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vasomotor paralysis, so that most of the blood collects in 

 the abdominal veins, while the ventricles and arteries are 

 emptied. In this condition saline infusions (105° to 110° F.) 

 are of infinite value, because absorption of drugs from the 

 digestive canal and subcutaneous tissue is impaired. Saline 

 infusions greatly dilute the blood — and, therefore, poisons 

 in the blood — in toxaemia, while they increase the activity 

 of the kidneys and elimination of toxins. The intrinsic heat 

 of the injections is thought to stimulate antitoxin formation, 

 and the restoration of vascular tension is believed to assist 

 the natural bodily resistance of the patient. 



A great variety of disorders have been treated success- 

 fully in human medicine with saline infusions, on this basis, 

 including : septicaemia, pneumonia, uraemia, diabetic coma, 

 purpura haemorrhagica, tetanus, ulcerative endocarditis, 

 pyelitis ; acute alcohol, ether, chloroform, carbonic monoxide, 

 arsenic and mushroom poisoning; and toxaemias resulting 

 from acute infectious disorders. The same treatment might 

 be applied to hsemoglobinsemia and other toxsemias peculiar 

 to the domestic animals. Venesection for the purpose of 

 removing the poisoned blood should, in most cases, be 

 resorted to prior to practising saline injection in the 

 toxaemias. Excluding shock and haemorrhage, where heat 

 is invaluable, saline infusions are generally given at the 

 temperature of 103° F. by the rectum, under the skin, or 

 into a vein. 



Kunsel's Treatment for Milk Fever in Cows. 



This special form of treatment merits the attention of 

 the veterinary profession because of the remarkably suc- 

 cessful results which have been almost universally secured 

 in the case of milk fever, which is not only a very common 

 disease, but one which has hitherto baffled the best thera- 

 peutic attempts of the veterinarian. Following the Schmidt 

 treatment with his intramammary injections of potassium 

 iodide— which was productive of great diminution of the 

 mortality of milk fever, but was often followed by local 



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