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MISCELLANEA. 
Mr. Western, veterinary surgeon to the Madras horse artil- 
lery, whose servitude in India amounts to twenty-seven years, 
and whose standing as a veterinarian is as eminent as his 
years of service are many, says, in his letter on the subject, in 
the Veterinarian for August 1853, “had there been a senior 
veterinary surgeon on the establishment, he would at once 
have pointed out its (the cure’s) unscientific nature and 
absurdity ; as could likewise, I have no doubt, any veterinary 
surgeon of half-a-dozen years’ standing in the service.” A 
word on Captain Apperley’s Nota bene, — “ For this formidable 
disease/ (quittor,) which not unfrequently baffles the best of 
us, we are modestly told, and the head of the army in India be- 
lieves, that the best cure in the world is salivation, and black wash; 
the latter being a drachm of calomel to a pint of lime water.” 
Mr. Page, veterinary surgeon to the 1st light cavalry in 
Bengal, also a man of many years’ servitude, and ripe expe- 
rience, writes — as will be seen by his letter, published by us 
this month — likewise in terms of condemnation of this vaunted 
cure, in w r ords we have no occasion to repeat here, seeing 
they already stand before our readers. 
OBITUARY. 
The subjoined has been sent us for insertion : 
Died, January 23, 1854, Mr. Robert Henderson, veterinary 
surgeon, Windsor, Berks, aged 52. The deceased w^as bro- 
ther to the late Mr. W. Henderson, V.S., of Edinburgh. 
MISCELLANEA. 
ANOTHER “ INSTITUTE.” 
We perceive by the daily papers, that the Royal College 
of Veterinary Surgeons is not the only body that has taken 
to itself the name of Institute, Under the denomination of 
“ The Dargan Institute,” a deputation of the Licensed 
Grocers and Vintners’ Society, have exerted themselves to 
induce a full and grateful sense of Mr. Dargan’s eminent 
services, among the members of their trade, &c. 
SANITARY AND TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT. 
(From the Edinb. Med. Journ.) 
Everybody knows that sanitary improvement and tempe- 
rance have attracted much attention of late, and all must 
admit that they have taken a good hold on the public mind. 
We were never more impressed with the truth of this than 
