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is conveniently small, and repeated, from time to time, so long as 
enteric inflammation continues. Corn, boiled in weak lye from 
wood ashes, is relied upon by some, while others place soft soap 
where the sick animals will take it, instinctively, to relieve the 
acidity of the stomach and bowels, from which all seem to suf¬ 
fer. After the disease has run its course, and left the animal 
without appetite, and with an exhausting and foetid diarrhoea, the 
sulphate of iron answers a good purpose, combining tonic with 
astringent effects. How far such treatment would prove effec¬ 
tual, if intelligently followed, I am not prepared to say. I have 
several times been thanked for suggesting such a course by own¬ 
ers who believed it had been of great service. 
There are many patent remedies for this disease before the 
public; they are all published in the Official Gazette of the Pat¬ 
ent Office. Some of these remedies contain valuable articles, 
though not unfrequently the drugs combined are incompatible. 
A receipt to prevent, and to cure, and to be given in all stages and 
conditions, you would think more likely to do harm than good. 
Certainly you would have little faith in any specific that might be 
offered for the prevention and cure of typhoid fever of the hu¬ 
man subject, although you would expect to see a large majority of 
your patients thus afflicted recover under treatment properly adap¬ 
ted to their condition. 
Mr. President, I am fully aware that the paper I have just 
read is very unsatisfactory; there are but few points upon which 
I have been able to speak with absolute certainty. My object 
will be attained if, in consequence of any discussion that may 
follow, this disease should hereafter be better understood and 
more successfully treated. 
VETERINARY REFORM. 
By N. H. Pa aren, Y.S., Chicago, III. 
Bead before the National Agricultural Congress in Washington. 
It is not alone to the cultivation of the soil that agriculture is 
required to devote attention; it has also to deal with flocks and 
