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tage over corrosive sublimate. 1 have made use of creolin in 
the shape of a i per cent, aqueous solution, as also as a disin¬ 
fecting powder, in which form also it is sent abroad. 
6. I have finally administered creolin internally with very 
good results. It is given in doses of one to two grammes in 
a i per cent, aqueous solution in cases of gastric and intesti¬ 
nal catarrh caused by infectious or zymotic agents. In a 
number of cases the results were quite astonishing. Creolin 
is indubitably infinitely preferable in such diseases to creo¬ 
sote, subnitrate of bismuth, tincture of iodine and naphtha¬ 
line. 
SAINBEL, HIS LIFE AND WORK. 
By T. B. Rogers, D.Y.S., Woodbury, N. J. 
I have before me an old book, “ Elements of the Veteri- 
nary Art,” by Chas. Vial De Sainbel, late equerry to the King 
and professor in the veterinary college, to which is affixed a 
short account of his life. The book was printed in London 
in 1797. As the book is about to pass from my possession 
and find its most fitting resting-place in the library of Profes¬ 
sor Liautard, the thought occurs that a short sketch of the 
life and times of the founder of veterinary medicine in Eng¬ 
land would be of interest to the readers of the Review. 
Sainbel was born at Lyons, January 28th, 1753. At that 
time his father was Mayor of the city and a person of good 
birth and importance. He early exhibited his bent toward 
the veterinary art, and through the kindness of his guardian, 
Monor de Flesseille, was enabled to pass the curriculum of 
the Lyons school where he was a teacher. Hence to Alfort 
as a junior professor. At Abort he incurred the enmity of 
Chabert and Bourgelat, and a copy of a letter from the latter, 
found after Sainbel’s death among his papers shows that a 
conspiracy was meditated against him, the Bastille being sug¬ 
gested as “the dernier theatre demonstratif ” of Mons. our 
petit professeur en second. 
The times were troubleous; no man knew how long his 
