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has likewise been administered internally, but, in the doses in 
which it was given, it seemed to be inert. 
When applied to anatomical preparations, it has been said to 
turn the edge of the knife in subsequent dissections. This we can 
believe where it was not sufficiently diluted, or the preparation 
had been immersed in or deluged with it. We have never expe¬ 
rienced this inconvenience to any great degree, although we have 
sometimes complained that the colour of the muscles has suffered. 
Whether the chloride of soda will maintain the high character, 
as a remedy, with which Messrs. Labarraque and Alcock are dis¬ 
posed to invest it, time will shew. We acknowledge that we are 
inclined to receive it as a most valuable addition to the veterinary 
materia medica. Our brethren will easily perceive in what diseases 
it may be employed with greatest probable advantage. We urge 
them to give it a fair trial in the first case of farcy, glanders, or 
fistulous or gangrenous ulcer. 
Of its use as an internal remedy it would be presumptuous yet 
to speak. 
The chlorides are best prepared by Messrs. Fetcham, of Man¬ 
chester, and may be procured from any chemist. 
isitract^ from Souvnal^, foreign anil 33omesittc. 
EXTRACT from the ACCOUNT of the TRANSACTIONS of 
the ROYAL VETERINARY SCHOOL of LYONS, from 
September 3d, 1826, to August 5th, 1827. 
871 animals were admitted into the infiimary, of which 571 
were horses and cattle. 
About a seventh part died ; but one-fourth should be deducted 
from this number for animals who were afflicted with incurable 
diseases, as glanders and rabies, and who, having been given up 
by their owners, w^ere destroyed for the instruction of the pupils. 
The number of animals brought to the college for the inspec¬ 
tion of the professor, and for whom he prescribed either verbally 
or in writing, or who were visited by the students of the fourth 
year, in the neighbourhood of the college, were 919. 
The whole number submitted to treatment amounted to 1790. 
Some atmospheric influence appears to have produced, during 
this year, in many animals, diseases resembling those which we 
