ON THE MURIATE OF SODA. 
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peral fever in the woman than any other disease, supervening 
parturition, that I have met with in my practice. Were I in- 
clined to retain the term, it would be this disease, as occurring 
after calving, that I should designate puerperal fever. 
P.S. A communication that appeared in a former number of 
The Veterinarian, on this subject, has elicited this from me. 
I respectfully submit it to superior judgment. 
THE EFFICACY OF THE MURIATE OF SODA IN THE 
PRESERVING OF VARIOUS PREPARATIONS. 
By Mr. Alexander Henderson, F.S., Park-lane. 
On looking over and arranging the morbid and anatomical 
preparations which I have collected, my attention was particularly 
drawn to the complete success that has attended the trials I have 
made with the solution of muriate of soda in preserving various 
preparations ; and it occurred to me that it might be beneficial 
to the profession at large, if the process were more generally 
known through the medium of your widely-circulated journal. 
The solution of muriate of soda, I believe, was first used for 
the above purposes by W. Cooke, Esq., F.R.S., who obtained the 
silver medal of the Society of Arts. 
Mr. Cooke says, in his communications to the Society “ I have 
tried the solution on brain, on which it is successful. I have by 
me large specimens of other parts, as the thoracic viscera of a 
child, aetat. two years, which has been put up fifteen months ; 
the thoracic and abdominal viscera of a child, aetat. three years, 
that has been put up seven months, with the placenta, &c. ; in 
all of which (though they have not been accurately closed) the 
preservation is perfect, and no disagreeable smell is emitted. 
It is needless to specify the advantages derivable from the 
adoption of a solution which costs about lOd. a gallon instead 
of a spirit which, being somewhat above proof, costs 18s. or 20s., 
provided its equal efficacy can be established. 
To assert the benefits deduced from anatomical investigation, 
and from the preservation of natural and morbid structures, and 
the consequent importance of giving the utmost facility to these 
pursuits, would be an improper intrusion here ; yet, perhaps, the 
extent to which it is intended to vindicate the power of muriate 
of soda in solution should be distinctly declared. 
The muriate of soda, when dissolved in clear water and filtered, 
constitutes a solution as bright as any can possibly be imagined. 
