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in combining alcohol with ammonia, he said that in many cases when 
you give two agents which individually have an opposite effect, you 
get a beneficial result, such as in the combination of opium and bella¬ 
donna. Ammonia is a respiratory stimulant, while alcohol is more a 
cardiac stimulant. The same remarks apply to the combining of 
ammonia with aconite. Aconite reduces the temperature, having a 
powerful sedative effect on the heart, while ammonia stimulated the 
respiratory functions. He quite agreed with Dr. Greenway that 
sulphuric ether was particularly useful in inflammation of the lungs, 
but it was inadmissible in cattle practice generally, from the odour, 
&c., left in the meat, should the animal require to be killed. On 
the other hand, disease of the kidneys was not so common among the 
lower animals as in man, and, consequently, there did not exist the 
same objection to the administration of ammonia to them. As to 
the doses and dilution of ammonia for the horse, he gave one half 
drachm of Liq. Ammon, fort, in a pint of water, or Ammon. Carb. 
5j, water Oss. In cattle you may give from three to four ounces of 
the Ammon. Carb. without any fear of excoriating the mouth. In 
giving Liq. Ammonim for colic you may almost judge of its bene¬ 
ficial action by its effect on the mucous membrane of the mouth. I never 
fear for my case when the mouth has been excoriated by the medicine. 
Ergot of rye is used in parturient convulsions, and might be recom¬ 
mended for trial in parturient apoplexy ; it acts on the brain and spinal 
cord. As to the method of intra-venous injection, first put your finger on 
the vein —not too tense —insert the needle into the vein, and draw the 
piston. The blood will show that you are in it. You may inject from 
5 ss to 5j of Liq. Ammon, fort, into the circulation; it need not be 
much diluted. 
The characters and types of diseases change; they will assume a 
different character in one year from that which they assume in another. 
He did not, however, think that this was due to altered feeding, &c., so 
much as to the different constituents in the same kind of food, due to our 
altered „mode of cropping and to our altered system of agriculture 
generally. 
Mr. Hutcheon proposed, and Mr. Elam seconded, that Professor Walley 
be requested to publish his paper. This was carried unanimously. 
Professor Walley having agreed to comply with our request, a cordial 
vote of thanks, on the motion of the President, was conveyed to the 
Professor for his excellent paper. Professor Walley having acknow¬ 
ledged it, a vote of thanks to the President closed the meeting. 
Duncan Hutcheon, Hon. Sec. 
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NARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The half-yearly meeting of the above Society washeld on July 8th, 
at the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich, under the presidency of Mr. A. H. 
Santy, F.R.C.V.S. * 
Amongst those who honoured the meeting with their presence were 
Dr. Jackson, F.R.C.S., of Plymouth; C. Williams, Esq., F.R.C.S., 
Norwich; Dr. R. J. Mills, Norwich ; and J. D. Allmann, Esq.,London. 
There were also present—Messrs. F. Low, G. G. Whincop, L. Butters, 
