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usually corrosive sublimate, either by direct injection or on ab¬ 
sorbent cotton, or, in the case of nail wounds, I may have the 
wounded member soaked in an antiseptic solution. I do not in 
this disease administer a purgative, except possibly giving Glau¬ 
ber’s or Epsom salts in the water or bran mash (not even these 
since using the following treatment): 
Ferri sulphatis exsic, 
Cupri sulph., aa 3 jss. 
.. Pulv. bellad. fol., 
Pulv. gentian, rad., aa § iij. 
M. Fiat charts. No. xii. Sig. : One powder every four hours until there is some 
signs of abatement of the symptoms, then three times daily until almost well, and then con¬ 
tinuing twice daily until complete recovery. 
I have in several instances added quinine to the above. 
Strange to say. in all of the cases in which I used this mixture 
(six in number) there has been no bother from constipation, 
and, notwithstanding its astringent nature, the stools have been 
from a normal to a slightly soft condition, probably due to the 
belladonna, which is said to markedly increase the secretions 
after a brief suppression. The gentian is used more to cover the 
irritant action of the sulphate of copper than anything else ; al¬ 
though its value in keeping up the patient’s appetite is not to be 
overlooked. That there is value to this treatment, I have no 
doubt, for the reason that I have now had five cases out of six 
recover; I could not administer this remedy to the one that died 
on account of jaws being entirely locked and throat paralyzed. 
Three of the five recovered cases were severe cases, one, whose 
jaws remained open only about half an inch when I first saw him ; 
then, again, the cases recover in about three weeks, where, un¬ 
der the old treatment, about six or eight weeks would have been 
necessary had they recovered under it. The animals recovered 
in good flesh, indeed, usually in better condition than they were 
before the attack. 
Now, a few words regarding Gastric and Intestinal Flatu¬ 
lence .—In gastric flatulence I find that, while most veterinarians 
use hyposulphite of soda, they do not use it in large enough 
doses, usually prescribing it in 3, 4, or at the most 6 ounce doses. 
If this is the case with you, and you are not satisfied with its 
