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SALICYLATE OF SODIUM. 
By W. C. Hanawalt, D.V.S., Sheffield, III. 
A Paper read before the Illinois Veterinary Medical Association. 
The subject to which I wish to call your attention for a 
brief space of time is not a new one, nor one unfamiliar to yon, 
but, on the contrary, it is an old topic, discussed by M.D.’s un¬ 
til they are, I presume, tired of it. To fortify myself in the last 
statement, I will quote the remark of an able M.D. to myself a 
few weeks since. It is as follows : “ Salicylate of sodium is no 
good ; it deranges the stomach, upsets the digestive organs, and 
caps the climax by irritating the kidneys.” After making the 
above statement he wrote me a prescription for acute rheuma¬ 
tism, and, to my great surprise, after such a remark, entered 
salicylate of sodium at the head of the list. In explanation he 
admitted that if properly used it is all right, and right here is 
where I agree with him. If judiciously employed, there is no 
bad after effects in the use of salicylate of sodium, so far as I 
have been able to ascertain. But for a prompt, speedy remedy, 
in its line of therapeutics, I find no better agent. 
It is the therapeutics of salicylate of sodium to which I 
wish to call your attention to-day ; not that which is laid down 
in our text-books, but additions thereto, as I have applied them 
in my own practice, and to make my paper plain and easily un¬ 
derstood I will cite cases and apply the therapeutics to each ; 
Case /.—On May 28, 1892, I was called to see a black 
stallion roadster, five years old. Inspection revealed a discharge 
at the nose resembling coagulated buttermilk, weeping of the 
eyes ; weak, rapid pulse and a temperature of 103° F. I pre¬ 
scribed 
It Belladonna, fl. ext., 3 ss. ' 
Veratri viridis, fl. ext., 3 i. 
AqucC, q s., ad. Oss. 
M. Sig. 3 i every 4 hours. 
In connection therewith I prescribed two drams sulphate 
quinine to be given every 6 hours. May 29th, found my patient 
worse, with a temperature of 104° F.,* pulse somewhat stronger, 
