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poisoning, the salts of potass, should not be used as a diuretic, as 
these salts determine intoxication, while the sodiums would be 
used with safety. Where there is much excitement, I have used 
in conjunction with diuretics fid. ext. hyoscyamus. It is soon 
•eliminated by the urine, and it will also destroy the irritation 
that arises in the bladder. In these cases hyoscyamus acts as a 
hypnotic, and will assist in destroying fibrin, and acts very 
quickly on the nervous system as a sedative. Chloral hydrate 
is good in over-excitability or with a tendency to convulsions. 
Do not repeat too often. Chloroform inhaled will have the 
same effect in controlling the convulsions. Fid. ext. colchicum 
I have used with success in small doses, after the bowels re¬ 
spond, as colchicum is most useful in the over-fed or torpid con¬ 
dition of the portal circulation, or where we have constipation 
and deficient excretion of the liver. Colchicum will relieve by 
setting up an elimination process. It will also eliminate uric 
acid. Strychnine should not be used in paralysis of this kind. 
Its use is injurious in acute cases involving any alteration of the 
spinal cord, as it softens the spinal cord and causes the animal 
to die in convulsions. If you use it in early rigidity it is with¬ 
out avail. If too late, there is fatty degeneration of the muscles. 
It is good only when the paralyzed limbs are completely re¬ 
laxed. Frgot is good in the late stages, where there is a ten¬ 
dency to congestion of the spinal cord or the meninges. I use 
mustard over the loins in all cases. I have never found slings 
of any use, as they seem to excite the animal. As it does not 
seem common sense to hang an animal in this disease to cure 
him I do not use them. With a good bed under him, I allow 
the animal to lie down and turn him from side to side every two 
or three hours. When the urine does not clear up in two or 
three days it is not favorable. If the urine does clear and is 
stringy, there is a possibility of albumen or some complication 
in the spinal cord. 
If we would instruct our clients in a system of feeding their 
animals, and how to care for them while at rest, we would save 
ourselves considerable annoyance and trouble, as well as gain a 
