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given her, during gestation, on the 11th of January, 1825, 2 ^° (20 
drops) of the sol. camphorae, to prevent abortion.” 
He adds, “ I cannot too much recommend some doses of savine 
to be given to gravid cows or sheep, when abortion in a certain 
district takes on an epizootic character.” 
Having remarked that, in a flock of 300 sheep, three or four mothers 
suddenly aborted, he says, “ I immediately changed the alimentary 
regimen, and replaced the hay by dry trefoil, and the potatoes and 
oats by farinaceous drinks: but the abortions continuing, I returned 
to the former regimen. I poured 300 drops of savine into half a pint 
of water, and shook well the mixture, and turned it on 15 bushels of 
bruised potatoes. I added to this 15 bushels of oats, and distribu- 
ted it every morning among the pregnant females. At the end of 
three days the abortions entirely ceased.” 
Here, at first glance it might appear that the irritable state of the 
womb was staid by the exhibition of these minute doses of cam- 
phor in the cow and savine in the sheep; but a moment’s reflection 
will point out another and more likely cause, namely, the maturity 
of the cows, and the altered food of the sheep, with, perhaps, some 
powerful atmospheric influence. 
A horse was much inconvenienced by a swelling that extended 
from the lower part of the belly to the back of the thigh. He ate 
little — his excrement was small and hard — his urine turbid — his 
breathing slow, and the animal, every now and then, drew his 
breath as though it would suffocate him. ± (four drops of the 4th 
dilution) of Bryonv, or each drop containing a hundred millionth 
part of the virtue of the first drop, given twice a-day, re-established 
him in a fortnight. 
Under the title of Loss OF Appetite he states some curious 
circumstances. “ A cow of 10 years old had lost her appetite. 
She was lively — did not cough — her eyes were bright, and her re- 
spiration normal; but she had eaten very little for 14 days, and 
remained whole days without tasting any food. Herr Lux gave 
her on the 9th of August 1834 J (five drops of the first solution 
of) nux vomica. On the morrow she was better and drank a little. 
On the 12th, she ate with appetite. On the 17th, diarrhoea came 
on, and she again ceased to eat. Lux, proceeding on the homoeo- 
pathic principle, had recourse to the rule of contrary, and gave 
her (10 drops of the first solution of) rhubarb, which imme- 
diately stopped the diarrhoea : after this %° of caraway completed 
the cure. 
£ of nux vomica also restored a hack-horse which had long fed 
very sparingly, and had a feeble pulse. 
§ of the same also restored the appetite of a goat eight years 
old, and which had eaten nothing for several days. 
To this follows some cases of Ascites. “ Sixty beasts had 
