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4. Nitre, 3 to 5 grs. ; tartar emetic, Jth gr. Confec- 

 tion to form a pill, to be given night and morning. 



5. Fever Mixture, — Nitre, i drm. ; sweet spirit of nitre, 

 3 drms. ; mindererus spirit, i oz.; camphor mixture, 6 J oz. 

 Mix, and give two tablespoonfuls every six hours. 



6. Solution of the acetate of ammonia, 2 drms. ; 

 tincture of belladonna, i drm. ; sulphuric ether, i drm. ; 

 linseed mucilage, 4 drms. Dose, 60, 30, 15, or 10 drops 

 several times daily. 



Fomentations. — In canine therapeutics this class of 

 remedy has no special advantages. Far better results are 

 produced by carefully immersing the sufferer in a warm 

 bath not higher than 76° F., the head being supported 

 above the fluid. This is a useful proceeding in cases of 

 internal spasm, nervous affections and other functional 

 disorders requiring soothing and sedative treatment. On 

 removal from the bath, which should not be continued 

 longer than ten or fifteen minutes at the most, the patient 

 should be quickly dried, at least as far as all means will 

 allow, and enveloped in a blanket and other coverings to 

 protect him from cold until he is quite dry. When the 

 hot bath proves too much, causing a disposition to faint, 

 or show any signs of distress by panting, &c., he should 

 be quickly removed, and revived by 5, 10 or 15 drops of 

 the aromatic spirits of ammonia. 



Hypodermic or Subcutaneous Injections. — The 

 advantages of this method of treating disease in the lower 

 animals are such as to commend the practice in numerous 

 instances. It is not only cleanly, as waste is entirely 

 avoided, but the speediest results are secured, and animal 

 suffering frequently subdued, if not totally arrested, with 

 remarkable promptitude and permanence. By means of 

 a suitable syringe, provided with a tubular needle, the 

 administration is thus effected. A fold of the skin, seized 

 by the left hand, is raised from the body, and the point 

 of the needle is passed through the first layer, parallel 

 with the structures beneath. The fold is then released, 

 and spread or smoothed by the hand, when the piston 

 is pushed home, and the fluid permeates the interstices 

 of the connective tissue. Absorption is rapid, and the 



