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rabbits, in fowls it fails, as has already been stated, but it is 
intended to pursue this line of experimentation still further, 
especially with the active principle known as pilocarpine. It may 
be mentioned that a medical man of Washington city is so con¬ 
vinced of the efficiency of the jaborandi that he has offered him¬ 
self for the purpose of an experiment with venom, and in addition 
to this offer, the writer has received a communication from a 
person in Ohio, also, proposing to submit to the test. Until we 
have experimented further, however, the scientific devotion of 
these gentlemen will not be tried. 
{To be continued .) 
THE THERAPEUTIC VALUE OF WATER. 
By De. Anaokee. 
(Translated from the TMezarzt by F. W. Turner, Ph.G., Student.) 
The employment of water in cases of sickness dates back about 
two thousand years, when Petron established his famous “ cold 
water cure ” system. Later on Musa, and recently Hahn and 
Priessnitz brought it into fresh repute. 
Its curative power depends principally on the temperature at 
which it is used, and also on its solvent power on organic and in¬ 
organic bodies. The cold water cure consists in drinking water 
and in wrapping the body in wet linen sheets which are covered 
with woolen blankets till perspiration ensues, this procedure 
being followed by cold baths and brisk bodily movements. No 
doubt Priessnitz claimed too much when he pronounced water to 
be the universal remedy for disease, since there is no remedy 
which possesses the virtues of a panacea. We meet with numer¬ 
ous difficulties in the systematic application of cold water in vet¬ 
erinary practice, for the reason that hydrotherapy has had but a 
limited employment in the treatment of domestic animals. 
Water acts locally according to its temperature. Cold water 
condenses the organic fibres and the vascular membranes, produc¬ 
ing an invigorating effect upon the relaxed tissue, especially on 
the skin, muscles and sinews, and drives the blood out of the ves- 
