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fatally, and wished the owner to have the animal destroyed, 
but he was not willing to do so. She, however, died in six. 
hours, and an examination three hours afterwards revealed a 
precisely similar state of the internal organs as in the first 
case, with this exception, that the effusion had taken place 
close to the pylorus, and had also extended a few inches 
further. 
SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION OF MORPHIA IN 
COLIC AND ENTERITIS. 
By W. Fearnley, Y.S., M.R.C.Y.S., Leeds. 
For some time I have been using the hypodermic method of 
administering various remedies; and there is one remedy 
(and that a potent one) for colic and enteritis which I should 
like to see take the place of the ordinary “ gripe draught ;” 
the agent is a preparation of morphia syringed under the skin. 
I shall have some difficulty in describing what I have to 
say on this subject in a reasonable space in your valuable 
journal, so that I cannot enter into the history and striking 
results of the practice of exhibiting medicines ; however, I will 
take the liberty of quoting a few observations on the subject 
from a pamphlet written a few years ago by Charles Hunter, 
Esq.* At page 54 this gentleman sums up the following 
practical conclusions : 
“ 1. That certain medicines may be introduced into the 
cellular tissue beneath the skin with safety and with 
advantage. 
“ 2. That medicines so introduced have a general as well 
as local effect. 
“ 3. That the general effect of medicine so introduced is 
exceedingly rapid. 
“ 4. That the mode of administration is more certain in 
its action — that is, the action of a stomachic dose ; — for the 
exact amount is known, and the whole of it takes effect, 
which may, or may not, be the case with stomachic doses; 
which may, on the other hand, be retained unabsorbed, 
vomited, &c. 
“ 5. It is also, and for the same reason, a more trustworthy 
method for certainty of the action of a remedy, than are the 
endermic, enepidermic, lingual, and rectal methods. 
“ 6. Medicines are more purely received into the system 
* l< On the Speedy Relief of Pain and other Nervous Affections by the 
means of the Hypodermic Method.” London : John Churchill and Sons. 
