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a bath, temperature 96° of Falirenlieit, and covered with the 

 water, her head excepted. It will be surprising to see how soon 

 the simple application of this equable temperament will quiet 

 down the erethism of the excited system. In ten minutes, or a 

 quarter of an hour, she may be taken out of the bath evidently 

 relieved, and then, a hasty and not very accurate drying having 

 taken place, she is wrapped in a blanket and placed in some warm 

 situation, a good dose of ph3^sic having been previously adminis- 

 tered. She soon breaks out in a profuse perspiration. Everything 

 becomes gradually quiet, and she falls into a deep and long sleep, 

 and at length awakes somewhat weak, but to a certain degree 

 restored. 



" If, then, all her puppies except one or two are taken from her, 

 and her food is, for a day or two, somewhat restricted, and after 

 that given again of its usual quantity and kind, she will live and 

 do well ; but a bleeding at the time of her fit, or suffering all her 

 puppies to return to her, will inevitably destroy her. 



" A bitch that was often brought to my house was suckling a 

 litter of puppies. She was foolishly taken up and thrown into the 

 Serpentine in the month of April, The suppression of milk was 

 immediate and complete. There was also a determination to the 

 head, and attacks resembling epilepsy. The puppies that were 

 suffered to remain with the mother, were very soon as epileptic as 

 she was, and were destroj^ed. A seton was inserted on each side of 

 her neck. Ipecacuanha was administered ; and, that having suffi- 

 ciently worked, a small quantity of diluted sulphuric acid was 

 given. A fortnight afterwards she was perfectly well. 



