IN IIOOVE AND CHOLIC 33 9 
little of the chloride of soda through the mercury. These gases 
disappeared, and the mercury mounted into the tube. 
This experiment having* completely confirmed my theoretical 
views, I recommended several chlorurets with an alkaline 
base to the trial of my veterinary friends, and I pointed out 
the following method of trying their efficacy. For recent indi¬ 
gestions ancl extrications of gas, I advised a spoonful of the 
chloruret in a bottle of cold lye water, considering that as in 
this case the carbonic acid prevailed, it was proper that the dose of 
the alkali should be increased. For chronic indigestion, or which 
followed the use of dry food, two spoonsful of the chloruret 
in a bottle of cold water, that the greater quantity of car- 
buretted and sulphuretted hydrogen might be decomposed by the 
chlorine. 
I also recommended that the chlorurets should never be given 
in liquids that contained any organic substances whose great 
affinity for chlorine might neutralize its action; such as decoctions 
of bitter or aromatic herbs, or wine, oil, or mucilages. As to 
the choice of the alkali with which the chlorine was to be com¬ 
bined, it was always to be a fixed one, as potash, soda, lime, 
&c. A chloruret of ammonia should never be added, for that 
would be decomposed, and would thus neutralize the therapeu¬ 
tical action of the chlorine; sulphuric ether, however, might be 
added to the principal medicament without fear of decom¬ 
position. 
If I advise that the chloruret should be measured with a spoon 
of ordinary size, it is because that utensil is generally at hand ; 
but if I reduce the quantity to weights, I suppose that a spoon¬ 
ful of the chloruret of potash is equal to about half an ounce. 
In conformity to my recommendation, many practitioners have 
made very satisfactory use of the chlorurets in these affections. 
MM. Jousset, Simoneau, and Labreuille particularly, obtain¬ 
ed the most happy results in the treatment of the ox and the 
cow. 
MM. Drai, Salman, and myself, are the only persons who 
have employed these medicines for sheep. The dose for them 
is a quarter of an ounce. Not having personally witnessed the 
effect of this remedy on the ox, 1 will confine myself to the rela¬ 
tion of a few cases in the sheep and the horse. 
On the 26th of November, 1830, I saw two old ewes, destined 
for the butcher, who, on their return from the pasture, were 
strangely swelled. I gave to each of them a small spoonful of 
the solution of the chloruret of potash in a glass of cold water. 
One of them had fallen down, and seemed to be at the point 
