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At first used only as an adjunctive agent with serum, it is 

 at the present time being used by some practitioners as 

 the entire treatment. Kecoveries have, of course, oc- 

 curred and have been reported in veterinary journals. 

 Its most ardent advocates up to this writing, however, 

 have been the pharmaceutical houses that have it to sell. 

 It is to be given in doses of one-twentieth to one-tenth 

 grain, hj^odermicaUy, at least once each day until the 

 symptoms are receding. 



Passiflora incarnata treatment. The use of fluid extract 

 of Passiflora incarnata in the treatment of tetanus in 

 horses is, so far as I know, original with Dr. Wendell 

 A. Knight, formerly state veterinarian of Texas. 

 While Dr. Knight's cases were of the mild type seen 

 in the South, I can say from personal experience that 

 equally good results are obtained with this agent in 

 the more marked cases seen in Northern horses. I have 

 used this treatment with more than ordinary success 

 in cases of tetanus in extremely high altitudes during 

 cold months of the year. I make mention of this because 

 the disease is seen in its most active form in such 

 regions. 



The one great disadvantage that this treatment has is 

 in the fact that its administration is troublesome. It must 

 be given with the dose syringe. One ounce of the fluid 

 extract is given, just as it is, every three hours until the 

 patient is free from excitement and marked spasms. 

 After this it is given just often enough to keep up this 

 effect. Tetanus eases treated with Passiflora recover 

 more quickly and come out of the attack in better condi- 

 tion than they do with any other form of treatment with 

 which I am familiar. 



If I should be asked to state to the best of my profes- 

 sional knowledge what I would do were I to outline a 

 treatment for tetanus I would say, "Use heat and Pas- 



