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the sympathetic, Professor Large, of Brooklyn, gave belladonna 
throughout the active course of the disease, and also used it as a 
prophylactic; but the results of the preventive treatment by giv¬ 
ing this drug, have been criticized with some reason by other 
veterinarians. Though used more or less by practitioners, many 
place no reliance upon it until the more acute symptoms have passed 
and then only do they begin its exhibition. A grave objection, urged 
against the use of belladonna by some, is its tendency to throw a 
horse off his feet, a thing we should especially avoid in cerebro¬ 
spinal meningitis. Largely owing to the experiments of Dr. 
Holcombe, the employment of strychnine in this malady was 
commenced, and the good results obtained have led to its general 
adoption. It lias a powerful influence on the nutrition of the 
spinal cord, and is of great value in both preventing and curing 
the resultant palsy. Some give it, after the acute symptoms have 
passed, in one to three grain doses, others, again, begin in large 
doses, given by the mouth at intervals of one or two hours, even 
wheic opisthotonic or emprosthotonic symptoms are present, 
1 unning up from two or three to six, eight, or nine grains of the 
ding at each dose. In acute cases, when the animal is down and 
unable to stand in slings, Dr. Rogers places all his reliance on 
hypodermic injections of morphia, but says you must push them 
until they produce automatic movements simulating the act of 
trotting , and profuse diaphoresis. lie has never seen a case die 
where the drug could be pushed to this extent, but it will be nec¬ 
essary to give from forty to sixty grains in two or three hours in 
order to get the desired effect. Ef, after giving about fifteen 
giains, the horse sleeps quietly, though only for a few minutes, 
he finds it a favorable symptom; gives tincture of matico and 
strychnine during convalescence. The opium treatment of Dr. 
Rogers seems somewhat similar to that used by Dr. Stille, of 
Philadelphia, with great success in the epidemic meningitis of 
childi cn. Stimulants, such as aromatic spirits of ammonia, al¬ 
cohol, nitrous or sulphuric ether, are extremely useful at times, 
and must frequently be pushed to a considerable extent. After 
the moie pressing symptoms have been alleviated, carbonate of 
ammonia given in bolus, along with ginger and ^gentian, will be 
