EPILEPSY, OR FITS.

The symptoms are too well known to need any description. It is generally

caused by plethora, yet it may exist in an hereditary form.

_Treatment._--Feed with due care, and put the animal in a

well-ventilated and clean situation; give a bountiful supply of valerian

tea, and sprinkle a small quantity of scraped horseradish in the food;

or give

Powdered assafoetida, 1 ounce.

" capsicum, 1 tea-spoonful.

Table salt, 1 table-spoonful.

Mix. Give half a tea-spoonful daily.