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ON VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
they might. I therefore tried another plan, which I found to 
answer much better; and especially as the horses treated on 
Mr. Percivall’s plan did not thrive well for some time after the 
disease was apparently removed : but by the following treat¬ 
ment they not only get well sooner, but thrive abundantly better 
afterwards. The following is the history and result of my treat¬ 
ment in forty cases :—If in high condition, I took about 6 lfe of 
blood, and then administered Glauber salts, ^xvj ; nitre, Zv ; 
cream of tartar, ^iiij ; tartarized antimony, 3 j ; sulphur, ^ij; 
caraway powder, ; liquorice powder, Jj, in water gruel, four 
ounces of treacle being added ; and the whole given on an empty 
stomach, and the horse kept fasting for an hour afterward, giving 
him warm water and a little corn in his mashes, warm clothing, 
and gentle exercise. In about eighteen hours after the drink 
had been given, I repeated it, with the exception of its containing 
only Jiiij of Glauber salts. Forty hours after the second drink, I 
gave the following :—nitre and ginger, each £ij ; caraway powder, 
^ij ; powdered gentian, 3 iiij ; pulverized mustard seed, 3 ij ; to 
be given in a quart of hot ale or porter, and after which they re¬ 
quired nothing more. If the horse was not much reduced, he 
did never require the third drink, the two first restoring him im¬ 
mediately. 1 never bled if they were low in condition at the com¬ 
mencement. If there was swelling or soreness of the throat, 1 
applied a stimulating liniment: in some very bad cases I applied 
liquid blister. This treatment I varied according to the symp¬ 
toms of the case. 
I fear these simple remarks will appear somewhat presump¬ 
tuous, especially as opposed to that star of our profession, Mr. 
W. Percivalhs method; but the unprejudiced practitioner who 
will make trial of the two methods of treatment, will adopt that 
which he finds attended by the most successful issue. 
ON VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
By Mr. W. Dick, Edinburgh. 
To the Editors of “ The Veterinarian .” 
Gentlemen, 
There is, perhaps, no subject which appears in The Vete¬ 
rinarian which better deserves a place than that of Veterinary 
Jurisprudence; and however desirable it would have been that 
the subject should have been more fully discussed than it has 
yet been, and however well deserving the attention of your cor- 
