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the same principle of arresting the vinous fermentation 

 set up in a vessel of cider bj adding to it a preparation 

 of lime. The experiments of this distinguished profes- 

 sor, enable the veterinary surgeon to extend his useful- 

 ness, and the domestic physician to snatch many a useful 

 life from an early grave. How many brave . men have 

 stood the storm of battle in the late war — admitted to the 

 hospital with perhaps a shattered bone — amputation is 

 performed, the case does well for a few days. The kind- 

 hearted surgeon sees a change for the worse: — appetite 

 gone, the rigor and chill supervene till it is too plainly 

 seen that the pus from the stump has been absorbed into 

 the blood of the unfortunate man ; fermentation is set up, 

 and death staring him in the face, and no power to save. 

 The discovery of a ferment and its antidote have changed 

 the scene from death to that of life. So, likewise, with 

 the veterinary surgeon, however ignorant and slow some 

 of them are to see and understand, it will be enabled to 

 preserve the life of many a useful animal to its owner, 

 thus adding very materially to the happiness and prospe- 

 rity of this great and prosperous people. 



Glanders are recognized by ulceration of the lining 

 membrane of the nose, or the formation of pustules, and 

 commonly situated in the septum nasi; these pustules 

 soon ulcerate and discharge pus of a greenish color, ra- 

 pidly drying up when spread over the nostrils, and sink- 

 ing in water, owing, as is supposed, to it containing no 

 oil or pus cells, but principally albumen. There is one 

 phenomena never absent in this disease, and that is the 

 enlarged gland under the jaw; hence, the common name 

 of the disease — glanders. There are, said the Lecturer, 

 many wrong ideas entertained, not only in regard to the 

 contagious nature of the disease, but also in regard to its 



