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thing / 5 over a stiff country five and forty minutes without a 
check , — alias “ a clipper . 55 We will see him quietly taken 
back to his stable by the servant in attendance, and next 
superintend the arrangements for preventing the probably 
serious consequences of his severe exertion. If our esta- 
blishment is properly supplied with all the requisites, washing 
all over w T ith warm water is without question very excellent 
treatment ; but unless quite convenient, and plenty of help at 
hand to dry the skin afterwards, it is much better left alone, 
and the ordinary grooming performed as rapidly as possible; 
a mash placed in the manger, after a pail of gruel or tepid 
w r ater has been taken, the stable darkened, and the animal 
left to himself; no oats or beans should be dreamt of now T , 
the stomach will shortly feel the effects of the general 
exhaustion, and be ill adapted to digest such food. The fol- 
lowing morning may find the horse dull and stiff, but not 
so as to prevent half an hour’s walking exercise being 
taken with advantage ; let him have a feed or two of oats 
during the day, and by degrees return to his full feeding 
and exercise, a week sufficing to restore him to his former 
condition. 
It may, however, happen that the exhaustion shall be 
extreme, the horse incapable of moving, and shrinking wdth 
fear from the touch of a finger ; in such a case, we have found 
a newly stripped sheepskin placed over the loins for twelve 
hours a most valuable remedy, assisted by the horning down 
of good gruel, mixed w ith occasional doses of old ale. As 
the patient will not eat for a few days, by no means think of 
bleeding (many a fine animal has taken leave of society from 
such mistaken treatment) ; and should any more serious 
symptoms arise, send for proper assistance at once, remem- 
bering the old adage about “ a stitch in time. 55 — Oxford Journal. 
THE TOBACCO QUESTION. 
In a resume of the arguments pro and con given in the 
6 Lancet ’ on the “ Tobacco Question / 5 which has been 
discussed in that journal “ during the last few weeks, with 
considerable animation and power / 5 by numerous corres- 
pondents on both sides, the editor says: “The only course 
which is fair to either party is to collect together, in as short 
a form as possible, the ill effects attributed to the use of 
tobacco by the various correspondents, and to place them in 
juxtaposition with the good effects which other or the same 
