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ground, with his back against the animal's shoulder, 



and holding the horn in his right hand, pour its 



contents by degrees into the animal's mouth." 



e. Take one-half (6 qts.) of the solution as above, and 

 add to it 12 qts. of warm water (120° Fahr.), so that the 

 mixture when used may be at least ten degrees above 

 blood heat.* Take a coarse cotton sheet, folded to 

 four thicknesses, and wetting it with this warm solu- 

 tion, (wringing the edges' of the folds so that the water 

 will not drip), lay it on the middle of a coarse woolen 

 blanket (previously fitted as to size, and with straps 

 to fasten it, &c.); then apply to the abdomen and fasten 

 the blanket over the back. (Apertures may be made in 

 the blanket if long enough, so that the hind as well 

 as the fore legs may not be restricted in their motions, 

 and so as to protect the chest and buttocks from the 

 air)t. 



d. If no Sulphite or Bi-Sulphite of Soda can be procured, 



or more than one animal is to be treated, use Carbolic 

 Acid, 4 drachms to 12 quarts, pursuing the same 

 method of internal as well as external treatment as in 

 {h and c). 



e. For like reasons as in last rule, employ 1 oz. of Aqua 



Ammofiia to 12 quarts of water, as in {b and c), or, 



/. 1 pint of alcohol with as much salt as it will hold in 

 solution as in (b and c), or, 



g. li quarts of vinegar saturated with salt as in {b and c), 

 or, 



h. Other remedies, the specificity of which is to be proved 

 by the same methods. 



i. As an independent experiment with the sulphite of soda 

 (or if the sulphite of potassium can be had, with it 

 also), 20 gr. powders might be thrown every hour 

 under the tongue, to be dissolved in the saliva which 

 is rapidly secreted and then to be swallowed. 



* This temperature will meet the requirement of the fourth law of absorption by osmose as laid 

 down by Matteucci in his fourth Lecture on the Physical Phenomena of Living Beings.— Am. 

 Edit,, p. 89. See also p. 133 of this report. 



t As the object of this application is to induce endosmose of the saline solution by the abdom- 

 inal organs, and not a general perspiration, the blanket must not be too tightly secured. 



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