»386 EFFECTS OF THE HYDRIODATE OF POTASH 
being all in the second and third stages of the disease. Six su< 
cessive weeks, these horses were daily exercised and sweated i 
complete sets of harness, and afterwards suffered to stand in tl 
harness in their stable until night. As soon as the disease a 
rived at its highest pitch of virulence, they were destroyed. 
Immediately afterwards, in the presence of myself, Direct! 
Girard, and several others, Mr. Labarraque set about disinfectin 
the harness; for which purpose he proceeded as follows : — 
A bottle of chloride of soda was mixed with twelve times tl 
quantity of water, and with this mixture every part of the hai 
ness was thoroughly washed and scrubbed with a hard brush- 
the leathern, the iron, the woollen, and the stuffing parts. Th 
saddles and bridles were taken to pieces; but the schabraqu 
was not unsewn. The different articles were then hung up t 
dry; and three days afterwards were taken down and oiled wit 
neat’s-foot oil; which gave them a suppleness and softness quit 
equal, if not superior, to new ones. 
Since this period, the same harness has been worn by six cai 
horses, in perfect health, which were at the time placed in 
small stable, that had only just before undergone disinfectio 
by a similar process. This is six months ago, and no alteratio 
whatever has been made in their diet or circumstances, bu 
they have been daily sweated in the harness, and have cou 
stantly worn the cloths, and yet up to this hour they remain i; 
perfect health. 
These results led the General to give it as his opinion, tha 
harness, &c. properly disinfected, might be brought again int 
use; and that the necessity of destroying such furniture would b 
in this way superseded. 
Also, from the fact of the six horses having stood for si> 
months in a glandered stable, which had previously undergone th< 
process of disinfection—that there seemed every reason to be 
lieve that aspersion with solution of chloride of soda ought t< 
supersede lime-washing; and that it would be advisable t( 
cleanse infirmary stables in this manner several times in th< 
course of the year. 
Recueil de Med. Vet. Caliier de Janvier , 1829. 
Beneficial Effects of the Hydriodate of Potash on a 
Tuberculous Swelling of the Udder. 
A Mare, eleven years of age, of a delicate habit, had for five 
months been troubled with a swelling of the udder that had 
arisen and increased imperceptibly. 
