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while a solution of the hydrate of chloral is being prepared. That solution 
should be of the same strength and doses advised in convulsions. 
Of all agents employed in tetanus it has proved the most efficient; and it 
should be pushed fearlessly, the injections being repeated as often as every 
half-hour until improvement is noted, or it is plainly evident that the case 
is hopeless. 
Calabar bean and curarine have been used on man successfully in a number 
of cases, and of course might be tried on a canine sufferer if other means had 
failed, a physician was in attendance, and these drugs were obtainable. 
Every three or four hours nourishment should be given by injection: and 
the same may rightly consist of a cupful of milk or beef tea, with a raw egg 
beaten in, and a tablespoonful of brandy. 
During the past year or two this disease in man has been very closely 
studied by physicians, and at present many experiments are being made with 
the so-called tetanus antitoxine. By means of injections of this, animals have 
been so immunized that they have failed to develop tetanus. It has also been 
used successfully in the treatment of a few cases. Which facts encourage the 
medical world to hope that at last a cure for this dread malady has been 
found in antitoxine serum. But, of course, further experience will be necessary 
before all doubts can be at rest. 
