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5. Give subcutaneous injections of strychnine and digi- 

 talis. Administer nitroglycerin on the tongue, or inhalation 

 of amyl nitrite. In chloroformization, give strychnine and 

 atropine hypodermatically ; and, in shock, saline infusion 

 as below. Do not use alcohol or ether as stimulants, for 

 their action resembles that of the anaesthetics. 



6. Use hot (115° F.), high, rectal injections of salt 

 solution (one heaping teaspoonful to the quart) in case of 

 surgical shock with feeble pulse and subnormal temperature 

 resulting from hemorrhage or other cause. Two to four 

 quarts for large animals, and one pint to one quart for 

 smaller animals. Saline infusion is still more efficient. 

 (See " Saline Infusion," p. 732.) 



CHOICE OE AN AN^SISTHETIC. 



Ether and chloroform are the only anaesthetics of any 

 importance in veterinary medicine. The A. C E. mixture, 

 containing alcohol (one part), chloroform (two parts), and 

 ether (three parts), possesses no particular value, and is not 

 so safe as ether„ While chloroform is inferior to ether in 

 the matter of safety, it may be given to horses by an 

 experienced and careful person without much danger. It 

 is commonly the most suitable anaesthetic for the horse, 

 for the following reasons : It is less expensive ; whereas 

 several pounds of costly ether are required to produce 

 anaesthesia, a few ounces of chloroform will accomplish the 

 same result. Chloroform inhalation is much easier of 

 administration, more rapid, and causes less struggling. It 

 may be used without any special inhaler, and may be given 

 to animals in the upright position. It should not be given 

 if fatty heart is suspected. 



Chloroform may be employed for all animals during 

 parturition, as it is less dangerous in this condition and 

 because only enough is needed to produce relaxation of 

 parts to relieve pain, to assist dilatation of the os and 

 manual operations done to rectify faulty position of the 

 foetus. 



Chloroform is indicated in all cases where the actual 



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