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capable, in a fair number of cases, of curing the disease when 
injected into the infected animals. 
While these experiments are still immature, it is neverthe¬ 
less a decided advance in therapeutics and seem to approach as 
near as possible to a specific plan of treatment. Further exper¬ 
iments in this line will be awaited with interest by the entire 
profession. 
Knowing then from our present knowledge of Therapeutics 
what are the main indications for treatment in this disease: 
First the hygienic surroundings and food of the patient should 
be carefully looked after. The animal should have an unlimited 
supply of fresh cold water from the start. A diet consisting 
principally of bran mashes, scalded oats, (grass, when in season, 
is preferable if the animal retains an appetite) but if no desire is 
evinced for food of this particular description, then the animal 
must be allowed to eat anything that will be taken spontan¬ 
eously. Corn on the cob is often eaten when everything else is 
refused. If the horse absolutely refuses to eat it has been found 
to be good practice to feed him with oat meal preferably (Beth¬ 
lehem oat meal) and eggs three or four times daily, made into 
bolus’s and given in this manner. The comfort and surround¬ 
ings of the patient must be attended to. Pure air is essential. 
Avoid placing the animal in a stall where he may be exposed 
to draughts of cold air and sudden changes of temperature. It 
is considered better practice to blanket the animal than to cut 
off the fresh air and prevent thorough ventilation. 
Locally of mustard, turpentine, etc., have been found useful. 
In regard to blood letting it may be briefly stated that as a 
systematic course, in croupous pneumonia it should not be re¬ 
sorted to. In young, strong animals, of good stock, if the case 
be seen early and only early local blood letting has some 
decided advantages, but in older, more feeble animals and those 
affected by some chronic ailments (bronchitis, emphyzematic,) 
it should never be practiced. A symptom that often requires 
special treatment is high fever. This may be treated either 
locally or constitutionally. Of the local measures, systematic 
