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mixed with six or eight ounces of water, every three or four hours, for 
three or four days in succession ; unless the more violent symptoms 
should abate, in which case the medicine should be reduced to about 
three doses per day. 
“ Blisters. —The application of mustard blisters to the sides of the 
chest is essentially necessary. They should be rubbed over a large 
extent of surface, and freely and repeatedly applied until the skin and 
subtissues become distended with serum. 
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“ Bryonia 1.—Bryonia is another excellent remedy to use at the com¬ 
mencement of Pneumonia. Use it in 2-drachm doses of the first dilution 
in three or four ounces of water each time. It may either be given 
alone or in alternation with Aconite. 
“ Phosphorus 2. —Phosphorus is a remedy of great value in Pneu¬ 
monia; care, however, is necessary in using it ; if given in too large 
doses, it appears to favour hepatization of the lung. The proper time 
to give it is when the disease is fully established. It may either be 
administered alone or in association with Bryonia. Give it in 2-drachm 
doses of the second, or even for delicate horses, of the third dilution, 
mixed with three or four ounces of water. 
“ Aromatic Ammonia. —This is a remedy which the practitioner may 
find necessary at almost every stage of the disease. The proper dose to 
give will depend upon the breed, size, and vital condition of the patient. ” 
While, as we have confessed, we do not agree with the 
treatment of diseases as advocated by Mr. Haycock, there is 
a good deal in their general symptoms and characters as described 
by him that meets with our approval, and particularly do we 
commend the plan adopted by him of placing the pathogno¬ 
monic signs of the malady in italics. Again, in the rules laid 
down by him for the selection of drugs, and their exhibition 
in disease, there is much which we agree with. 
“I. —Genuineness of Drugs. —The superintendent of a case of 
disease should possess a moral certainty that the remedy he may resort 
to is genuine; without the drug be genuine he must expect the result 
either to be nil or in the highest degree doubtful. 
“II.— Simple Medicines. —Keep to simple medicines. One of the 
greatest evils in veterinary practice is that of mixing a number of drugs . 
together, and giving the same in a mass. The more simple our practice, 
the more certain our results. This may be set down as an axiom in the 
treatment of disease. By noting well the state of our patient, and by 
the administration of a simple medicine, we are in a condition to 
accurately watch its effects should a change either for better or worse 
supervene ; but, if compound medicines are used, and one or other of 
such changes should occur, we may attribute it to the action of the 
medicines, but we should be at a loss to know to which of the ingredients 
it was due; so that, if no other advantage arises from the giving of a 
single medicament, that of certainty to the mind of the attendant as to 
which is the curative or disturbing agent, is to be regarded as a solid 
advance in the right direction.* 
*“ Lest what I write be misconstrued, I will further explain what I 
mean by the term simple medicine. Many vegetable medicines consist 
