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OINTMENT OF BI-IODINE OF MERCURY IN INJECTIONS. 
By Mr. G. Joly. 
The author has for several ) T ears used this remedy in fis¬ 
tulous wounds, those of the withers and in arthritis, with 
marked success. He considers that though generally used as 
a vesicant, this preparation is one of the best antiseptic oint¬ 
ments made. One part of the mercurial salt, with eight of 
vaseline, with the addition of a sufficient quantity of oil to 
make the mixture of a syrupy consistency, makes a preparation 
which prevents the formation of pus upon solutions of conti¬ 
nuity of all kinds, and materially assists in their cicatization. 
His last case, the fiftieth in his experiments, was that of a mare 
which had broken her knees and had a large tumefaction of 
the joints, with an abundant escape of purulent synovia. The 
fistulous tract was cleaned three times a day with an injection 
of clear and fresh water, followed by one of a solution of 
bichlorure of mercury, i-iooo, and the dressing was com¬ 
pleted by one of the ointment, using careful precautions to 
prevent it from coming in contact with the skin below the in¬ 
jury. The tract was healed and the mare on the road to 
recovery in ten days .—Presse Veterinaire. 
SULPHATE OF ESERINE IN DOSIMETRIC DOSES. 
The third number of the Revue of Veterinary Dosimetric 
Medicine records a number of cases of intestinal disturbance, 
due to various causes, which were treated principally by the 
administration of eserine in dosimetric doses, that is in gran¬ 
ules of milligramme weight. In these cases the eserine was as¬ 
sociated with granules of chlorhydrate of morphine, or those 
of sulphate or arseniate of strychnine. Among the cases re¬ 
ferred to there is one of intestinal malaise, one of stomacal in¬ 
digestion, one of intestinal indigestion, one of slight enteritis 
and one of intestinal indigestion ; one of slight enteritis and 
one of intestinal indigestion with tympanitis and stercoral 
masses. The administration of the granules was varied ac¬ 
cording to the case, being from one to three of eserine with 
generally two of the other drugs, repeated every half hour, 
every quarter of an hour, or even every five minutes, accord¬ 
ing to the severity of the colic .—Revue Med. Dos . Veter . 
