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piration and hsematosis by pressure on the diaphragm ; and eruc- 

 tations of food to the pharynx and its inhalation or gravitation 

 into the lungs. 



It is always well to clear out the rectum by injections, when if 

 there is any indication of pharyugeal paralysis most of the 

 remedies may be given by this channel. 



Stimulants (ammonia carbonate, alcohol, anise, fennel, ether, 

 nux, etc.) have been largely employed by the mouth and may be 

 by the rectum, In the absence of spasms I have relied largely 

 on nux or strychnia. 



When the skin chills, some have sought to heat it by enveloping 

 the prosterior half of the body in cotton or wool soaked in tur- 

 pentine, by applying sinapisms, or by moving over the surface a 

 warming-pan containing red hot charcoal. 



More generally cold in the shape of cold water, ice or snow has 

 been applied to the cranium and spi^ie. Theoretically the anaemic 

 brain might be thought to forbid this, but clinically it often oper- 

 ates well, possibly by inducing a sympathetic contraction of the 

 vessels in and around the nerve centres and thus indirectly favor- 

 ing the resumption of active circulation and the reabsorption of 

 effusions. 



An elevated position of the head is no less important. It favors 

 the return of blood from the brain by gravitation, and in this way 

 improves the intracranial circulation, and the resumption of nor- 

 mal function. A halter, or a rope around the horns, may be tied 

 to a beam overhead, or the head may be laid on thick bundles of 

 straw which will keep it up to or above the level of the chest, and 

 in this wa\' not only is gravitation ensured, but the brain is pro- 

 tected against the violent blows and concussions, which come 

 from dashing the head on the ground. 



Frequent rubbing of the udder and drawing of the milk, is an 

 excellent means of depletion, a removal of a source of irritation, 

 and presumably an extraction of part of the offending poison. It 

 should never be neglected. But of all known methods of treat- 

 ment the iodine injection furnishes the greatest hope of success. 



Injection of the mannnce 7vith Iodi?ie. Iodide of potassium ico 

 grains (200 grs. in the case of a very large udder) are dissolved 

 in a quart of water which has been boiled for 15 minutes, the 

 solution cooled to 104° F. and injected in equal parts into the 



