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COLEMAN NOCKOLDS. 
Patient will generally eat nothing, but must be fed beef tea, 
Qcrcrs wine, or small and frequently repeated doses of brandy. 
Hydrargyri cliloride mitis or oil every third hour 5 quitiin, o*33 
every three hours. If intense pain is present, morphia, o.oii, j 
every four hours hypodermically, or chlorodyne, 0.333, every 
three hours per orem. If temperature rises above 105° F., cold 
sponging at intervals of two or three hours until down to at 
least 104 degrees. If the temperature cannot be controlled 
by above method give acidnm salicylicum, 0.200, or salol in 
same doses as a last resort. In case above does not have the 
desired effect, phenacetin or acetanilid, 0.133, every two hours 
until temperature is lowered, but do not use depressants unless 
absolutely necessary. Fever is a necessary accompaniment of 
infectious diseases ; the increased tissue metabolism may be 
looked upon as an effort on the part of nature to destroy and 
get rid of the cause of disease ; pyrexia, as a protective median- j 
ism, and dragging down the temperature, is often detrimental j 
to the patient. Fever should not be interfered with unless it 
goes on to such an extent as to burn up, as it were, the tissues • 
and threaten the vitality of the animal. Restlessness maj be > 
controlled by sulphonal, 0.333, given in warm milk. Anoint 
the forehead and bridge of the nose with fat. Antiseptic in¬ 
halations or even sprays should be used to increase the secre- j 
tions. Clothe body and head. Laryngitis, if present, counter- 
irritants, potassium chlorate. If cough troublesome due to 
bronchial irritation, give 
It Codeia sulphatis, 0.226 
Ammon, mur., 20.000 
Syr. prun. virgin., 64.000 
Spts. junip. comp., 128.00 
M. 4.00, t. i. d. 
If secretions free, ol. eucalyptus, 0.200, in capsules, every 
four hours. When diarrhoea is persistent sulpho-carbolate of 
zinc, 0.123, every two hours, or, what is perhaps the best, 
tannopine, 0.333 5 hot cloths to abdomen relieve pain , strych¬ 
nia, 0.0013, to keep up heart; chloral, 0.666, to relieve excite- ; 
merit and produce sleep. If animal is strong and the attack 
