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U. S. ARMY VETERINARY NOTES. 
ELIXIR OF LIFE. 
Editor A merican Veterinary Review: 
Dear Sir.— Since the Brown-Sequard “ Elixir of Life ” 
has so electrified the American people that the foremost phy¬ 
sicians in the land have taken hold of it for experimentation, 
and have even this early accredited the fluid a certain degree 
of virtue as a tonico-nervius, I have considered myself justi¬ 
fied in carrying the process of experimentation to beasts of 
burden. 
As yet I cannot say that any definite physiological, toxo- 
logical or therapeutical results have been obtained from my 
operations. 
It would seem, however, that the process of injection for 
purposes of nutrition would be as tenable in the animal as in 
the vegetable kingdom, where it has long since proved suc¬ 
cessful. 
Absurd as “ elixirization ” must at first appear to us as 
medical men, we are forced by the prestige of its author to 
give it some consideration, and the more we experiment the 
more will we be forced to continue, so let us hurriedly give 
the process a “trial for life extinguish it in the embryo, or 
credit it with its seeked-for “specific virtue,” and make it 
everlasting. 
If any “specific virtue ” is to be discovered for it, let some 
enterprising veterinarian harvest the meed of priority. 
W. J. Torrance, V.S. 
Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 15th, 1889. 
U. S. ARMY VETERINARY NOTES. 
(By Kindness of J. A. Waugh, V.S., U.S.A.) 
W. H. Going, M.R.C.V.S., tendered his resignation as Sen. 
V.S. 7th Cavalry, U. S. A., to take effect August 19th, 1889. 
Frederick W. Hopkins, D.V.S., tendered his resignation as 
Jun. V.S. 7th Cavalry, U. S. A., to take effect August 31st 
1889. 
Daniel Lemay, V.S., formerly 1st Cavalry, U. S. A.^and 
