NEW REMEDIES IN VETERINARY MEDICINE. 
ing the many ills to which animal flesh is heir. In consequence 
of the intense activity which has characterized the lines of in¬ 
quiry in this domain, and the many tests to which new combi¬ 
nations must be subjected, as far as their full therapeutical value 
can be established, the student is compelled to move slowly and 
insist rather on fullness of detail than multiplicity of outlines, and 
hence we must confine ourselves to the considerations of but a 
few remedies at a time. 
. Acetamll de .—Prepared by a prolonged interaction of pure 
aniline and glacial acetic acid at a high temperature. It is one 
of the most simple synthetical compounds of the “ new remedy’* 
era. When pure it forms lustrous rhombic tables, colorless and 
odorless, with a peculiar greasy feel and slight burning taste. 
It requires 200 parts of cold, 18 parts of hot water, and 31 y 2 
parts of alcohol to make a neutral solution. Under the copy¬ 
righted name of antifebrin, acetanilide was introduced into 
medicine in 188; as an antipyretic. Its principal employment 
as been in. the treatment of neuralgia and rheumatism. As 
an antipyretic in phthisis and other pulmonary affections, in 
typhus and feVers generally it has been largely replaced* by 
remedies of more recent date. The dose of pure acetanilide is 
from one to three drachms for a horse. Owing to its cheapness 
it is used extensively in veterinary medicine, and no ill after¬ 
effects have been noticed in its employment an an antipyretic. 
For external application it is not to be recommended. 
Antikamma is a preparation which was introduced by an 
American firm as a substitute for morphine, and as an antipy¬ 
retic and analgesic. It is manufactured as a fine white powder, 
and gives evidence of its non-homogeneity when examined under 
the microscope. Several analyses of antikamnia have been 
published. They all agree in finding the chief constituents to 
be acetanilide with bi-carbonate of soda, some also discovered 
caffeine, tartaric acid and other ingredients. 
Antipyrme. Although a very widely known remedy, and 
also a fairly staple body, it may not be known that it is more 
or less decomposed or thrown out of solutions, by a number ot 
