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nitrate of soda, but no common salt. An analysis of the 

 contents of the stomach failed to discover any trace of arsenic, 

 lead, or other mineral poison. Similar cases have been 

 recorded in the Archives Veterinaires. A horse had drunk 

 freely of a solution of nitrate of soda and exhibited many of 

 the symptoms that were subsequently noticed in the Massa- 

 chusetts cattle ; the administration of strong infusions of 

 coffee and alcohol and irritant clysters relieved the animal, 

 which in a few days completely recovered. In another case 

 four bags of nitrate of soda had been placed on a grass field 

 and allowed to remain some five hours before being applied. 

 Meanwhile, some of the nitrate had become washed by rain 

 from the bags upon the ground. Three days later cows were 

 turned into the pasture and obtained the salt by licking it 

 from the herbage. They showed symptoms of poisoning, 

 but ultimately recovered. One other case worth noticing is 

 that in which two hundred bags which had contained nitrate 

 of soda were washed in large tubs of water close to which the 

 cattle passed on their way to the pasture. A few hours 

 afterwards many of the cows were seen to be ill, and within 

 eight hours two of them had died. These proved to be the 

 first two that had left the stalls, and consequently had time 

 to drink more of the solution than the others. 



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LIQUOR SODE CHLORINATE. Solution of Chlorinated Soda. 

 Solution of Sodium Hypochlorite. NaCl, NaClO. 



Admixture and subsequent filtration of solutions of sodium 

 carbonate and chlorinated lime produce the B.P. liquor sodse 

 chlorinatse, known also as Labarraque's disinfecting fluid. It 

 is a colourless alkaline liquid, with an astringent taste, and a 

 feeble odour of chlorine. Like the analogous solution of 

 bleaching powder, it contains chlorides, and hypochlorites, 

 and, acted on by air or acids, gives off chlorine and chlorine 

 compounds. 



ACTIONS AND USES. It is antiseptic, stimulant, and ant- . 

 acid, and is also used as a disinfectant and deodorant. It is 

 applicable to the same purposes as solution of chlorinated 

 lime and liquor chlori. 



It arrests the action of yeast and other ferments, and kills 



