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as well as quality. Of course these may also be used as 

 vehicles for the medicinal agents, and such salines as chlorate 

 and nitrate of potash may be readily conveyed in them Avithout 

 interfering with their being voluntarily taken, should the dis- 

 position and power to do so be shown. In the event of diffi- 

 culties arising from interference with the ability of swallowing, 

 or otherwise, the foregoing may be administered as enemata. 

 In cases where abdominal pain has been evident, we have 

 applied to the abdomen Avoollen rugs wrung from hot water, 

 and given every tAvo or three hours subcutaneous injections of 

 1T[ XXX. of the solution of morphia, ]\u. of carbolic acid, iT^xxx. 

 of water, and have noticed that apparent relief has been 

 obtained. 



Somewhat more hopeful, however, than the treatment of 

 anthrax proper is that of the disease with localizations in the 

 mouth and throat. We say hopeful, not that we consider this 

 a promising affection to treat, because we have seen a few, a 

 very few, recover from glossanthrax, while from the former we 

 have never seen one. In attempting to treat a case of gloss- 

 anthrax we do not deem it a good practice to bleed indiscrimi- 

 nately, even when the subject is young and plethoric ; such 

 treatment is recommended, we are aware, by both our own and 

 continental veterinarians ; from this we should certainly abstain 

 unless there were distinct symptoms of cerebral involvement, 

 when probably we are warranted in abstracting blood. AVhen 

 vesicles appear upon or under the tongue, it is better to 

 open them, and to treat the parts with a strong solution of 

 carbolic acid; we prefer this to one less powerful, as it seems 

 to produce less pain than cauterizing, and having a numbing 

 or soothing influence on the nerves, and likely to destroy any 

 disease-germs which may exist in connection Avith the locali- 

 zation of the poison. 



When the tongue or buccal membrane is much swollen from 

 infiltration, wo do not hesitate to scarify deeply, and afterwards 

 gargle Avith a 3 per cent, solution of carbolic acid. These scari- 

 fications and after-treatment may Avith advantage be repeated 

 if tumefaction does not subside. We have, in severely SAvelling 

 cases, removed the tip of the tongue, Avhich had become gan- 

 grenous ; and ha\'e not observed after subsidence excessive 

 disposition to slough at these incisions. We haA^e here also 



