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Table 3.— Dogs receiving intravenous injections of strychnine sulphate. 



hypodermic syringe provided with a long needle the end of which 

 had been rounded off. No difficulty was experienced in giving 

 the drug. 



Table 2 gives the results of subcutaneous injections, lne site 

 selected was the costal region on either side of the chest. 



Table 3 gives the results of intravenous administrations. The 

 dogs were carefully secured and the injections were made into 

 either the posterior auricular or the external metatarsal vein. 

 The solution was injected at body temperature. 



Table 4 gives the results of rectal administration. The ani- 

 mals were allowed to defecate before the drug was given and it 

 faxes were not passed the rectum was manually cleaned out be- 

 fore each administration. The calculated amount of the solu- 

 tion to be used was each time heated to body temperature ana 

 administered by means of a syringe provided with a long, blunt- 



