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venting putrefaction, etc. The relative value of the var- 

 ious so-called antipyretics can not easily be determined. 

 Some are valuable here, others there, while still others are 

 probably always ineffectual if not harmful to most patients. 

 Quinine is undoubtedly the most potent of the antipyretics 

 for the fevers of domestic animals. It should be given in 

 somewhat large doses and not repeated more than once or 

 twice daily. In the temperature that runs riot, a good lib- 

 eral dose (and only one) of acetanilid followed by the appli- 

 cation of exceptionally warm clothing to induce a profuse 

 sweat, will often result in a drop of several degrees. The 

 permanence of the temperature thus lowered varies with the 

 disease. In some cases it will rise again with increased in- 

 tensity, while in others, it may remain lower throughout the 

 entire course of the period of dominance. Subcutaneous in- 

 jections of normal salt solution given copiously and fre- 

 quently give perceptible results in persistent septic fevers, 

 by stimulating the emunctories to greater activity. 



