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assures us that he has never seen any had effects from this manner 
of administration, nor has he observed in the large number of 
cases lie has treated any accident. Should any occur, then it is 
evident some mistake has been made in the dispensing of the 
drug. Adam generally injects a few litres of fresh water into 
the rectum. The effect, he says, is surprising, the pains gener¬ 
ally cease in a very short time, and, in most cases, recovery 
begins without other remedies being required. Having made 
these observations, he no longer administers morphia, but gener¬ 
ally uses cold water injections per rectum, according to the size 
of the animal, from four to six litres. The rubber hose used in 
this treatment does not have a wooden or tin nozzle, and is passed 
into the rectum, as far as eighteen inches or more, which is 
generally, in most cases, easily done, if the hose is stiff enough so 
as to prevent doubling on itself. He regulates, with as much 
ease as possible, the inflowing of the water, so as to prevent its 
return, and for this reason he orders the funnel to be held as 
high as a little above the back. It is seldom necessary to repeat 
the injection. The use of drugs is proper when by peculiar 
symptoms indicated, but only in exceptional and long continued 
cases. The patient, in case of chill, is to be dashed with a mix. 
turc of equal parts of spirits turpentine and spirits of camphor, 
which, being rubbed in with a wisp of straw, the animal is cov¬ 
ered up with a woolen blanket. The patient is allowed to lay 
down on a good bed. Leading or driving in the open air is to be 
practised only in exceptional cases .—Repertorium dev Thierheil- 
kunde. 
INFLUENCE OF FLOORING. 
Ulich found that the cause of rheumatism in horses and cat¬ 
tle is generally to be sought for in the construction of stables, 
and especially of the floors. In stables where the floors are of 
impervious material, such as beton, asphalt, brick, stone, etc., 
inlaid with cement, cases of rheumatism are less frequent and 
yield more readily to treatment, because such floors are more 
easily kept dry and warm by means of a thick layer of sawdust 
with straw on top. But in such stables, where wooden planks lie 
