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certain liquids, and by means of a glass syringe holding half 
a drachm projects them into the rectum. - 
Aloin and ac. cathartinicum are suitable for slight consti¬ 
pation, while colocynth and citrullin are more properly made 
use of in habitual constipation. The method of prescribing 
is as follows : 
3 Aloin, 3 ss, 3 Ac. cathartinici, 
Form amid, 3 iiss. Sennas aa, gr. xlv, 
M. Aq. distill, 3 ii, 
Sodii bicarb, ad, gs, 
React alkalin. 
In chronic and stubborn constipation colocynth and 
citrullini are used as follows : 
3 Colocynthin, gr. xv, 
Glycerini, 
Spiritus ad, 3 iii. 
M. 
3 Citrullini, 3 ss, 
Spiritus, 
Glycerini ad, 5 iss. 
M. 
Therapeutische Monatsh. 
THERAPEUTIC NOTICES. 
Botazzi gives the following treatment for spavin in the hors e 
Animal is cast, the hair is removed from the elevation, and an 
incision two inches in length is made directly in the middle 
of the same. The labia of the wound are permitted to fall 
from one another in order that the subcutaneous tissue may 
be exposed and removed. 
Two or three indentations are now burned in the substance 
of the bone, in the form of a triangle, having its base superior. 
Antiseptic bandages, etc., are applied. B. states case cured 
in thirty days. 
FOR INFECTIOUS DIARRHCEA IN CALVES. 
Ac. lactici 
Ac. salicylic aa 3 i, 
Naphthol, 3 iiss, 
Syr. simplicis, § v, 
Aq. destill., 5 iii. 
M. et. f. 
Sig.—Fine half tablespoonful before each meal. 
