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of the chemical substances discharged from the body. It has 
been found that the amount of carbonic acid discharged from the 
lungs in cases of charbon and gangrenous septicaemia diminishes 
during the whole course of the fever, and especially towards its 
termination. This diminution in the discharged carbonic acid 
appears to have begun soon after the inoculation of the poison in 
the case of charbon ; whilst in the case of gangrenous septicaemia, 
for some hours after the inoculation the quantity of carbonic acid 
exhaled was increased. It is believed that this difference in the 
amounts of carbonic acid discharged during the hours immediately 
following inoculation is to be attributed to the difference between 
aerobic and anaerobic organisms .—London Lancet. 
Veterinary Examination of Stallions. —The English Cart 
Horse Society has settled the important question of ascertaining 
the soundness of stallions in a plain common-sense manner, worthy 
of a society instituted for the purpose of improving the breed of 
cart horses. By condition 10, “ a veterinary surgeon will attend 
at the show to inspect all animals before the judges make their 
final award; and no award will be made to any animal which is 
not free from disease detrimental to breeding sound and healthy 
stock.” Under this condition, a customer for purchasing or 
hiring any stallion exhibited at the Cart Horse Show may depend 
that all the stallions passed by the veterinary referees, whether 
winners of prizes or not, are sound .—Medical and Surgical Re¬ 
view, London. 
The Actual Cautery and The Thermo-Cautery.— Of late 
cauterization has been performed by means of the thermo-cautery, 
but this practice is not so good as the one which it displaced. 
First, platinum requires a much higher temperature to redden it 
than iron, the consequence of which is that the thermo-cautery 
produces a much more severe burn than the iron cautery, the 
parts touched being burned to the fourth degree, and the heat 
radiating beyond them. Consequently elongated burns are pro¬ 
duced, which leave indelible cicatrices. Secondly, the pain pro¬ 
duced is very severe, while patients bear a repetition of the actual 
cautery with little or no fear.— Ibid. 
