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VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
London, and Lecturer on Veterinary Medicine in the New Veterinary 
College, Edinburgh, deposed—I have made some experiments on 
sheep. On the IOth of January, this year,-I made experiment No. 1. 
I used ljlb. of arsenic, 1| lb. of soda, and 2 oz. of sulphur. In this 
solution I immersed two sheep. They were in no way injured by that 
experiment. They are well now. I watched them up to last Wednes¬ 
day. Experiment No. 2 was made on the 15th. I used one of the 
packets that I received from Mr. Elliott’s shopman. I used from 37 to 
38 gallons of water. I dipped in that solution four sheep. I used three 
healthy sheep. The fourth was badly affected with scab. The three 
sound sheep were immersed five minutes each. The other was in half 
an hour. No harm came to those sheep; on the contrary, the unsound 
one was cured. On the 25th January I made a third experiment, 
using 3 lbs. of arsenic, 3 lbs. of soda ash, 4 oz. of sulphur, and 4 lbs. of 
soft soap. About 37 or 38 gallons were used in this solution. I put 
into the solution six black-faced sheep. They were not altogether 
sound. One was affected with scab, and another with foot-rot, in 
which the vascular tissue was exposed. The healthy ones remained in 
five minutes each, and the other two half an hour. No injurious 
results followed; on the contrary, the scabby one was cured, and the 
other one considerably improved. In experiment No. 4, I used \ lb. of 
arsenic, ~ lb. soda ash, without sulphur or soap. Four sheep were 
immersed in this—two for five minutes and two for half an hour each. 
The result in this case was also uninjurious. Experiment No. 5 I 
made with Dr. Me Adam on 21st February, using 1-^ lb. of arsenic, 
8 oz. of soda ash, 2 oz. of sulphur, and 4 lbs. of soft soap. I am author 
of the ‘Veterinarian’s Vade Mecum,’ published in 1858. I have 
recommended baths for sheep as strong as Mr. Elliott’s, as safe and 
proper baths. I made an experiment to ascertain whether sheep would 
eat matter saturated in arsenic. A dipping mixture was prepared 
according to Mr. Elliott’s prescription, in which I aided in dipping two 
sheep—the head shepherd holding the head, and I pressing the liquid 
out of the wool. The two sheep were placed in a covered shed 
separated from other two that had not been dipped. One oat sheaf and 
four quarts of oats were saturated in that solution. The oat sheaf was 
placed in a tent, containing the two dipped sheep. The sheep were 
left there all night. I have seen those sheep this morning, and they 
present symptoms of the introduction of arsenic into the system. 
Cross-examined by Mr. Manisty—Arsenic may be absorbed by the 
mucous membranes and also by the skin ; but in such minute propor¬ 
tions that I could steep a sheep for a whole day and not kill it. I 
never examined any of the organs of a sheep that died from poison. 
Dr. Stephenson Me Adam, Edinburgh—In the month of February I 
analysed one of Mr. Elliott’s powders, which I received from Mr. 
Gamgee. I found it contained arsenic, soda ash, and sulphur. The 
proportion of arsenic was 20 8-100 oz., and the weight of the whole was 
44 oz. On the 21st of February I went to Dean Farm, near Edinburgh, 
and assisted Mr. Gamgee in preparing a dipping-mixture. We com¬ 
pounded l \ lb. of arsenic, 8oz. of soda ash, and 2 oz. of sulphur, and 
into that two sheep were dipped. I have seen those sheep since, and 
they seemed perfectly well, so far as I could see. I purchased the 
materials. I got the arsenic from Mr. Elliott, druggist, in Pilgrim 
Street, Newcastle. 
Henry Wilkinson , veterinary surgeon in Newcastle, deposed—On the 
26th instant 1 made some experiments for the purpose of ascertaining 
whether sheep would eat food impregnated with Mr. Elliott’s powder. 
