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A. LARGE. 
Centennial Exhibition, many cases occurred in persons visiting Phila¬ 
delphia. They were carefully examined, and where the temperature was 
found high in any form, the ice bath externally, quinine and brandy in¬ 
ternally, were used with satisfactory results, the patient being kept in 
the ice-bath until the temperature of the body was reduced to 101°, or, 
I believe, 100° in some cases. 
Acting upon these facts, the first case that 'presented itself to me 
was treated as near this mode as I could do it. 
The patient, a New York horse, was driven to Brooklyn on one of 
the hottest days of the summer of 1876. He fell on the street, about 
one block from my office, from the effects of heat, about 2 p. m. He 
was brought to my place at 5 p. m., by one of the officers of the Society 
for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, assisted by a number of men. 
The patient was a sorry looking case, and I had no hopes of him, as he 
was lying on the street in front of my door. To my surprise he rallied, 
and was perfectly well in the course of three hours, and went home the 
next day. 
The treatment as carried out was ammonia in free doses internally, 
and, not having a bath-tub for a horse, playing water in a large stream 
from a hose, over the head and body, as he was lying down, until he was 
in a pool. I kept the water running over him for # about an hour and a 
half without intermission, by which time he was thoroughly conscious, 
got up without any assistance. The patient was not wiped off dry , but 
left wet and shivering, and water occasionally thrown on him for another 
hour or so. 
In these cases, where the temperature is high,' the cold water con¬ 
tinually applied acts as a restorative remedy, by reducing the tempera¬ 
ture, and preventing the destructive and rapid changes in the blood, 
from its increased chemical action. 
CHANGE OF SCENE FOR CONVALESCING EQUINE PATIENTS. 
By the Same. 
It is found necessary in the practice of human medicine to send 
patients to other scenes, where they may have change of air or ventila¬ 
tion, of society, of food, etc., when' they are suffering from chronic dis¬ 
eases, as dyspepsia, consumption, etc.; also convalescing from acute 
affections, as fevers; the change and pleasant surroundings are consid¬ 
ered, and rightly so, to hasten recovery. 
