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the green meat, and, as it has done in such cases a hundred 
times, destroys the horse. 
Mr. Baddeley is altogether free from blame ; and the blame 
which attaches to the groom is, that he ought to have consulted 
the medical attendant, before he gave a single thing that was 
not positively ordered. This is a reform in the management of 
many a stable which is sadly wanted. — Y.] 
CURSORY REMARKS ON THE 10DURETS OF 
MERCURY. 
By Hugh Ferguson, Esq., Dublin. 
To the Editor of “ The Veterinarian .” 
Sir, — HAVING read a communication contained in the last num- 
ber of The Veterinarian, “ On the Efficacy of Iodine and 
Mercurial Ointment in the Removal of Abnormal Growths,” I am 
induced to make the following few brief observations. 
When it is desirable to have the combined effects of iodine and 
mercury in any single preparation it is better to use them in che- 
mical than in mechanical combination. For this purpose recourse 
may be had to either the proto, or the deuto, ioduret of mercury, 
the selection being governed by the required intensity of the sti- 
mulus, the latter being much more energetic in its action than the 
former. They are both powerful stimuli to absorption, whether 
they are exhibited internally or applied to the external surface. 
In the latter case, when the quantity is sufficient, an escharotic 
effect is the result. I am not, at present, aware of any other me- 
dicament the action of which is any thing like so great on the ab- 
sorbent system ; whether it be in cases of glandular, bursal, ossific, 
or, indeed, any other enlargement. As an external application, 
the form of an ointment is, for the generality of cases, the most 
judicious. 
R Proto, or deuto, ioduret of mercury, twenty grains 
Lard, two ounces 
Mix. 
In the above formula their action is extremely mild. Its in- 
tensity can, however, be increased by augmenting the quantity of the 
ioduret. I frequently use as much as half a drachm of the deuto- 
ioduret with an ounce of lard; and sometimes even more in cases 
of bony and bursal enlargement, and all other tumours which time 
has rendered indolent and, in some instances, indurated. In such 
