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light on the subject. He had a patient with chronic enlarge- 
ment of the maxillary and parotid glands. The disease had 
existed during two months, and the tumours were hard and 
scirrhous. Setons, strong mercurial ointment, and blisters, had 
aggravated the evil. He had recourse to iodine. He gave it 
internally in doses of five grains daily, and he ordered the iodine 
ointment to be well rubbed in. This was continued during three 
weeks, the iodine being increased to ten grains daily, but with- 
out the slightest effect. The liniment used by Messrs. Simpson 
and May was then had recourse to, and the horse was turned to 
grass, but the glands remained as large and as hard as ever. 
Mr. Karkeek, determined not to be baffled, had recourse to 
another form of iodine, the hydriodate of potash, both in the 
form of ointment and of ball. The ointment was made of its 
full strength, being in the proportion of a drachm and a half of 
the hydriodate to an ounce of lard, and the balls contained at 
first two grains, which were rapidly augmented to twelve. Both 
were used twice in the day. In a fortnight the glands had 
begun to soften, and before the expiration of a month they were 
reduced to their natural size. 
In our next number w 7 e will inquire into the experience of our 
continental brethren on the effect of iodine in glanders and farcy; 
and, in the meantime, we entreat our friends in every part of the 
Kingdom f avour us with the result of their experiments. 
Y. 
iSxtrattsi. 
Rules for the Prevention of the Rot in Sheep. 
[Long observation having proved that an unusually wet and 
cold winter is generally succeeded by a most destructive rot 
among sheep, the Prefects of some of the departments of France, 
alarmed by the almost unprecedented humidity of the last win- 
ter, applied to the veterinary surgeons in their respective neigh- 
bourhoods for a code of preventive or sanitary regulations, in 
order either to prevent the appearance of this disease, or, at least, 
to limit its murderous effects. Le Memorial de l’ Quest (the 
Western Remembrancer), contains the account of one of the 
