the waste of the Animal Tissue. | 211 
“From Vogt’s,* Arzneimittellehre, B. 1, 8.507.” “It is well-known 
that old worn out horses gain an appetite, strength and spirit by the use 
of arsenic; and a pigeon which often got arsenic was observed to have 
its appetite increased and its movements more lively.” 
“From Med, Jahb. des Ocster. Staates, 1822, 8.99.” “ There is 
scarce a district of Upper Styria in which in at least one house, arsenic 
Similar statements made by Wibmer, (probably in his book, 
entitled, “ Die Wirkung der Arzneimittel, u. Gifte im gesunden thier- 
ischen Kirper,” 4 vols., Munich, 1831-89,) are referred to in Ger- 
man works upon the materia medica; while travellers who have 
spent much time in these provinces, all concur in their statements 
regarding the common custom of mixing arsenic with the food 
of horses.+ : 
differ in its general import from the testimony which had 
been offere 
On the Arseni tech, Esq, FCS, Lecturer on 
‘the I ‘didlen % cota ie Bina tiorek-¢ e last meeting of the ; 
Ff Roscoe called attention to the 
b 
ei 
Manchester Philosophical Society I observe that 
arsenic eaters of St Havin t two years been i munication with 
the medical other residents in the districts where this ages prevails, I 
_ feel obliged if you will allow me through your journal to m he facts 
have at present collected. The information is derived mainl 
Lorenz, 
Imperial Professor of N i Izb from Dr. Carl Arbele, 
atural History, formerly of Salzburg, Jar 
Professor of Anatomy in Salsbore Gad Dr. Keotowite, of N euhaus, besides sever: 
non-medical friends. If human testimony be worth anything, the fact of the exist- 
Poa > arsenic eaters is placed beyond a doubt. Dr. Lorenz, to whom questions 
_Urst a a 
that it is generally difficult to get hold of individual cases, as the obtaining of arsenic 
; [Qu.t Voigtel, Fr. G. System der Arzneimittellehre, Leipzig, 1816.] 
t Acustom which seems a to prevail to a certain extent in England. Com- 
Pare Kesteven, cited by Taylor, (op. cit., p. 89,) from the Association Medical 
ournal, Sept. 6, and 20, 1856. : We have to regret our inability to refer to K.’s 
sinal paper, the tenor of which is not readily to be inferred from Dr. Taylor's 
7 Compare Boner of i in Chambers’s Journal of Pop. Lit., dic., Feb, 9th, 
1856, vol. v, No. 110, p. ppg got ibid, July 19th, 1856, vol. vi, No. 133, p. 46. 
§ From the Chemical N ews, May 19th, 1860 
