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quassia, and sulphate of iron, and made up with conserve 

 of red roses or treacle. 



According to Pavesi, a combination of santonine and 

 sodium bicarbonate, with soluble albumen, forms a good 

 vermifuge (in human practice). The preparation is made 

 by heating together one part of santonine, four parts of 

 sodium bicarbonate, and two parts of dried soluble albumen 

 with sufficient water at 60° or 70° C, until the whole is 

 dissolved, and the solution evaporated with a gentle heat to 

 dryness. The " albuminate of santonine and soda " forms 

 white shining scales, soluble in water. Mineral acids pre- 

 cipitate the santonine and albumen, with disengagement of 

 carbonic acid. Pavesi states that the use of this prepara- 

 tion is not followed by coloured vision, as is the case where 

 santonine is used alone. — " L'Union Pharmaceutique," 

 May. 



PARASITIC MEASLES. 



The Cysticercus cellulosus, commonly known as " Pig- 

 measle," or leprosy, has been observed in the dog. 



The veterinary professor Dupuy, according to Davaine, 

 found a large number on the surface of a dog's brain. 

 Gurlt has also discovered a great many in the muscles of a 

 dog. The preparations containing these are shown at the 

 Berlin Veterinary School. — See " Magazin f. d. Gesammete 

 Thierheilkunde," 28 Jahr., 34 Jahr. 



Roloff, veterinary professor in the University of Halle in 

 1869, found the cysticerci in the lungs and liver (greatly 

 enlarged) of a dog, where they formed numerous vesicles 

 the size of a pea, and around them were tubercles varying 

 in size from a grain of millet to that of a hazel-nut. 

 Leblanc, a Parisian veterinary surgeon, has described the 

 symptoms produced by the parasite in the dog. In October, 

 1872, a medium-sized " griffon," aged fifteen months, was 

 brought to him in consequence of its sufferings from attacks 



• " Veterinarian,'' December, 1876. 



