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vast sinuses, more than eight inches deep, extending on both 
sides. I introduced the point of an iron, brought to a red heat, 
into each opening, to prevent them from closing, and I dressed 
them during fifteen days with the tincture of aloes. Not seeing 
amelioration, I had recourse, twice every day, to the chloride 
(chlorure) of lime, dissolved in half its weight of water; and 
in the space of three weeks the swelling of the neck w'as gone, 
the wounds were all healed, the animal could readily turn his 
head on either side, and, a few days afterwards, he was sent 
ao;ain to work. 
I have employed the chloride of lime, mixed with six parts of 
water, with much advantage, in cases of chronic ophthalmia. In 
the course of eight days the conjunctiva has regained its natu¬ 
ral colour, and the cloudiness of the cornea disappeared. 
The chloride of lime, pure (Mr. H. must mean a saturated 
solution of it), has healed, in ten days, a vast farcy ulcer which 
had attacked the lips and the nostrils, and extended to the 
cheeks. The animal was unable to eat, and emollient applica¬ 
tions had been of no service. The lotion was employed twice 
in the day, and the ulcer healed with astonishing rapidity. An 
enlargement of the glands beneath the jaw also disappeared. 
Recuellj Janvier 1834. 
THE VETERINARIAN, JANUARY 1, 1835. 
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—our labour in a cause that deserves, and well repays, our best 
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tive attempt was made to strangle us in our very cradle—and 
the prediction was confidently uttered (the expression of hope 
more than belief), and again and again repeated, that we could 
not survive—that we should perish for lack of nutriment—yet, 
with renewed vigour—with the increased certainty of gradually 
accomplishing our object—and with the proud assurance that the 
existence of our periodical is identified with the progress of 
veterinary science, and that the good wishes of every good 
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