ON THE EFFECTS OF INHALATION OF THE FUMES OF ÆTHER ON DOGS AND CATS, AND, BY INFERENCE, ON THE HORSE; WITH THE PROBABLE UTILITY OF SUCH IN VETERINARY MEDICINE

When the great American discovery was first announced, every veterinarian must have speculated upon the applicability of the process to the lower animals. Doubtless many experiments have been made by various parties, and I have tried the setherial fumes on both dogs and cats. I placed the sulphuric aether in a Florence flask, to the neck of which a large bladder was secured. The head of the animal was then introduced into the bladder, and a spirit lamp applied to the flask. This answered very well; but Mr. Lucas has attained every result with a more simple and less fragile apparatus.