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smoke, the latter being, from reason of its more penetrating 

 nature, and the length of time we are enabled to persevere 

 in it, I believe, the best. The infusion of tobacco is made 

 by pouring upon ^ij of common shag tobacco, a gallon of 

 boiling water, and covering both down in a closed vessel, 

 and suffering them to remain until of a temperature for use ; 

 then decanting, and straining, if necessary, the liquor oif. 

 This altogether will take about half an hour. 



The Enema of Tobacco Smoke is managed very well 

 with the one of Read^s patent syringes used for common 

 clysters. It is only necessary to have made a metallic box 

 for containing the tobacco, with a cribriform plate across the 

 inside, for transmitting the fumes, which, as they rise, are, 

 with only force enough to raise and depress the piston of the 

 syringe, pumped into the rectum, and continued to be so 

 during the whole time (about a quarter of an hour) that the 

 tobacco remains in ustion. Occasional discharges of the 

 smoke from the rectum take place during the operation, 

 with sometimes emissions of faeces, for which latter, but not 

 for smoke alone, it will be right to withdraw for a moment 

 the clyster-pipe. In this manner have I, before now, elicited 

 fseculent discharges when all other means have totally failed. 

 I have found, however, that, providing no effect be produced 

 at first, it is of no use persevering, at least beyond the 

 second or third injection, since further than that, tobacco 

 appears to lose its power of stimulation. 



A Warm Bath would certainly prove a most desirable 

 situation for our patient, could one be procured. In 

 the absence of it, Mr. Wardle, in a moment of danger, 

 plunged his patient into a dung-heap, the result of which 

 was complete recovery after having been buried twenty 

 minutes. A sackful of hay, dipped in water nearly boiling, 

 and bound upon the belly, can be easily managed, and 

 would be likely to relieve him. 



Cold Affusion has achieved wonders in human medicine; 

 but, though I have practised it, I cannot yet speak of its 

 efficacy in veterinary. Buckets of the coldest water to be 

 procured may be dashed upon the belly with some force 



