The Hypodermic Use of Quinine
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1. A small hypodermic syringe is used, the needle of which is sterilized by boiling for 2?3 mins. in a test tube. The syringe is washed out with 1 in *20 carbolic lotion by means of drawing up some of the lotion into the syringe 3?4 times. A small spoon is also placed in the 1 in 20 carbolic lotion and is used to receive the quinine lotion when it is poured out from the bottle previous to changing the syringe. The glass stopper together with the neck and mouth of the bottle are thoroughly cleaned with a sponge_ dipped in 1 in 20, and the parts, into which the solution is to be injected is, of course, prepared in the usual way. I consider all the above details absolutely essential, especially the cleansing of the bottle?a point likely to be forgotten. The dose is 10 minims equal to 10 grs_ of the salt intramuscularly in the deltoid muscle. If it^ be given hypodermically, trouble in the shape of a superficial abscess may arise, never however when introduced into the muscle. As to tetanus, such a disease should never deter one from intramus-
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