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of ointment for luxuriant granulations, unhealthy, foul granu¬ 
lating wounds, ulcers, diphtheretic surfaces, etc., and also in 
the treatment of canker of the foot. It is recommended in 
skin affections due to vegetable parasites, but is useless in ani¬ 
mal parasites, excellent results being obtained by its use in 
the form of soap, or as a lotion, (one to ten per cent.), or 
again, in the treatment of erysipelas, traumatic inflammation 
of the eye (one per cent, solution), stomatitis, metritis and 
vaginitis, and in various diseased conditions of the udder, such 
as the various forms of pox, furunculus, catarrhal inflamma¬ 
tion, etc.— Schweizer Arch, fur Thierhuel , Journ. of Comp. 
Pathology. 
ESERIN INJECTIONS IN CHRONIC SYNOVITES. 
In the event of the failure of the blistering and firing treat¬ 
ment in these affections, and of the danger attending the injec¬ 
tions of iodine and iodide of potassium, eserin is recommended 
by Stottmeister as less dangerous and more satisfactory. He 
operates as follows : The animal being cast, the hair for the 
extent of a shilling is shaved or clipped from the most promi¬ 
nent part of the enlargement, and this area is then disinfected. 
The swelling is then compressed with the left hand, in order 
to make the seat of puncture as prominent and tense as possi¬ 
ble. / The trocar, previously disinfected, is introduced at this 
spot, and the fluid in the cavity is withdrawn by means of a 
syringe. The eserine solution is then injected, the canula 
withdrawn, and the part submitted to manipulation for a few 
minutes, with the object of distributing the solution equally 
throughout the cavity. The eserin solution is used of a 
strength of 05-1 of eserin to from 5 to 10 grammes of distilled 
water, according to the size of the enlargement, and must be 
well filtered before use. Ice is applied to the part to subdue 
the inflammation which nearly always sets in during the 
twenty-four hours after the operation, or moist swabbs, to 
which lead and alum has been added, may be employed for 
the same purpose. The inflammation generally subsides in 
five days, and a complete cure is effected in from four to six 
weeks. — Thiermedicin Rundsch. 
