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or other febrifuge may be given in the drinking-water. 

 Do not give ammonia, as already the blood has too many 

 nitrogenous waste-products. 



Diet should be light, and afterwards more nutritious. A 

 few small doses of nux vomica may be given after the 

 febrifuges. 



Draught (Stimulant). 



Alcohol, brandy, or whisky, four fluid ounces. 

 Ether, one fluid ounce. 

 Water, a sufficient quantity. 

 This draught may be given every four hours. 



Draught (Purgative). 



Aloes, in solution, eight fluid drachms. 

 Linseed-oil, ten fluid ounces. 



Hypodermic Injection. 

 Nitrate of pilocarpine, two grains in solution. 



Draught. 



Solution of acetate of ammonium, one fluid ounce. 



Brandy, four fluid ounces. 



Water, sufficient to make eight fluid ounces in all. 



Bites and Stings. 



These are often of far greater importance than might at 

 first sight seem to be the case. For instance, the bite of a 

 serpent does not make much local disturbance immediately. 

 It is not a large wound in itself, and yet within a few 

 hours, so potent is the poison introduced, death will result 

 in the great majority of cases, unless powerful remedial 

 measures are at once employed. Moreover, there is no 

 doubt that flies and insects are often the channels whereby 



