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ment of metastatic inflammation, arising from excessive 
purging ; to check which he recommends, should the patient 
be a large-sized animal and manifestipg great debility, to 
commence at once by giving at a dose — 
Poit Wine, ^xij ; 
Tincture of Opium, §iiss ; 
Thick Flour-gruel, 1 pint. 
Should this fail, it is to be repeated, lessening the quantity 
of each ingredient, according to the circumstances of the case. 
Or chloroform may be given in three-drachm doses, or cam- 
phor in one-drachm doses, mixed with warm flour-gruel, and 
a second, and even a third dose, may be found necessary, at 
intervals of six or eight hours. 
So in the treatment of traumatic tetanus he considers 
belladonna to be a remedy of the highest value : 
“ The dose proper to supply, varies from two drachms by measure of the 
first dilution, to two drachms by weight of the extract of the drug. It 
is better to resort to belladonna after the disease has existed for some time. 
Its use should be steadily persevered in for a week or ten days in 
succession. If the animal be large-sized, minister two drachms by weight 
of the extract night and morning. Administer it mixed with wet flour upon 
the tongue. It is better first to make thin the extract with a little spirits 
of wine, before combining it with flour. So long as the patient improves 
under the administration of the drug, continue its use. Many practitioners 
report highly of the curative properties of belladonna in tetanus.” 
We are not disposed to quarrel with the above, for surely 
allopathy could do no more, or be bolder in prescribing, if 
so bold. We do, however, object to the introduction of 
certain symbols and formulae, for which we are referred 
either to his own or others’ works on homoeopathy. 
We also think that Mr. Haycock assumes somewhat when, 
in his preface, he asserts that — 
“ The compilers of ponderous dictionaries on what is strangely deno- 
minated ‘practical medicine/ have, we suspect, fulfilled their mission in the 
world. They may not see the change, or, if they see it, may affect to dis- 
believe it. None of us are desirous of believing that which we may 
consider destructive to our fame, or our supposed interests. Old men are 
wedded to the past ; they desire repose. To the new school of vete- 
rinary surgeons which we believe must come, we trust that our work will 
be found, if not a pioneer in the change, at least an exponent of its 
principles.” 
