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ai-semate of potash, strychnine, and the preparations of zinc. 
"! . P tI ‘f. SyStem means of vegetable and mineral tonics, 
and give iodide of potassium and gentle diuretics to promote ab¬ 
sorption of any effusion which may have taken place. Laxative 
food, such as scalded oats and bran-mash, roots, apples and lin¬ 
seed, should be given throughout the disease, and will obviate the 
tendency to constipation. Give exercise as soon as possible, be¬ 
ing very cautious at first that your patient does not fall and hurt 
lmself; it is a good plan before taking him out of his stall, to 
a ernately advance and back him for a few steps, and then, with 
16 10 ° two assista nts, to prop liis hind-quarters in turning, 
you may move him off ; if the weather is fine a good sun-bath 
daily will be of great benefit. Stimulating liniments, or canthari- 
dme biniodide of mercury, or tartar emetic blisters, may bo ap¬ 
plied to the loins for the resultant palsy ; but many of these cases 
recover after unavailing treatment, when given a long rest and a 
run at pasture. Whenever possible, especially in the acute stao-e, 
give your remedies hypodermically, and while employing the pow¬ 
erful therapeutics mentioned, such simple but valuable measures 
as hand-rubbing, comfortable clothing and bandages to the limbs 
should not be forgotten; a good deal more in veterinary practice 
depends on nursing than is usually thought by the laity. When 
an outbreak occurs, a searching investigation should be made into 
ie quality of the food and water, and even if nothing he de¬ 
tected, it will be well to completely change the diet ; defective 
ventilation or drainage should be remedied, and, if many now 
cases occur despite all sanitary precautions, remove the animals 
away from the infected stables. Then thoroughly disinfect by 
means of sulphurous acid gas liberated in large quantities by 
placing su phur on red-hot iron plates, apply carbolized whitewash 
to the walls, and on returning the animals put them on a course 
o hyposulphite of soda: these measures fully adopted will ma¬ 
terially lessen both the number and severity of the cases. Doubt¬ 
less, in the near future, the subject of the diseases of the nervous 
system of our domesticated animals will receive that attention 
rom the profession which its importance entitles it to. Within a 
comparatively recent date, catalepsy and locomotor ataxia have 
