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Medication, tonic and stimulants, especially the former, which 
should always be mineral , especially the sulphates j they have a special 
action on the great mucous tracts, as well as the blood, and, as already 
stated, the danger is involved in the hemorrhage from the mucous tracts. 
In relation to the use of stimulants in this diseaae, I do not think we 
will derive any great benefit, unless the appetite is entirely lost. If the 
patient retains his appetite, and the tonic remedies are carefully and 
regularly administered, you need not fear diminished or lost vitality, and 
recovery will be pretty certain. In reference to molar paralysis—if this 
condition is present as an important factor, then I could understand the 
importance of strychnia and ergotine. Taking my supposition as true, 
that it is a secondary condition, would not the nutritious food and tonics 
relieve the difficulty, in consideration of the fact that the blood must be 
corrected first, otherwise the strychnia should be given from the onset 
in conjunction with the other remedies. 
In relation to the administration of strychnia referred to at the be¬ 
ginning of this letter, I wish to state why it was given in improper quan¬ 
tities, is this : Strychnia belongs to that class of remedies whose value 
and potency is appreciated only by a relative and continued administra¬ 
tion. In the case reported in your last issue, and in all others (except¬ 
ing one) that I have read of, has this irregularity of doses been carried 
out, and from these records I fail to appreciate any benefit whatever 
arising from strychnia (unless it was complete annihilation). Again, 
powerful remedies like strychnia should be given in a fluid form, if pos¬ 
sible ; in this way we not only facilitate its absorption, but are surer of 
its direct effects. 
Respectfully, 
L. T. Bell, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
REPORT OF CASES. 
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FRACTURE OF THE ULNA. 
New York, Sept. 9, 1877. 
To the Editor American Veterinary Review : 
On the 31st of August I was called to see a sorrel mare that had 
been frightened and ran away. She had' ran a number of blocks, and 
fallen three or four times. I found her standing in the street, with the 
off fore leg elevated, with flexion of the humero radial joint, and flexed 
