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annoy him, unless in cases where any assistance was abso- 

 lutely required. Thin sago or flour gruel given, and water, 

 nearly boiling, to be poured along the spine outside the 

 blankets every four hours. Bleeding largely at first, in 

 cases of plethora, is, I think, always recommendable. This 

 is the whole treatment I apply to these cases, and now find 

 that I am generally successful." 



Chloroform has been used in tetanus, and so long as 

 animals are kept under its influence they are in a relieved 

 condition ; but the spasms come on with great intensity 

 after its effects as an anaesthetic pass off. 



Stramonium has been used with success by Buquiet, who 

 steeped the plant in boiling water, and directed the steam, 

 in large quantities, on the animal's body. Infusions of 

 stramonium were injected into the mouth and rectum 

 every hour. The treatment was commenced at seven o'clock 

 in the evening, and in an hour the animal's skin became 

 moist, and at nine o'clock there was considerable perspira- 

 tion. The treatment was persisted in on the two following 

 days, and the animal recovered. 



I have tried cannabis indica, belladonna, hyoscyamus, 

 &c., but with no decided result. The most opposite 

 methods of treatment have proved successful, and a sufficient 

 illustration of this is obtained from the cases of recovery 

 after the shooting off a gun close to an animal's head. 



DISEASES OF THE BKAIN. 

 CEREBRAL CONGESTION MEGRIMS VERTIGO. 



When any organ becomes congested, the amount of blood 

 in that organ is increased in quantity as well as stagnant 

 in the vessels. It was once asserted that the quantity of 

 blood in the brain could not vary in quantity, and this 



