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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. 
