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lets, two large seton needles (these should be made 

 to order, as it is very difficult to obtain them ready 

 made with the eyes sufficiently large), case of large 

 lancets, claw nippers and pliers, probe, forceps, 

 knives of various sizes, divers straight and bent 

 needles and silk, two or three pairs of scissors, with 

 many other things too numerous to mention here. 

 Also a good dry cupboard, invariably under lock and 

 key, containing, ready for use, a large bottle of tinc- 

 ture of rhubarb, a large flask of castor-oil, liniment 

 for bites, cuts, &c., a box containing the calomel and 

 antimony pills, some Venice turpentine, mercurial 

 ointment, jar of sharp-water, spirit of tar, bottle of 

 eye-water, a pound or two of cream of tartar, &c. To 

 these may be added, to be kept dry, two or three 

 hundred weight of sulphur, and a large stone bottle of 

 spirit of turpentine, also a large barrel of chalk. In 

 using any lotion, sharp-water, &c., a small quantity 

 should be poured into a bottle for immediate use, 

 as constantly opening the large bottle considerably 

 weakens its medicinal properties. 



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ON RABIES CANINA, OR DOG MADNESS. 



It may seem almost impossible, amongst the various 

 opinions that have been given by those authors who 

 have before written upon this subject, (and whose au- 

 thority upon other canine diseases may have never 

 been for one moment called in question) both with 

 regard to the origin, and also the re-production of this 

 dreadful malady, for any one to decide positively 

 whether '* Rabies Canina " can be produced in dogs 



