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disease remain stationary in some of the horses, he discontinued 

 it for eiglit or ten days, in order to restore the susceptibility of 

 the 'animal to the action of sulphur. On recommencino- the 

 treatment, he joined to six ounces of sulphur an equal quantity 

 • of antimony, wliich produced a considerable effect for about 

 fifteen days, when it became inactive; he then gave from twelve 

 to fifteen ounces of sulphur, with six ounces of liver of anti- 

 mony, and in less than fifteen days all the horses that had not a 

 very severe local affection Avere perfectly free from the disease. 

 Similar trials have been made in France since M. Collaine's 

 Report appeared, but the result was very different. According 

 to M. Dupuy, in his work on glanders {Traite deV Affection 

 Tuherculeuse, vulgairement appellee MoRVE, &c.), lately pub- 

 lished, sulphur has been fairly tried at the Veterinary School of 

 Alfort, near Paris, and has not succeeded in any one instance : 

 in large doses it causes very distressing symptoms, viz. colic, 

 purging, and great debility ; and some of the horses died under 

 the treatment. It is probable that sulphur may sometimes have 

 caused a temporary cessation of the discharge from the nostrils, 

 and as jNI. Collaine has not published anything further on the 

 subject, he is probably become less sanguine in his expectations 

 from this mode of treatment. He observes in his Report, that 

 sulphur viviim {sovfre brut) produced a greater effect than flowers 

 of sulphur ; and I am inclined to believe that sulphur viviim, 

 when finely powdered and sifted through a fine sieve, will do 

 just as well, if not better, for mange ointment or liniment, than 

 the flower of sulphur, which is more expensive. When flower 

 of sulphur is given internally, for mange or other cutaneous 

 diseases, it may be joined with levigated antimony, or tartarized 

 antimony, as in the formula under the head Alteratives. 



SULPHURETS. Combinations of sulphur with alkalies, 

 earths, or metals. The preparations of this kind used in vete- 

 rinary medicine, are sulphuret of antimony (see Antimoxy), 

 sulphuret of arsenic (see Orpiment), sulphuret of mercury, black 

 and red (see Ethiop's Mineral and Cinnabar), sulphuret of 

 potash, or liver of sulphur. This last is a good remedy for dis- 

 eases of the skin, such as mange, and may be given inwardly as 

 an antidote to certain poisons, as arsenic, lead, and preparations 

 of mercury. 



SULPHURIC ACTD. — Acidum Sulphuricam. Vitriolic 

 acid, or oii of vitriol. See Acids. 



SWEET SPIRIT OF NITRE. See Acid, Nitric and 

 Nitrous. 



SYRUP. — Syrupus. For all veterinary purposes treacle is 

 a good and a cheap substitute for syrup. 



TALLOW. A mixture of equal parts of tar and tallow is a 

 good ai^plication to brittle hoofs. 



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