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or covering of dry flannel, wach prevents loss of heat 
by radiation. 
Inhalations must not be forgotten, as they assist in the 
evacuation of catarrhal exudate, relieve dyspnoea, and to 
some extent rectify foul breath. 
Narcotics are employed where the cough is very dis- 
tressing, and any of the prescriptions from 2 to 5 inclusive 
would afford relief; some amount of cough, however, is 
highly desirable, as its function is to rid the bronchioles 
of the excessive exudations collected therein. Where 
the cough has subsided or become very weak, and little 
or no expectoration is taking place, the hypodermic 
injection of apomorphine (gr. ds to gr. +) has been recom- 
mended, though in adopting this course I must warn 
practitioners that as in such cases great dyspnoea and 
buccal breathing have probably developed, accompanied 
by much weakness, it is very easy to kill the patient by 
producing violent emesis, too large a dose causing 
respiratory arrest and death. The B.P. injectio apo- 
morphine hypodermica is the most convenient prepara- 
tion for use, as 110 minims contain 1 grain of apomorphine 
hydrochloride, therefore the dose of the solution would 
be mvss. to mxxil. 
Very great value has accrued from the hypodermic 
injection of zuclein, as it has been observed to effect a 
remarkable improvement in an animal’s disease-resisting 
power, and hence it is of especial benefit in the treatment 
of pneumonia or pleurisy. It is prepared from yeast, 
and possesses the property of greatly increasing the 
number of leucocytes in the blood, and as they play so 
important a réle in the defence of the system it is 
deduced that nuclein is indicated in all specific diseases 
of bacterial origin. Whenever fever is present, and the 
blood shows a low content of white corpuscles, this drug 
should be given. 
