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JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, LITERATURE, AND ART. 
lnm to consult the plan Mr. Darvill has presented us with in the 
work before us, as being, in external architecture, pleasing to the 
eye, and, in its interior arrangement, commodious and seemingly 
well calculated to answer every intended purpose. 
[To be continued.} 
Journal of Science , Literature , and Art , Ao. A I, New Senes, 
from July to September , 1829. 
[Concluded from page 471.] 
AN extract from the “ Archives de Medecine,” on the effects ol 
the sulphurets of metals, contains little that is new to the .veteri¬ 
narian. The sulphuret of antimony (black or levigated antimony) 
has long been known as the farrier’s favourite diaphoretic and 
alterative; and we are much inclined to think that its virtues are 
considerably undervalued in modern practice. The precipitated, 
or golden sulphuret of antimony, and especially if combined with 
calomel, is one of the best dog alteratives, for general purposes, that 
we have. The sulphurets of arsenic, whether the red or the yellow 
(Realgar or Orpiment), although perfectly freed irom white arsenic, 
we could have told M. Orfila were poisonous to every quadruped : 
indeed, we are glad to find that the use of this dangerous metal, in 
all its combinations, is now rare among us. We can remember 
when it was extolled as almost a specific for glanders, farcy, 
mange, and general debility; and even Mr. Blaine recommends it 
as an excellent tonic. A few months ago, a two hundred guinea 
horse was slowly, but progressively and satisfactorily recovering 
from pneumonia. He fell into the hands of another, and a very 
good practitioner, but too fond of arsenic. In less than a fort¬ 
night the animal was food for dogs. 
Of the sulphuret of copper, with which experiments were, in this 
extract, said to have been made, and which was proved to be inno¬ 
cuous, we know nothing: nor of the sulphuret of iron (pyrites, 
copperas). We should have imagined, that the records of human 
medicine would have proved that both the black and red sulphu¬ 
rets of mercury (aethiops mineral and vermilion) were innocuous, 
except in enormous doses ; and our acquaintance with veterinary 
medicine has taught us, that the black sulphuret is an excellent, 
and, perhaps, the best vermifuge for the dog; and that it is the only 
alterative with which, combined with the supertartrate of potash 
(cream of tartar), we can combat the red mange; while the red sul¬ 
phuret is often used to disguise the appearance of our powders; and 
not only harmlessly used, but no mean diaphoretic and alterative. 
Of the sulphuret of tin(aurum musivum vel mosaicum) we know 
nothing medicinally. Mr. Gray, indeed, in his most valuable 
