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4. Nitre, 3 to 5 grs.; tartar emetic, }th gr. Confec- 
tion to form a pill, to be given night and morning. 
5. Fever Mixture.—Nitre, 1 drm. ; sweet spirit of nitre, 
3 drms. ; mindererus spirit, 1 oz.; camphor mixture, 6} oz. 
Mix, and give two tablespoonfuls every six hours, 
6. Solution of the acetate of ammonia, 2 drms.; 
tincture of belladonna, 1 drm.; sulphuric ether, 1 drm. ; 
linseed mucilage, 4 drms. Dose, 60, 30, 15, or ro drops 
several times daily. 
Fomentations.—In canine therapeutics this class of 
remedy has no special advantages. Far better results are 
produced by carefully immersing the sufferer in a warm 
bath not higher than 76° F., the head being supported 
above the fluid. This is a useful proceeding in cases of 
internal spasm, nervous affections and other functional 
disorders requiring soothing and sedative treatment. On 
removal from the bath, which should not be continued 
longer than ten or fifteen minutes at the most, the patient 
should be quickly dried, at least as far as all means will 
allow, and enveloped in a blanket and other coverings to 
protect him from cold until he is quite dry. When the 
hot bath proves too much, causing a disposition to faint, 
or show any signs of distress by panting, &c., he should 
be quickly removed, and revived by 5, 10 or 15 drops of 
the aromatic spirits of ammonia. 
Hypodermic or Subcutaneous Injections.—The 
advantages of this method of treating disease in the lower 
animals are such as to commend the practice in numerous 
instances. It is not only cleanly, as waste is entirely 
avoided, but the speediest results are secured, and animal 
suffering frequently subdued, if not totally arrested, with 
remarkable promptitude and permanence. By means of 
a suitable syringe, provided with a tubular needle, the 
administration is thus effected. A fold of the skin, seized 
by the left hand, is raised from the body, and the point 
of the needle is passed through the first layer, parallel 
with the structures beneath. The fold is then released, 
and spread or smoothed by the hand, when the piston 
is pushed home, and the fluid permeates the interstices 
of the connective tissue. Absorption is rapid, and the 
