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flesh is less used." Dr. C. M. Wood, of this city, observes, that 

 "the putrid, filthy food given to dogs in the hot season may 

 engender rabies, or a disease analogous to it, especially when 

 the organs of digestion are deranged." 



It has been supposed by M. Husart, and others, that " hy- 

 drophobia, communicated by a dog to horses, sheep, and cat- 

 tle, undergoes a change, and is modified in the system of the 

 latter, so that it may be deprived of its virulence ; and that 

 these animals do not possess the power of communicating the 

 disease, by bite, to other animals, even though laboring under 

 the highest degree of hydrophobia " — a proposition the author 

 does not vouch for. 



We advise those who are disposed to attempt a cure in 

 hydrophobia to use lobelia, Scutellaria (skullcap,) plantago, 

 (plantain,) either of which, given freely in the form of infu- 

 sion, assisted by injections of a decoction of milkweed, 

 (known as Indian hemp,) will cure this dreadful malady. In 

 the latter stages of hydrophobia, when the throat is sore, the 

 eyes affected, sight impaired, and intestinal disease has set in, 

 the author would not attempt a cure. 



PRELIMINARY REMARKS 



ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE ARTERIES, VEINS, &c. 



The agricultural societies of this country are now making 

 efforts to induce their respective legislatures to grant assistance 

 for the purpose of establishing agricultural colleges, and we 

 have no doubt of the result ; and we predict that the veteri- 

 nary science will there receive its origin ; for the agriculturist 

 will not only confine himself to the improvement of " the 

 soil and the mind," but the improvement of his domestic 

 animals will receive a share of his attention. It appears to us 

 that the community require practical information for its at- 

 tainment, and a knowledge of the organs of locomotion, 



