THERAPEUTICS. 
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healthy animals. The German authors claim camphor to be spe¬ 
cific in septic fevers,'such as septicemia and pyemia, and person¬ 
ally I have observed excellent results following the use of cam¬ 
phor in these conditions. It may be used in these cases either 
internally or subcutaneously. As high as ioo to 250 c.c. of the 
spirits or oil of camphor may be administered subcutaneously in 
24 hours. 
Frohener recommends oil or spirits of camphor subcutane¬ 
ously in contagious pleuro-pneumonia in doses of 50-150 c.c. Ex¬ 
ternally, camphor is valuable in treating mastitis, tendo-vaginitis, 
slowly granulating wounds, ulcers, fistulas, etc. In phelgmon 
spirits of camphor may be administered to horses in a bolus and 
subcutaneously as the spirits or oil of camphor. 
In concluding my report, I wish to say that I firmly believe 
that success in therapeutic lines depends primarily upon accuracy 
of diagnosis. After diagnosis comes treatment, and the choice 
of medicinal agents is by no means simple, for here probably 
hangs the professional success of the practitioner. Lastly, the 
most reliable medicinal agents that the market affords are none 
too good for veterinary practice. For through the use of un¬ 
standardized preparations, or preparations of indefinite potency 
otherwise skillful -treatment often fails. 
Carries Joy and Good Cheer to the Mountain Tops: 
A subscriber up at Pike’s Peak, Colo., in renewing his subscrip¬ 
tion, writes thus to the Review : “ Enclosed find check, etc., so 
that you can afford to come to the Pike’s Peak region for an¬ 
other year, and believe me, it would be impossible for the writer 
to exist without you.” 
“ All Veterinary Associations Should Establish Lec¬ 
ture Bureaus/’ declared President Smith, of the V. M. A. of 
N. J., at the recent meeting of that association in Jersey City. 
This happy suggestion as a means of assisting the popular educa¬ 
tion movement under discussion at the moment, seemed to burst 
spontaneously from the lips of the presiding officer, and if gen¬ 
erally accepted and acted upon will surely bear fruit. 
