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place. Local applications sucli as stimulants or counter irritants 
(blisters), to produce a revulsive action, should be applied to the 
spine and throat; these should be repeated from time to time if 
relief is afforded. Finally, should the case or cases be so pro¬ 
tracted that failure of the vital forces (or great exhaustion) is ap¬ 
parent, all agents of a depletive or sedative nature must be aban¬ 
doned, and stimulants and tonics be administered in their stead. 
When the patients respond to the treatment, it will be found 
that the muscles regain their power in a short time, so that if it is 
the throat that is affected, in the course of a few days the patient 
will be able to swallow well, though some time will be required 
for a complete restoration to health. 
Prevention . Can this disease when breaking out in some 
animals in a locality be prevented from attacking the others of the 
same locality ? We think this can be answered satisfactorily; at 
least it has proved so on more than one occasion. The idea occcur- 
red to us while attending an outbreak on Long Island. From the 
commencement of the epidemic there had been one or two fresh 
cases occurring every day, and as there were other animals on the 
same farm, both in stable and field, that as yet appeared well, we 
thought inadvisable to put them under a course of treatment to 
save them if possible. There were twelve horses and colts still 
remaining; three of these as an extra precaution we sent some 
little distance away; of the others, some were kept in the stable 
where the first case occurred; others were running in a field where 
two cases had also occurred, hut all of the animals whether at 
home or those sent away, with the exception of an old blind mare 
that was considered useless, were placed under the same course of 
treatment with the following result. The old blind mare that re¬ 
ceived no treatment, died; no other cases have occurred on the 
farm though fifteen months have elapsed. This result was very 
encouraging; every animal that was put under treatment escaped 
an attack, while the only one not treated died. Acquainting a pro¬ 
fessional friend, Prof. Liautard, with the above facts, he soon had 
an opportunity of testing its merits for himself, and related to us 
its results. He placed all of the animals exposed to the disease in 
the outbreak he ^attended (and there was quite a number) under 
