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Two months ago, a rabbit was inoculated with hydropho¬ 
bic virus, which had been submitted to the action of this new 
compound, and the animal is still alive. 
I believe that the practitioner will meet with very satisfac¬ 
tory results with the use of peroxide of hydrogen for the fol¬ 
lowing reasons; 
1. This chemical seems to have no injurious effect upon 
animal cells. 
2. It has a very energetic destructive action upon vege¬ 
table cells—microbes. 
3. It has no toxic properties ; five cubic centimeters in¬ 
jected beneath the skin of a guinea-pig do not produce any 
serious result, and it is also harmless when given b)^ the 
mouth. 
As an immediate conclusion resulting from my experi¬ 
ments, my opinion is, that the peroxide of hydrogen should 
be used in the treatment of diseases caused by germs, if the 
microbian element is directly accessible ; and it is particularly 
useful in the treatment of infectious diseases of the throat and 
mouth. 
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CHLORHYDRATE OF PILOCARPINE IN ACUTE DISEASES OF THE 
FOOT. 
By Dr. Modigliani. 
While acknowledging the benefits obtained by the use of 
this drug in the treatment of all rheumatic affections, the 
author also recommends it in acute diseases of the foot, as in 
laminitis (acute podo-flemmatitis). In a first case, that of a 
horse nine years old, he injected subcutaneously twenty-two 
centigrammes of chlorhydrate of pilocarpine, in solution with 
seven grammes of water, obtaining all the physiological mani¬ 
festations of the medicine, ptyalism, abundant diaphoresis, 
defecation, etc., and with these a manifest improvement. 
After the First day, a second and third injection, given with 
the same results, brought on also a final recovery on the 
fourth day. In a second case, of a rheumatic nature, a simi¬ 
lar result followed two successive injections of thirty centi- 
