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utilized ; i. e., by filling tlie jar with salt solution and forcing 

 the air into the jar, thus displacing the fluid. The fountain 

 syringe is the best apparatus. Hypodermoclysis may be 

 employed in the same cases as intravenous infusion, and is 

 a better method on account of its simplicity. We are guided 

 as to the quantity of solution desirable by the same indica- 

 tions noted above as referring to intravenous saline injec- 

 tions. Hypodermoclysis may be done in several places, and 

 absorption is assisted by massage. Salt solutions are 

 injected under the udder in females, and are occasionally 

 thrown into the peritoneal cavity, particularly after opera- 

 tions in this region, before closing the abdominal walls. 



Enter ocly sis. 



Enteroclysys applies to the rectal injection 'of normal 

 salt solution (115° to 120° F.) to secure absorption. This 

 method may be applied in cases not so urgent as to 

 demand intravenous saline infusion or hypodermoclysis, 

 more especially moderate degrees of haemorrhage, shock, 

 collapse, and circulatory depression, when the intrinsic 

 heat of the injection is valuable in restoring the normal 

 bodily temperature. 



USES. 

 INDICATIONS FOR SALINE INFUSIONS. 



Grave haemorrhage. 



Shock, traumatic, operative, and 



electric. 

 Suppression of urine. 

 Severe diarrhoea. 

 Eclampsia. 



( Bacterial. 

 Toxaemia -< Mineral. 



( Vegetable. 

 In threatened death from any 



accidental cause. 

 In any disease with feeble heart 

 and low vascular tension. 



Hypodermoclysis, or the intravenous injection of saline 

 infusions, find their greatest usefulness as life-saving meas- 

 ures in severe haemorrhage. "While these methods are not 

 in vogue in veterinary practice, they have become recognized 

 procedures of great practical value in human medicine. The 

 indications, following haemorrhage, are to fill up the vessels 



