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248 SYNOPSIS OF VETERINARY 



Also in tablets. 



The above are usually administered three times daily, mav 

 be mixed with the food. 



Physiological Actions. — In medicinal doses, thyroid gland 

 is alterative, resolvent and anti-fat. 



It greatly increases metabolism and the quantity of urine. 



Causes a rise in the temperature, due to increased tissue 

 change. 



Overdoses cause, — insomnia, headache, palpitation, nausea, 

 vertigo, either excessive hunger or loss of appetite, diarrhoea, 

 general malaise, tremors of the extremities. 



The hearts action is irregular and exaggerated, and there 

 are also various vaso-motor disturbances. These gradually stop 

 without treatment, upon withholding the drug. 



Therapy. — The chief use for Thyroid Gland is in Goitre, for 

 which it is a most excellent remedy, especially for dogs and other 

 small animals. ' 



In adiposity, the drug gives satisfactory results when its 

 use is persisted in. 



The writer usually gives dogs of average size, 5 grs. three 

 times daily mixed with the food, increased in 10 days, if the con- 

 dition show no improvement. 



In either of the above conditions, after the ailment is reduced 

 to a normal status, occasional doses, a dose, 2 or 3 times weekly 

 is necessary to maintain the normal condition. 



It must be remembered that the above conditions are due 

 to a lack of normal Thyro-iodin, the metabolism regulating sub- 

 stance of the thyroid glands ; the gland being in these cause 

 deficient in its functionating power. 



Thyroid, is also used with good results in human practice 

 in, cretinism, psoriasis, struma, chronic rheumatism, rickets, slow 

 healing fractures, etc. 



ANTITOXIN AND DIAGNOSTIC SERUMS. 

 TETANUS ANTITOXIN. 



This agent I have no doubt in saying is a failure as a cura- 

 tive agent for tetanus ; at least in the present dosage. 

 As a preventive it is of value. 



