Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-01
The Eglzooile Ia Montreal.

MANNER 0f TREATMENT.
From q private letter to citizen Of this
place. dated Montreal, Oct 2sth. we ale
permitted to make the following extracts,
which viii be found Interesting
soon after ans arrival here on saturday, called
on DR. McEachran, eterinary surgeon, and handed
him nav lctterof Introduction. lie took me 70 the
principal stables IN she city one OF them ccnt1 nii-
over 900 sick horses n various stages oi the di7ieu
nsr Tie Doctor and hi7 students have pfescfl ied
.orani Ted over 5000 SEX horses losing 'u'
C. -At. an
thcon-.- / saw, with Different symptoms requiring
q .a,,rert treatment from the first There are a.
many -ri- OF treatment as there are doctors hnt
d. AfclIehran believes In giving but litile neo!-
cine duciu- the first symptoms, and believes nuei
In .s,ot nursing. This must be entrusted 20 the
owners af tAe horses, and many don't do 10 al all
Nisitine three stables We found e. cry horse out al
work. Si GrdaN. in this cold hofthea-t storm
knothcr ..an who heard had bad case had
iusi brdasht in his horse rom WORK beioreM got
there and the horse breathing hard ana shiAefihs-
plt il.Quahr he would just warm him mp bit, :"
hi cot q pint OF strong wh.skey and poured u N
his nose 90 prevent irritation al the throat NeA'
1,ornfp.r he was .niaas horse, Of course Dr. Ne
5,,rhran thinks many viii he fatal TINS week,
ou account Of the cold wet weather but ne thought
ifthe westher should turn out pleasant II would ne
better to work the anma 5 than 10 Keep them con
fined in tie close damp stables.
re hdises saw here in the FIRST stages OF inllu-
~, no s,-f1utoms differing from those OF cold
- t-s1i With chill or shverng fit, succeed
teY " '.sHd beat of body. fever and irritation,
~ III annette. cough discharge of mucous rom the
nose and water nom the eyes ion9meu ~ IN I,.
l,rr.t77lfiau 81 strength, and IN day oG Two ~
s,-ellfn- OF the legs in bad cases sNeIln7 "l ihe
f,.Il, and breast and in males OF the sheath The
symptoms viii vary as IN otnet ns5ns %' ~.
lie head and throat extends 10 lac stomach IL =
called ly the French gasirsfis mHeosai "heh IL
I spreads 10 the chest, bronchitis
~ do,,l; f,s cause ofthis disease is subtle POI
son in The air: sudden change in the moisture OF
dr,ness OF the earth, castcrly Winds,-cold accom-
panied with damPpesgit ~ ' a1 Ssrs,e'
IN England IL was first observed IN lels' aiah u
/ ls33 and more or less ever since IN the thltou
St,fes In frst manifested itself IN $50 ana u seen
everv spri uz and fall with symptoms more OF ies'
Rolert Mcclure. NJ D.. v s, treating Of the
dt-s,s. et,s. 3. The mortality in this disease j
-eat whom treated according TO the books which
7,,r nrhIslors issue, old English books with new
treescs cut 70 the fashion Scar ms IN ilt VIZ
ndrf, .fur the treatment Of disease oi TINS kihd
M o~s ten wrongly taken can never
No. recalled Place the horse IN c9ol.
moi ooli-aui airy place ana pun a In IN
,-eriy,- ufon him. Give twenty drops OF the tlhc-
t,- al ae,nte-root in little cold water every lou,
olirs 4 n va doses are gwen race pIehts o. ~
water before the horse 50 ihat ne can aanA IA a. mn
I se hewants When the aconite has been All gwen,
ror,rnence IN fifteen drop doses oil the tnetuIe oi
Nux Vomiea, alsoevery four hours ana CONTINUING
it for few days, and if the morse improves ahI aP
pette returns nothing more in the way Of medicine
poed he sr.yen: recovery being SLOW and the appe-
tite moor. give the following powders, morning noon
mn, Inight Pcwdcre11p rbonate Of Ammonia, three
4 ounces: powd<red411f an root, tive ounces pow
dered PiInent1 BerrIfstwo ounces NIX ana d,yade
mn twelve pcSdersand give them mixed in little
cola wafer and dreneh the horse cut Of strong
,neuthed bottle the powders will have to he wrapped
we'll so as to keep them RON the ar anu % as o
-, Lose their strength. Twenty drops Of CONNER
sa1 Sulphuric Acid may he given occasionally IN
bsIr bneFet Of cold water which horse Will readily
80 49, m not amply blsters anything 10 the
.a; "a has been too often done here they can dc
! ne scsi liut positively much harm