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THE USE OF EMETIC TARTAR 
the animal was restricted to water whitened with oatmeal. After 
that, an ounce of the sulphate of soda was administered daily, 
and some injections given, and the animal, to my great surprise, 
was completely well in the space of fifteen days. She was then 
sent to grass, and in a little while fully regained her condition. 
Four days afterwards she was taken up, and put wholly on dry 
food, and on the 6th day fresh symptoms of vertigo appeared. 
I employed the same means, with the exception of the setons, 
and with the same success. She is now at hard work, and in 
perfect health. 
Two other cases of vertigo presented themselves in the months 
of March and April 1834, and in both of which it would have 
been thought that bleeding was plainly indicated. Both the 
horses were very fat—there was great redness of the mucous 
membranes—fulness, frequency, and hardness of pulse—dilata¬ 
tion of the pupil—all the intellectual functions suspended or con¬ 
fused—the power of motion disordered—it seemed like a state of 
drunkenness: they pressed their heads against the wall, and, 
in fact, exhibited all the symptoms of well characterized vertigo. 
As soon as I saw them I ordered them to be cast, and in¬ 
serted setons on each side of the chest. I then administered an 
ounce of emetic tartar in a pound and a half of hot water. On 
being liberated and led to their stalls, an injection containing an 
ounce and a half of aloes was administered to each. The re¬ 
stricted diet of white water was ordered for each, with an ounce 
of the sulphate of soda daily. Success crowned my efforts, 
although in July one of them had an appearance of farcy in the 
course of the seton; and they now are free from every symptom 
of a disease which I regarded as mortal, and, at least, in which 
I had previously been unable to render any service. 
Journal, Fev. 1835. 
ON THE DANGER OF BLEEDING, AND THE AD¬ 
VANTAGE OF THE ADMINISTRATIOT^ OF EMETIC 
TARTAR IN STAGGERS (VERTIGO) IN THE HORSE. 
By M. Crepin, M.V. 
I, LIKE my friend M. Philippe, once thought that copious 
and repeated bleedings were indicated in this disease. My 
opinion coincided with that of all my brother practitioners; but 
experience has now enlightened me, and I am convinced that I 
was much too long deceived. 
The error was, indeed, a very natural one, for it had the merit 
