THE 
VETERINARIAN. 
VOL. XXVIII, 
No. 332. 
AUGUST, 1855. 
Fourth Series, 
No. 8. 
Communications and Cases. 
ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF ARSENIC TO 
ANIMALS, AND TO THE HORSE IN PARTI- 
CULAR. 
By William Camps, M.D. 
In two late numbers of The Veterinarian , there have ap- 
peared, from different sources, articles on the administration 
ofArsenic or Arsenious Acid to Horses. In the number for 
March, of the present year, the communication on this sub 
ject bears the title si Cases of Poisoning with Arsenious 
Acid,” by Mr. J. C. Truckle, of Salisbury; in that for June, 
the communication bears the title, (( On Arsenious Acid,” by 
Mr. H. Lepper, of Aylesbury. It is unnecessary, on the 
present occasion, to repeat what is therein stated, with refer- 
ence to the results observed as following the administration 
of that powerful drug to these animals; but such of the 
readers of this Journal, as may be interested in this subject, 
will, we are persuaded, not consider it too much trouble to 
refer back to those numbers respectively. As bearing on the 
same subject, it may not be uninteresting to draw the atten- 
tion of those whom it may concern, to a very remarkable 
communication relating to the administration of Arsenic to 
man and animals, which has somewhat lately appeared in a 
French scientific journal devoted to medical chemistry, 
pharmacy, and toxicology, the Journal de Chemie Medicale , 
edited, we believe, by the late celebrated chemist and toxi- 
cologist, M. Orfila ; and from which the present contribu- 
tion to the Veterinarian is taken, restricted, however, to 
that portion which relates to the administration of this drug 
to horses and to horned cattle. After directing attention to 
the alledged practice of Arsenic-eating, which it is affirmed is 
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