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retards recovery, in others even making it impossible. To cite 
an instance where they are a decided advantage (and this occurs 
every day), we are called to see a dog, perhaps in a lady’s 
boudoir, where she has him upon her lap, or some fine article 
of furniture, and we decide from his condition that it will be 
advantageous to begin his treatment with a cathartic. Now, 
under the old system, we would prescribe, perhaps, castor oil 
and syrup of buckthorn, or something equally bulky and nasty, 
and on calling the next day we naturally want to know if the 
medicine has “ acted,” and we are informed that he has not had 
it, that he positively refused to take it, and almost threw him¬ 
self into a fit resisting it, and so they ceased to try to force him 
further. Consequently, our first step in the treatment is balked, 
and we may expect the same difficulty right on through it. On 
the other hand, if you practice “ alkalometry ” in that situa¬ 
tion, you would remove from your pocket your nice complete 
u pocket-case,” and administer to his dogship sitting right on 
his mistress’ lap, or the dainty piece of furniture, as the case 
may be, with no fear of soiling anything about you, two, three, 
or four grains of aloin, and one or two grains of calomel, in 
keeping with the size of the dog. The dog scarcely realizes 
that he has taken anything ; but when you call next morning, 
he has realized it, and so have those caring for him, and the 
answer to your inquiry invariably is, “I should think so, 
Doctor.” That may seem a small dose of aloin, and I confess 
that I used to fail to get results from a much larger quantity, as 
I used to give it in capsule, but the granules made by the 
Abbott Alkaloidal Co., which I use, have given me the afore¬ 
said results. And so right along the line you may look for 
accuracy and activity of result in These alkaloids in granule 
form, administered per orem. 
To mention a few of the indications for the employment of 
certain alkaloidal preparations in my experience, I might point, 
first, to one that finds a very useful place with me as a “tonic.” 
The iron arsenate in granules of 1-67 of a grain. Of these I give 
two to four at a dose at three to six-hour intervals. In paraly- 
