound just named) to give the solution of the sulphate of qui- 
nine in moderate doses two or three times in the course of twenty- 
four hours, according to the weakness of the animal and the action 
of the compound ; and by continuing its use for a greater or less 
time, as the disease assumed a mild or protracted form, I have 
found in them all that was required, and am proud to record that, 
since I commenced the above method of cure, I have saved the 
life of many a favourite, and seldom been disappointed in my 
expectation of a cure. 
Perhaps it may be said that I am inclined to think this medicine to 
be a specific in every form of the disease; but I answer no : though, 
I believe, if given more generally, and at the commencement of 
the disease, and by the instructions of an experienced practitioner, 
it would, in all probability, cut short the malady, and in few in- 
stances be found to assume so many different shades and characters 
of disease as too frequently make their appearance. 
In some cases, however, when the stomach and bowels are in 
so irritable a state as to immediately reject every sort of aliment 
brought in contact with them — even the mildest demulcents — there 
is no doubt that a kind of treatment more suited to allay irritation 
will answer our purpose better ; and from having had, at different 
times in my own family, cases where the stomach and alimentary 
