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and wish to inject the uterus, they must use a syringe with 
two nozzles, a and b ; a to insert into the uterus, and b fixed 
to the syringe to insert into a . If Nit. of Silver is used, the 
syringe must be of glass. 
Distemper . 
The subject of the disease usually known under this 
name, was a black and tan terrier, which had been treated by 
the owner with repeated doses of 01. Ricini, and of course 
went on from bad to worse. 
I found the dog very far gone in the disease, without any 
appetite, suffering much from paralysis agitans, very weak, 
and unable to walk. I prescribed Ferri Sulph. (a favorite 
remedy with many practitioners), in solution, for two days, 
which was attended with a little benefit for the first few 
hours ; but the patient relapsing into his former state, I 
changed the Iron for gr. ij Quininae, every three hours; and 
this, continued for two or three days, produced a great ame¬ 
lioration. He can now run about, and is rapidly recovering. 
I have also used Quinine for an analogous disease in horses, 
viz. Influenza, with very great benefit. In some subjects 
with whom it appears to disagree—its first administration is 
attended with giddiness or vertigo, to a degree threatening 
fainting; but these seemed to me to be the cases ultimately 
deriving the most benefit from its administration. 
Iron is usually given under the idea of its increasing the 
amount of red corpuscles in the blood, and its good effects 
are usually attributed to its having acted so. From this view 
I am inclined totally to dissent, principally because we can 
obtain an intensely red-coloured -solution from the blood, 
which will not yield a trace of Iron. Setting this, however, 
aside, every one who has taken Iron, even in a nauseating 
dose, must remember the acute sensation of hunger which 
almost immediately follows ; and this is evident proof that it 
possesses the power of rousing the nervous centres. Hence 
I would infer, that its action is not the round about one 
generally supposed, but a direct one. This, however, I will 
leave your readers to decide for themselves. 
Acute Meningitis. 
In your last Number, Mr. Editor, there is a “doubtful 
case ” by a Veterinary Student, and the silence with which 
you meet his very natural request for your opinion on the 
matter is so unusual, that I should presume it is owing to your 
