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is not provided for by any of the dispositions of the law of the 
20th May, 1838. 
How far were the opinions of these advocates valid ? This is a 
point I will not attempt to discuss ; but what I should wish to dis- 
cover is, how this fact is to be accounted for, namely, that the salt 
left no sensible trace of its procedure through the first passages, 
but that the whole of its action seems to have been expended on 
the circulatory system, as is proved by the state in which the 
heart was found on the post-mortem examination, now in question, 
and probably also in the two beforementioned cases, since all the 
most striking symptoms were observable in the chest. 
Journal Vet. da Midi. 
THE VETERINARY ART IN INDIA. 
By J. Grellier, Esq., M.R.C.S. 
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Scurf usually mistaken for the Mange. 
Previous to my describing the last complaint, I ought to 
have introduced “ the scurf,” or what is generally called the mange 
or itch. This state is very frequently the forerunner of the former, 
and also, like the former, is evidently a dangerous disease, assum- 
ing the name of one of the most obstinate and malignant the ani- 
mal is subject to ; viz. the mange, which is scarcely ever cured, 
although much attention has been paid to it. 
This scurf I have almost invariably found to disappear on giving 
the animal the exciting and subsequent cordial balls as recom- 
mended in the last kind of ulcers. Exercise is also proper, and 
the scurf may be washed once a-day with the solution of cor- 
rosive sublimate, as recommended for the ulcers. If this is not 
found sufficiently strong, four or five ounces of turpentine may 
be added. After this solution has been employed two or three 
weeks, it may be left off, as the hair frequently will not grow 
until the solution is discontinued. 
If the animal is in very high condition, a dose or two of physic 
will be proper previous to the balls. 
I have observed in this country, that horses in very high con- 
dition will frequently have eruptions or scurf, covered with small 
watery pimples, occasioning moisture or discharge. In a case 
of this kind, which was under my direction, the subject was a 
very valuable Arabian, in high condition, and the complaint had 
