ON GLYCERINE. 
Fortnightly weighings. 
Animals. 
JN ature ot i! ooa. 
1st. 
2d. 
3d. 
4th. 
5th. 
lb. oz. 
lb. oz. 
lb. oz. 
lb. oz. 
lb. oz. 
r 
No. 1. Cock . 
3 
3 14 
3 11 
4 8 
5 8 
Glycerine J 
2. Hen . 
— 
3 8 
3 12 
3 15 
4 4 
Mixed with daily food, j 
| Rabbits 
— 
2 15 
2 8 
3 1 
2 11 
3 8 
3 4 
4 
3 8 
Cod-liver oil J 
5. Cock . 

3 15 
4 8 
4 4 
4 1 
Mixed with daily food, 1 
6. Hen . 
2 12 
3 3 
3 9 
4 4 
4 2 
Ordinary food alone, 
g’j- Rabbits 
2 
1 12 
2 8 
1 15 
2 13 
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“ The glycerine was greedily licked up by all the animals, which bore 
every appearance of thriving vigorously under its use. In such experiments, 
however, it is necessary to bear in mind, or deduct from the results, the 
influence of confinement or deficient exercise, and of over-feeding, in 
fattening animals. All the animals under experiment were confined in 
caged, but roomy, apartments of different kinds, so as to avoid other sources 
of fallacy. I would suggest the propriety of instituting similar experiments 
on a larger scale, for the purpose of setting at rest the question, or 
solving the problem — whether glycerine is really possessed of fattening or 
nutrient properties; and, if so, to what extent these are available in 
medicine.” 
It may be advantageously employed for forming powders 
into masses instead of honey or mucilage; and here, perhaps, 
the purest is not called for. Particularly will it be found 
that when the aloetic mass is made with it its consistence 
will be longer retained, and a less quantity will suffice than 
is usually added of other substances. The ordinary purg- 
ing mass may be readily formed by melting together in the 
water bath, any quantity of Barbadoes aloes with one-sixth 
its weight of gly cerine, and simply stirring them together, 
so as to effect their incorporation. Or, should it be, as is 
preferred by some practitioners, that a carminative be con- 
oined, then one-fourth the weight of glycerine will be found 
necessary. A form of this kind may be adopted. 
Take of Barbadoes Aloes, I parts ; 
Glycerine, 1 part, melt together, 
then add Powdered Ginger, § part, and intimately mix. 
Enough, we think, has been advanced to warrant the assertion 
that should the therapeutical properties of this agent be esta- 
blished, it will become a valuable addition to the materia 
•medica of the veterinary surgeon. 
