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of the 1st dilution, and give it iu 2-draclim doses. It may 

 either be given alone, or in alternation with Nux Yomica of 

 the 1st dilution. 



Strychnia is one of the most valuable remedies for 

 Tetanus, but it requires to be used with the greatest caution. 

 It should not be used lower than the 5th trituration. We 

 have experimented largely with this drug upon tetanic 

 patients, and we are satisfied that it cannot be used with 

 safety for four or five days in succession, of a lower trituration 

 than the fifth. A lower trituration will produce Colic, a dis- 

 ease which, in Tetanus, is disastrous in the extreme. Give the 

 medicine in scruple doses, at intervals of five or six hours ; it 

 may be given in a little wet flour upon the tongue. It is best 

 to use Strychnia alone — that is, not alternated with any other 

 remedy. As the patient improves, supply the medicine less 

 frequently. 



TiNCT. Nux Vomica. — This remedy may be supplied in 

 alternation with the Arnica. Give 20 drops for a dose in a 

 little water. Administer them every four hours, in turn. 

 Nux Yomica is valuable in promoting the action of the bowels. 



Belladonna is a remedy of the highest value in Tetanus. 

 The dose proper to supply varies from 2 drachms by mea- 

 sure, of the 1st dilution, to 2 drachms by weight of the 

 extract of the drug. It is better to resort to Belladonna after 

 the disease has existed for some time. Its use should be 

 steadily persevered in for a week or ten days in succession. If 

 the animal be large-sized, administer 2 drachms by weight of 

 the extract night and morning. Administer it mixed with wet 

 flour upon the tongue. It is better first to make thin the 

 extract with a little Spirits of Wine, before combining it with 

 flour. So long as the patient improves under the administration 

 of the drug, continue its use. Many practitioners report 

 highly of the curative properties of Belladonna in Tetanus. 



