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treatment, when the results of further experiments with quinine 

 sulphate are considered. 



2. During 1913 two Batanes bulls suffering from rinderpest 

 were given subcutaneously injections of camphorated oil, which 

 is frequently prescribed as a circulatory stimulant in septicaemia. 

 Both of these animals died of rinderpest. 



3. In the early part of 1914 two animals that were suffering 

 from rinderpest were treated with fluid extract of gentian and 

 fluid extract of nux vomica. These drugs were administered 

 with the idea of keeping the circulation and appetite toned up. 

 Both animals died of rinderpest, the drugs having practically no 

 effect upon them, as both animals developed inappetence and 

 diarrhoea and died in the usual length of time noticed in severe 

 cases of rinderpest. 



4. During the early part of 1914 a bull suffering from rinder- 

 pest was drenched with dilute alcohol administered at short 

 intervals. This animal developed all the symptoms of rinderpest 

 and died of that disease in the usual length of time. 



5. During 1912 several animals were treated with castor oil, 

 and all of them developed the usual symptoms and lesions of 

 rinderpest and died of that disease. 



FIELD NOTES 



Dr. Stanton Youngberg, chief veterinarian, Bureau of Agri- 

 culture, and the several veterinarians in charge of the immun- 

 ization stations in the provinces have been using strychnine, 

 nitroglycerin, and echinacoid on animals that have a severe reac- 

 tion while passing through the immunization. (Simultaneous 

 method, receiving an infecting dose of virulent rinderpest blood 

 and a supposedly protecting dose of antirinderpest serum on the 

 same day or within one or two days of each other.) 



These workers find that all three of the above-mentioned drugs 

 prolong the life of animals by their stimulating effect and in 

 many instances seem to sustain life long enough for the animal 

 to develop sufficient antibodies to combat the disease and in this 

 way make a recovery. They find that when using strychnine 

 great care has to be taken in not stopping the use of the drug too 

 suddenly, as its action is very transient and if not administered 

 at short intervals the animal is apt to suffer a collapse and die 

 suddenly. 



With nitroglycerin and echinacoid the stimulating effect is 

 of longer duration and collapse is not so frequently noticed. 



Although these drugs are practically useless for animals that 

 contract rinderpest in the usual way and have not previously 



