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ent. In .arkspur or aconite poisoning, 

 hypodermic injections of atropine may- 

 be administered in doses of ^ to 

 1 grain for horses and cattle, and from 

 1-10 to 1-5 of a grain for sheep. This' 

 remedy has recently given excellent 

 results in Colorado in experiments car- 

 ried on by Glover. In poisoning 

 from water hemlock morphine may 



be given hypodermicany, or chloral hy- 

 drate irr the stomach. Chloral hydrate 

 may be given in doses of 1 ounce to 

 horses and cattle and about *4 of an 

 ounce to sheep. Morphine may also be 

 administered in such cases in doses of 

 IV2 grains for sheep and 3 to 10 grains 

 for cattle and horses. 



