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of the 1st dilution, and give it in 2- drachm doses. It may 

 either be given alone, or in alternation with Nux Vomica of 

 the 1st dilution. 



Strychnia is one of the most valuable remedies for 

 Tetanus, but it requires to be used with the greatest caution. 

 It should not be used lower than the 5th trituration. I 

 have experimented largely with this drug upon tetanic 

 patients, and I am satisfied that it cannot be used with 

 safety for four or five days in succession, of a lower trituration 

 than the fifth. A lower trituration wiU produce Colic, a dis- 

 ease, which if supervening in Tetanus, is extremely disastrous. 

 Grive the medicine in scruple doses, at intervals of five or six 

 hours ; it may be given in a little wet flour upon the tongue. 

 It is best to use Strychnia alone — that is, not alternated with 

 any other remedy. As the patient improves, supply the medi- 

 cine less frequently. 



Tmetitre Nuic Vomica. — This remedy may be supplied in 

 alternation vnth the Arnica . Give 20 drops for a dose in a 

 little water. Administer them every four hours, in turn. 

 Nux Vomica is valuable in promoting the action of the bowels. 



Belladonna is a remedy of the highest value in Tetanus. 

 The dose proper to supply varies from 2 drachms by measure, 

 of the 1st dilution, to 2 drachms by weight of the extract 

 of the drug. It is better to resort to Belladonna after the 

 disease has existed for some time. Its use should be steadily 

 persevered in for a week or ten days in succession. If the 

 animal be large-sized, admiaister 2 drachms by weight of the 

 extract night and morning. Administer it mixed with wet 

 flour upon the tongue. It is better first to make thin the 

 extract with a little Spirits of Wiue, before combining it with 

 flour. So long" as the patient improves under the adminis- 

 tration of the drug, continue its use. Many practitioners report 

 highly of the curative properties of Belladonna in Tetanus. 



