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On the Effect of certain Medicines on the Domestic 
Quadrupeds. 
By M. Gilbert. 
[Journal Pratique, May 1830.]- 
The work of M. Gilbert to which M. Dupuy referred in the 
extract from his memoir on the injection of certain medicines 
into the veins, which we gave in our last number, p. 529, and 
which we intended to have carefully reviewed, being* out of print, 
we proceed to translate the brief summary with which M. Dupuy 
presents us of some of the experiments. They are most inte¬ 
resting*, and seem to prove that we are, in truth, almost destitute 
of arms with which to contend ag*ainst too many of the maladies 
of our patients. 
An .infusion of four ounces of senna leaves, to which were 
added six ounces of socotrine aloes, was given to a cow seven 
years old, and of moderate size. The drink produced no effect, 
but the animal continued to eat and drink as usual. 
Eight ounces of opium, dissolved in a quart of water, were 
given to a cow three years old, with very little effect. 
Six drachms of tartarized antimony, dissolved in a pint of water, 
were given to a cow three years old. The only consequence 
was, that although she was before thought to be in calf, she went 
to heat. 
A ball composed of eighteen drachms of corrosive sublimate, 
mixed with two ounces of meal, was given to a cow two years 
and a half old, with precisely the same effect. 
An ounce and a half of powdered aloes suspended in water 
was given to a sheep five years old, without producing the 
slightest effect. 
Balls composed of an ounce and a half of aloes, were given 
to a large sheep four years old, without effect. 
Two ounces of jalap suspended in water were given to a sheep 
six years old. The animal died fifteen hours afterwards, and 
all the stomachs except the paunch were intensely inflamed. 
Three drachms of tartarized antimony dissolved in water were 
given to a sheep three years old, without effect. 
Three drachms of opium suspended in water were given to a 
large sheep four years old, without effect. 
tour drachms of opium made into a ball, were given to a 
sheep two years old. The only immediate effect was a little 
loss of appetite, but the animal died seventeen days afterwards. 
Twelve drachms of corrosive sublimate made into a ball with 
meal were given to a sheep of the same age, without effect. 
