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prescribe for the suffering and dying sheep, and that he ought, 
in a case of such pressing danger, to have received the earliest 
summons ; and we are only surprised that no notice was taken 
of so manifest a dereliction of propriety on the trial. 
We quite concur in the suggestion contained in the 
admirable commentary of the Pharmaceutical Journal , of 
the “ prudential expedient” of inventing a curative application 
that shall not contain any arsenical or other fearfully poisonous 
ingredient. If the acarus can be destroyed, and thus the mange 
cured, in the dog and horse, without employing poisonous or 
corrosive applications, why cannot the insect and disease in the 
sheep be effectually got rid of in the same way ! But the 
prejudice of the farmers is strong, and “ Bigg’s sheep-dipping 
composition ” is in old repute among them ; and it is only the 
recurrence of losses such as the one in question that will open 
their eyes to the adoption of a poisonless yet equally efficacious 
formula for sheep-dipping. 
MISCELLANEA. 
To the Editor of “ The Veterinarian.” 
Sir,—I n a recent number of your valuable periodical I 
observe that application has been made to the Hon. East India 
Company concerning the eligibility for its service of persons 
not having the diploma of the Royal College of Veterinary 
Surgeons. 
Having some intentions of qualifying myself for that service, 
I am anxious to know the result of the inquiry; as numbers of 
veterinary surgeons, and many aspirants to the profession, are 
also interested in the Company’s service, its rules and regula¬ 
tions, the publication, in the next number of The VETERINA¬ 
RIAN, of the reply made to the application, would benefit 
the profession, and confer a lasting obligation on 
Sir, 
Your most obedient servant, 
Geo. Armatage. 
Norfolk Street, Sheffield, 
Jan. *22d, 1852. 
*** The “reply” has not reached us, but we will make 
inquiry concerning it.— Ed. Vet. 
