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effects either of ether or chloroform, and showed that in 
this respect the latter was greatly inferior to the former. 
Several other members expressed similar opinions, without 
there being a single voice in favour of chloroform ; and at 
length the society, on the motion of Dr. Barrier, passed the 
following resolutions: 1. That ether, used as an anaesthetic, 
is less dangerous than chloroform. 2. That anaesthesia is 
produced as constantly and completely by ether as by chloro¬ 
form. 3. That if ether presents inconveniences from which 
chloroform is exempt, such inconveniences are of slight 
importance, and are preferable to the danger inherent to the 
use of the latter. 4. That consequently ether is to be pre¬ 
ferred to chloroform.” 
A MAD DOG AT LARGE. 
The following account of a mad dog is given in the 
French journal the ‘ Droit—About a month back, a large 
dog belonging to a farmer, named Parrain, at Maisons Alfort, 
was bitten by another dog, afterwards discovered to be 
mad, and Parrain immediately sent the animal to the vete¬ 
rinary school in the place, where it underwent a course of 
treatment. The result was that the dog was declared not to 
have suffered from the bite, and was given up to its owner. 
The latter, however, by way of precaution, kept it tied up in 
his yard. On Saturday the dog began howling, and soon 
after getting free, by gnawing through its cord, bit some 
turkeys and sheep ; then rushed from the yard, and, pro¬ 
ceeding down the high road, entered the village of Villeneuve 
St. Georges, and bit a horse and some sheep and dogs. 
Three persons fired at it, but without effect. The animal 
then turned towards Choisy-le-Roi, and, seeing a flock of 
sheep, rushed into the midst, and bit several. It afterwards 
rushed on the shepherd, a young man named Renvoisee, and 
bit off the forefinger of his right hand. The people of the 
farm, armed with spades and forks, succeeded in driving the 
dog into a barn, and fastened it in. As it was considered 
advisable to take the animal alive, that it might be examined 
before being killed, the barn door was opened a little, and 
when the dog thrust out its head, a gendarme pinned it down 
with a fork, and his comrades forced it into a sack. The do£ 
was then taken to the veterinary school at Alfort, where it 
was pronounced to be mad. Medical assistance was, of course, 
immediately afforded to the young shepherd who was bitten, 
and precautions were taken to prevent the animals and 
poultry bitten by the dog from doing mischief. 
