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mixed diet of flesli and vegetables ; therefore for the purposes of food 
the act of slaughtering animals is justifiable, but it is incumbent on all 
who may be engaged in this duty, that it should be done with skill and 
humanity, so as to avoid any protracted suffering to the creature whose 
life is about to be taken. 
The excessive punishment too often inflicted on animals in slaughter¬ 
houses, fairs, and markets, seems to set aside the fact that our dominion 
over them should be exercised in accordance with justice and humanity. 
If the poor creatures could express their feelings, they might rightly 
pronounce us the tyrants rather than the “ lords of the creation.” 
“Remember He who made thee, made the brute; 
Who gave thee speech and reason, formed him mute; 
hie can’t complain, but God’s omniscient eye 
Beholds thy cruelty, He hears his cry/’ 
By order of the Committee, 
George Middleton, Secretary. 
LONGEVITY IN THE HORSE. 
The journals of the Loire record a rare case of longevity 
in a horse: Count de Foudras, of the chateau of Qrigny, 
near Roanne, purchased in 1821 a 7-year old horse, and the 
animal has just died, aged 45 years. Up to the age of 40, it 
is added, the animal worked regularly, and remained “ in 
good spirits” during the last five years of its life. 
IODIZED GLYCERINE IN VARIOUS DISEASES OF THE SKIN. 
By Dr. Richter, of Vienna. 
This compound is prepared by dissolving one part of iodide 
of potassium in two parts of glycerine, and pouring this 
liquid on one part of iodine, which it dissolves completely. 
This solution has the great advantage over alcoholic solutions 
of not drying; in consequence the surfaces remain supple, 
and the action and absorption of the iodine continues for a 
long time. To use the solution it must be spread upon the 
diseased parts and covered with gutta-percha paper to pre¬ 
vent the evaporation of the iodine, and to augment the per¬ 
spiration of the parts which have been touched. The whole 
is left untouched for twenty-four hours and the degree of the 
reaction regulates the further applications, as, for example, 
bathing with cold water and its fresh application. The iodised 
solution occasions some pain, which varies in intensity and 
