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which has been injected into the ti ues. In bites from dogs it is usual to cauterize the parts with a view not only of destroying the poison, but at the same time producing death ot the part which has been affected. In many instances where the wound is lacerated or contused dirt is liable to become adherent to the wound, and in such circumstances it will be nece ary to induce suppuration by the free application of poultices or water dre ing, and, if need be, keep the wound open by means of some irritating substance, such as blistering ointment. Suppuration frequently takes place in lacerated or contused wounds, and in such circumstances it is absolutely nece ary that the part be kept perfectly at rest and in the horizontal position, while the surface of the ulcer may be dusted over once in twenty-four hours with aristol, when healing will usually Wry be encouraged to the utmost. by a spasmodic contraction of the sterno-inastoid muscle, which is the principal muscle concerned in the movements of the head from side to side. It may be congenital, but in most instances it is an acquired deformity. It can almost invariably be remedied by dividing the muscle, or by wearing an apparatus which keeps Yellow the head Fever in its normal position. arising from an unsanitary condition of the localities in which it prevails. It is somewhat of an intermittent character, and its virulence seems to expend itself directly upon the liver. In olden times, Defore the action of antipyretics was thoroughly understood, it was a most fatal malady now, however, it is amenable to treatment to a considerable; degree. The great attention to the evacuation of the Dowels, thorough ventilation of the apartment in which the patient is living, and administering a liberal diet of the most simple description. largely used in medicine, the principal of these being the oxide, sulphate, and chloride. The oxide of zinc is a white, tastele heavy powder, and is employed largely in the form of ointment, and also for dusting excoriated surfaces. It acts as an absorbent of unof healthy secretions, and thus is most valuable in the treatment of eczema, scald, ulcers, etc, Zinc ointment, combined with one part of carbolic to twenty of the ointment, is one of the best healing ointments that can po ibly be prescribed. I ntemally, it is given in diseases such as epilepsy and St. Vitus’s dance but in such affections the best preparation is the valerian ate; of zinc, which may be administered in 2£-grain doses, or extract of conium, it is a useful and efficient nerve or that great care should be taken when administering as vomiting when poisons have been inadvertently or in be tent i on ally partaken of. It is also employed in the or as well as an antiseptic, and is employed in the de-