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this drug. Aloes and Glaubers salt were given internally, with 
cataplasm to the loins. The condition rapidly improved. 
In another case of haemoglobinuria, paralysis was observed 
of the ’exterior muscles of both anterior limbs as a sequela. 
As developed in the clinic, this patient had shown azoturia 
about three weeks previous, and since that time had often fallen 
upon the knees, being apparently unable to manipulate the 
anterior muscles when moving in trot. The general state of 
health, as well as the urine, was at this time in no degree 
influenced. 
When quiet and when walking no impediment of movement 
was exhibited; but immediately the animal was brought in trot, 
the above noted symptoms became prominent. Local examin¬ 
ations proved negative. — Sachs. Vetenndr bencht. 
SANTONIN IN THE DOG. 
When santonin is given to man in doses of five to eight 
grains, its toxic symptoms are induced. In canidae, this agent 
is generally prescribed for the destruction of round worms, and 
here it is administered in portions of three to five grains. 
Keppel gave a dog, weighing 20 pounds, six grains in unison 
with one and a half ounces of oil, and increased the dose to 
fifteen grains within four days. The urine became deeply red in 
color as the dose was enlarged. Poisonous effects were, how¬ 
ever, not present, the subject continued cheerful and retained 
the appetite. 
A dog, weighing 13 pounds, received seven and a half grains 
without disadvantage; in this same case fifteen and a half grains 
. were given, with the effect that in three-quarters of an hour 
epileptiform convulsions seized the animal. The same quantity 
again administered produced the same result, and after a few 
hours the patient recovered. A three-weeks-old puppy weigh¬ 
ing 4^4 pounds, resisted the action of four and a half grains in 
glucose, and even nine grains failed to render the animal uncon¬ 
scious, producing at the most slight contractions of the muscles, 
staring countenance and unquiet. 
