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is not aborted, or where I am not called before the swelling takes 
place, I continue the febrifuge treatment until temperature is 
normal, which usually occurs in from four to six days. During 
this time, my local treatment consists of hot bathing, and oc¬ 
casionally I use a lotion containing 4 to 6 ounces of tincture of 
chloride of iron to a pint of water, especially if there is a possi¬ 
bility of the disease having been of a traumatic origin. For 
diet, during the inflammatory stage, I allow only bran mash, 
hay and plenty of water, and, if in season, grass or carrots. Just 
as soon as temperature is normal I put the case under the follow¬ 
ing treatment to reduce the enlargement of the leg : 
Iodi. resub., 3 iij. 
Potas. iod., §jss. 
Aquae, \ xij. 
M. Sig. : One ounce three times daily in 5 or 6 ounces of water, half to one hour be¬ 
fore feeds. 
I now order gentle exercise and a little oats. Where the 
case has been extraordinarily severe and the swelling very hard 
and stubborn, I use the following locally : 
3 ^ Ungt. hydrarg. 
01. olivae, aa § iv. 
M. Sig. : Apply with gentle friction once or twice daily. 
With the foregoing treatment (occasionally deviated) I have 
yet to meet the first case which does not yield to it, the leg in 
every instance going down to its normal size, even where there 
have been repeated attacks. For those animals that are in poor 
condition, or where one has had repeated attacks, I prescribe 
Fowler’s solution of arsenic in § ss to 3 vi doses three times 
daily, as a tonic, commencing just as soon as the swelling has 
disappeared, and continuing for three to four weeks, and have 
the horse laid up (gentle exercise permitted) for as long a time 
as owner will permit, insisting on at least two weeks after re¬ 
covery, so as to prevent a return of the attack. 
Now let us consider 
Laminitis .—Even in this disease I do not administer a purga¬ 
tive, not that it exactly works an injury, but because it does not 
hasten the cure, and, again, in very severe cases, which are 
naturally very weakening, I consider that the horse will need all 
