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what doses are in general admissible ; at the same time that it 
shews that the mineral possesses no anti-glanderian virtues 
whatsoever. From 3i to 3'iv of a solution containing 3ss of 
arsenic in a fluid ounce appears to be a safe or medium dose 
for a horse of sound constitution; and as, by long or frequent 
repetition, we may, even by such doses, in time work mischief, 
it is a medicine whose administration should be narrowly watched. 
I have exhibited it in periodic ophthalmia, as well as glanders, 
but with no better success. 
THE VETERINARIAN, JUNE 1, 1843. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. — Cicero. 
EDINBURGH VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
On Thursday and Friday (the 20t,h and 21st April) the annual 
examination of the pupils of the Edinburgh Veterinary College, 
under the patronage of the Highland and Agricultural Society 
of Scotland, and under the immediate superintendence of Pro- 
fessor Dick, took place in the Hall, in Clyde-street, in the pre- 
sence of a numerous assemblage of the members of the society, 
and some of the most eminent of the medical faculty in the city. 
J. Burn Murdoch, Esq., of Gartincaber, Chairman of the 
Society’s Veterinary Committee, presided, and was supported by 
Sir George Macpherson Grant, Sir John Hope, Sir Charles 
Gordon, Colonel M‘Donald, J. Gordon, Esq., of Carnbulg, Pro- 
fessor Low, Major Law, Henry Stephens, Esq., Mark Sprott, Esq., 
Small Keer, Esq., and several other members of the society who 
take an active interest in the advancement of veterinary science. 
Among the medical gentlemen who took an active part in the 
examinations, were Sir Wm. Newbiggin, Sir George Ballingall, 
Professors Graham and Miller, Drs. Gillespie, Mercer, Robert- 
