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No. 31. Nitrate of potass (saltpeter) 2 oz„ 



Water 1 pt. 



Glycerine 4 oz. 



Every time the solution was applied, the parts were dusted with 

 pulverized charcoal. This charcoal, completely covering the 

 abraded parts, and being a good antiseptic, had an excellent effect 

 in excluding atmospheric air, and in correcting feted odor. I 

 administered, as an alterative, to correct the morbid habit, 



No, 32. Iodide of potass 20 gr. 



Sulphur 4 dr. 



Powdered sassafras bark 2 dr. 



Gentian « 1 dr. 



These were mixed in food, and the same quantity was given 

 during a period of four days, and the dressings were also contin- 

 ued. On the fifth day the animal had very much improved, stood 

 fair on the foot, and seemed to suffer but very little pain. The 

 limb was somewhat swollen, partly from want of use, and other- 

 wise from slight effusion into the cellular tissue. I discontinued 

 the medicine, and ordered the following mixture, to be applied 

 twice daily: 



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After each application the oharcoal was reapplied. 



The following case serves to illustrate that the virus of grease 

 can be transmitted from horse to man : 



Transmission of the Virus of Grease from the Horse to Man. — 

 Drs. Maunoury and Pichot have published an interesting series 

 of experiments, tending to prove the identity of grease and cow- 

 pox. This doctrine, which was always maintained by Jenner, 

 has received confirmation from the observations of Lo^ , Godine, 

 and others. The following is a summary of the facts, related by 

 Drs. Maunoury and Pichot : 



" Francis Barthelemy B , aged twenty-eight, of lymphatio 



temperament, a farrier, presented himself to Dr. Pichot on tb** 

 5th of March, 1856. He had not been vaccinated. On the backs 

 of his hands, which were red and swollen, were several confluent 

 opaline pustules, depressed in their center, and having all the 

 appearance of vaccine pustules of the eight or ninth day. The 

 inflammation with which the pustules were surrounded had ap- 



