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DEONTOLOGY. 
ARECA POWDER AS A VERMIFUGE. 
Take of fresh areca nut 2 to 8 grammes and 10 to 20 
grammes of soluble cream of tartar, mix and give in the morn, 
ing on an empty stomach, the animal having had but little 
milk the day before. 
This is recommended by Mr. Pellipard against the taenias 
and the ascarides. 
CALOMEL INSTEAD OF IODOFORM. 
Mr. Percacini prefers calomel in the dressing of all kinds of 
wounds and ulcers, as also for treatment of rebellious eczema. 
Its application is followed by the formation of an antiseptic 
scab which, when it drops off, leaves a healthy granulating 
surface and not uncommonly a complete cicatrization. 
FOLLICULAR MANGE. 1 
One of the most rebellious cutaneous affections which so 
often baffle the skill of the practitioner and wears out his thera¬ 
peutic arsenal is the demodectic mange of dog. An Italian 
veterinarian, Mr. Galli Valerio, recommends the following 
ointment: Naphtol B. 10 grammes, sulphur, sublimate 50, 
green soap and pure grease, of each 25 grammes. A friction 
is applied daily over all diseased parts carefully, watching all 
new patches of extension. The treatment is generally long. 
DEONTOLOGY, 
CONSULTATIONS IN VETERINARY PRACTICE. 
By E. Wallis Hoare, F.R.C.V.S., Cork.* 
It has often been a matter for surprise that so few con¬ 
sultations are held among veterinary surgeons. Many reasons 
might be adduced to account for this, among which the 
commercial value of the patients would occupy a prominent 
position. This element, which figures so conspicuously in 
♦From Veterinary Record for July 27. 
