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On account of the more severe action after the intravenous 
injection, veterinary practitioners will do best in employing the 
subcutaneous injection, in which the larger doses are better sup¬ 
ported. 
In very large horses it is sometimes permissible to exceed the 
maximum (0.10 grm.) dose. 
At times an animal, from idiosyncracy, will support a larger 
dose than others of the s^ime conformation. 
In September, the clinical report of a number of cases was 
published, and since that time Professor Dieckerhoff has em¬ 
ployed the remedy almost daily, with increasedly satisfying 
results. 
In the only cases in which it has failed to effect a cure, aus¬ 
cultation of the abdomen showed absence of intestinal murmurs, 
and the autopsy revealed a volvulus or rupture of the intestine. 
With no other remedy can the excitation of peristalsis (the 
indicatio-morbi in the ordinary diseases of the intestines) be so 
sureiy and safely effected. 
Its advantages lie in the cpiickness and surety of its action, 
the ease of application, and the absence of danger or the disturb¬ 
ance of other organs. 
It will undoubtedly sometimes be advantageous to combine 
its use with the internal exhibition of neutral salts, or laxatives, 
or with injections into the rectum. 
EDITORIAL 
ARMY VETERINARY RESIGNATIONS. 
Within a year four graduated veterinary surgeons in the army 
veterinary department have resigned their positions. In a depart¬ 
ment constituted of but fifteen members, this is a heavy percent¬ 
age to lose in so short a time. The cause of these resignations 
appears to be the same in each instance—poor pay, no rank and 
no chance for promotion. Of the fourteen regimental veterinary 
surgeons allowed to the cavalry by law, ten receive $75.00 a 
