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stimulants above mentioned, four ounces more of the oil 
being added — 
B Magnesise Sulph., 
Sulphur., aa ^iv ; 
Pulv. Anisi, 5iij- 
This treatment was continued until the character of the 
evacuations became changed. 
If the animal w r as not in a state of collapse, the aperient 
was given with the stimulant as soon as the animal was per- 
ceived to be unwell. 
During the first twenty-four or forty-eight hours, the 
animal showed no inclination for either food or water, and 
required to be supported with plenty of flour gruel, thickened 
with starch, in the proportion of a quarter of a pound to a 
gallon of gruel ; and injections of the same were frequently 
thrown up. 
At the commencement of the epizootic, many animals died 
without having received any medical treatment whatever. 
In those that received a little, the food in the maniplus was so 
exceedingly dry, that death took place before the medicinal 
agents were able to act. In these cases the post-mortem 
appearances showed that a change was taking place, but the 
powers of the animal had yielded from exhaustion. 
The first favorable symptom manifested was an alteration 
in the character of the alvine evacuations, indicated by the 
passage of bile. The body then became warm generally, 
instead of alternately hot and cold, which heat was maintained ; 
and although the animal was unable to rise, yet the head 
assumed the natural position, instead of being extended on 
the ground. Instead of the medicine being repeated every 
three or four hours, it was now given at intervals of six or 
eight ; and when the quantity of bile passed with the evacua- 
tions shewed that the normal action of the liver and stomach 
had commenced, Potass. Nitras, 3ij was given instead of the 
Sulphate of Magnesia and Sulphur, with Jiv Oleum Lini, 
and ^ij Tinct. Opii Ammoniatae. No food was allowed until 
it became evident that faecal matter was being voided, and 
be given, in this country, in larger doses than I administered it in the 
East. 
Acid. Benzoic., 
Croci in fceno, aa 5iv ; 
Opii, 5jj i 
01. Anisi, 5ss ; 
Spt. Ammonia Aromat., f^xvj. 
Macerate for seven days, and filter for use. 
