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EXTRACTS FROM FOREIGN PERIODICALS. 
medium-sized'shoe weighing seven ounces. Sufficient of the 
element to form two shoes costs seventy-five cents, while the 
same amount of iron costs ten cents. Shoes made of this 
metal are recommended for track-horses. Aluminium bronze 
is cheaper, but difficulty is experienced in working the same. 
Aluminium copper is as heavy as iron. —Ztschr. f. Vet. K. 
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THERAPEUTIC NOTICES. 
Ahl states that the antiseptic property of corrosive sub¬ 
limate solution is increased when the same is of a certain 
warmth. For instance, a solution of 1:10000 at a temperature 
of 104° is as effective as a 1:500 at ordinary temperature.— B. 
T. W. j 
Turazza commends the administration of asafoetida in i 
habitual abortus.— Much. Med. Woch. 
Abatkoff claims that opium, morphium and codein hinder 
the digestive process, and should not be given for some time 
after feeding.— Dtsch. Med. Woch. 
In the treatment of moist eczema Leven advances the ap¬ 
plication of a one per cent, argent, nit. solution several times 
daily. — Therp. Monat. I 
Congis has used the following liniment as a local applica- ; 
tion in mammitis of the cow: 
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Liniment Amm., § v, 
Camph. Trit., 3 vi, 
M. 
Another is given in which the quantity of ammonia is in¬ 
fluenced by the intensity of the inflammation : 
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Ol. Camphorat, 5 v, 
Liq. Amm. Caust., § iij v, 
M. 
Christmas and Restpant offer a mixture of antiseptic 
agents, which is in no way injurious to the organism, and at 
the same time very effective. Its composition is as follows : 
