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E. H. SHEPHARD. 
After thorough examination I put him on hyposulphite of 
soda, § ss doses, three times a day, with a very small quan¬ 
tity of gentian, eighteen powders, six days’ treatment, suffi¬ 
cient to cleanse and cool his blood, entirely allaying the skin 
irritation and regulate the bowel secretions to almost perfec¬ 
tion. In one year from that time he had a slight similar dis¬ 
charge from the bowels, which was entirely overcome by one- 
half dozen powders of the same preparation. 
During the past summer I have treated skin trouble, 
whether dependent upon constitutional or local causes, al¬ 
most entirely with this preparation of soda and with univer¬ 
sal good success. One case deserves mention especially. A 
young pacing horse with considerable speed had been fed 
pretty high to fit him for a good showing at the fall sales at 
which he was entered. Unfortunately, without much regu¬ 
lar exercise he was given a long drive on a hot day, and the 
next morning I was called and found him one mass of pim¬ 
ples from the tips of his ears to his hoofs. In a few days he 
was as hairless as a Mexican dog, the skin scaling off and 
leaving an irritable itchy surface which he rubbed and bit, 
and actually tore with his teeth at every opportunity. So¬ 
lutions of hyposulphite were applied externally, and following 
a physic 3 i doses four times a day given internally. Other 
preparations were used for a day at a time externally, but 
none seemed to allay the irritation as well as the soda. With 
a cooling diet and an occasional stimulant for the kidneys, 
thirty days found him again on the road in fair flesh, good 
spirits and covered with a thick, glossy coat. Other cases of 
eruptions of less consequence, some affecting the larger part 
of the body, others only local, have been successfully com¬ 
batted, and the animal kept at his work. 
In speaking of this medicine, Finlay Dun in his excellent 
work gives several interesting experiments, showing its 
„ power as a poison to fungi and other low organic forms, and 
many have been made, mostly as recorded with the sulphite, 
showing its power to control septic conditions. 
Dogs previously prepared for several days with small 
doses of hyposulphite have withstood injections of fetid pus, 
