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Intermittent. Weak and small. 



Irregularity in strength. Quick, feeble and fluttering. 



Intermittent and irregular. Imperceptible. 



Soft and full. Wiry. 



Throbbing. Thready. 



Oppressed. Double beat. 



Under some conditions the suddenness of an attack 

 makes it necessary that no time should be lost in affording 

 immediate relief to the patient, and it is therefore necessary 

 to have constantly on hand such remedies as stimulants, colic 

 draughts, antispasmodics, etc. 



STIMULANTS. 



" The internal stimulants used in Veterinary practice are chiefly those 

 known as Diffusible stimulants. They cause rapid but only temporary ex- 

 citement of the system. They are very useful in rousing and equalizing the 

 circulation, which from any cause may have become languid or even almost 

 paralyzed. In shivering fits, for instance, diffusible stimulants may by this 

 action ward off attacks of inflammation. . . . Diffusible stimulants are of the 

 highest value in fibrile affections, in diseases attended with great depression, 

 during convalescence after serious illness, and in all cases of prostration, etc. 

 " The ordinary dose consists of 



Spirits of nitrous ether . . . . i ^ oz. 



Aromatic spirits of ammonia . . . ^ oz. 



Water .... . ; . . . i pint. 



or, 



Solution of acetate of ammonia . . 3 to 4 ozs. 

 Water . . . . - . ; . . i pint. 



or, 



Aromatic spirits of ammonia . . . . i oz. 

 Tincture of gentian . . . . . i oz. 



Water i pint. 



" The carbonate of ammonia is a very valuable diffusible stimulant, and 

 may be given either in the form of a ball or draught in doses of from i to 2 

 drachms in a pint of water." 



