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USE OF TINCTURE OF MURIATE OF IRON. 
I have tied them repeatedly for experiment, and sometimes 
with untoward results. 
It is instructive to learn how much and what can be done 
under the most adverse contingencies. M. Rey’s methods 
of operating are very appropriate, should such active surgical 
interference ever be needed. But, to prevent is better 
than cure, and it is on that ground that I believe the ultimate 
good attending his labours extremely doubtful. 
[To be continued .) 
Facts and Observations. 
A NEW ANTHELMINTIC 
Santonine, the active principle of the southernwood, has 
lately excited the attention of the medical world as a remedy 
for intestinal worms. According to Dr. Bishop, this agent has 
been extensively employed in Italy for many years, and with 
very marked success. It is given in doses of a few r grains, 
and generally in combination with sugar, but is said to be more 
active when blended with scammony. The same author also 
speaks of its value as an expeller of worms from the intestines 
of the dog, a circumstance of some importance to us as 
veterinary surgeons, when we consider how frequently this 
animal is affected with these entozoa, and how very many of 
his diseases are associated with their presence. 
THE USE OF THE TINCTURE OF THE MURIATE OF IRON 
IN OPEN JOINTS. 
Mr. Edward Coleman Dray, M.R.C.V.S., of Leeds, 
sends us the following cases, showing the advantage of em- 
ploying the above agent in penetrating wounds of joints : — 
Case 1 . — A hunter, which cost his owner 160 guineas, 
received an injury in the hunting-field on the near stifle joint, 
causing a wound and an escape of synovia. The horse, on 
being brought home, had the usual treatment employed to 
cleanse the wound, &c., after which he was placed in slings, 
and the Tr. Ferri Muriatici was frequently applied by 
