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nite in the animal’s drinking water to prevent the water from 
chilling the animal. Never combine aconite with nitrous 
aether, for the stimulant carries directly to the nerve centre and 
produces death by paralyzing the motor nerves. Do not push 
stimulants too soon. And as a nerve tonic I prefer nnx to the 
alkaloid, as I think it acts more unanimous and less liable to 
produce shock. 
I am very careful that the animal does not get any solid food 
for at least 48 hours after consciousness returns, giving gruels, 
etc. I have known cases I lost that I could not account for in 
any other way than feeding too soon upon solid food, hence 
producing a secondary attack of the disease, otherwise the ani¬ 
mal recovers as quickly as taken down. I find that animals are 
more susceptible to repeated attacks, each succeeding attack 
being less severe. 
Now, this treatment is no deviation from all that have been 
given us, unless it be the discarding of magnesia, sodium and 
salines, as a cathartic, which I believe to cause trouble in all 
instances, as they are not taken up by the stomach, hence they 
nauseate and cause bloating, thus impairing respiration, and in 
many cases producing death by dyspnoea, which is avoided by 
using the raw oil; besides, the combination of the turpentine 
checks undue fermentation, and acts as a gastro-intestinal stimu¬ 
lant, besides stimulating the vaso-motor centres. I know my 
success has been marked since I have substituted the magnesia 
by oil and turpentine. In the last two years I have treated 23 
cases in all, losing 4. Two were suffering at the time from in¬ 
digestion ; one, I think, by using too much aconite, and the 
other after its recovery, from allowing solid food too soon. 
In the Bay State. — The following letter is from the 
American Horse Breeder of Dec. 23: “E. Pepperall, Mass., 
Nov. 8, 1899. To the breeder from a reder. : Would like some 
inclination in regard to a mann doing Vetenery work in mas- 
sassachutis has he got to be agereautate of some Colleague and 
go before the state bord before he cann practise Vetnery Work 
can he hand out his sine without a lisenceornot.” 
