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surgery too ; and Mr. Sewell has no right to levy contributions on 
them while he is preparing himself for the situation which he ex¬ 
pects by and by to occupy. Setting aside the implied censure on 
Mr. Coleman’s lectures as being imperfect and erroneous, we have 
again the system of “ confusion worse confounded,” which must 
embarrass and mystify the notions of the students, and ill prepare 
them for consistent and straightforw ard practice. 
At the Veterinary College, as at every other medical school, 
each man should have his place, and to that he should strictly 
confine himself;—his duties should be clearly defined, and to 
those, and those alone, should his honourable attention be de¬ 
voted : then alone will the reputation of the school be established, 
and the pupils qualified for their profession. 
JExtratta from journal*, JFoxtign anO Damretir* 
On the Employ of the Chlorurets (Chlorides?) in Hoove 
in Cattle, and Cholic in the Horse. 
By M. Charlot. 
It is well known that the herbivorous domestic animals are 
subject to distention of the intestinal canal by gas which is 
extricated in the intestinal canal; that this occurrence is most 
common among oxen and sheep ; and that the rumen or paunch 
is the principal seat of these gaseous developments. 
These elastic fluids are not always of the same nature, or 
extricated in the same quantity; they vary according to the 
time which has elapsed from the ingestiou of the aliment, the 
nature of the food, and many other circumstances which w e are 
unable to appreciate. 
• Whatever be the cause of this extrication of gas, it is some¬ 
times so considerable that the animal would inevitably perish 
if assistance were not promptly administered. Various mea¬ 
sures have been proposed to avert this fatal termination: they 
may, however, be reduced to two, the neutralization of the gas, 
and its evacuation. To evacuate the gas, sounds or flexible 
tubes have been employed, reaching from the mouth into the 
rumen, or, oftener,. the rumen itself has been punctured. The 
