58 ANALYSIS OF CONTINENTAL JOURNALS. 
No. 2 was not submitted to any treatment. 
At this date M. Bouley, the Inspector-General of the 
Veterinary Schools, came to inspect our establishment, and 
I profited by his presence to show him our two patients, 
which he examined with much interest. 
On June 30th No. 2, although it had not been subjected 
to any treatment, appeared to be nearly cured. Many of 
the crusts had fallen off, and where they had been the hair 
was growing fast. 
With No. 3 there was less progress; on the trunk and the 
head the crusts had been removed, and the places had been 
dressed with the sublimate liniment, so that these parts were 
in a very satisfactory condition; but there still remained the 
paws to be attacked, and there the favous crusts were very 
numerous and adherent, and their removal threatened to be 
slow. The same treatment was continued during the 1st and 
2nd of July. 
Up to that date the two rabbits had continued to enjoy ex¬ 
cellent health, and they had become larger. From the 3rd 
an unfavorable change began in No. 3; although it continued 
to eat, it was not so lively and was less vigorous than hitherto; 
it became thinner, and was also attacked with a severe 
diarrhoea. This serious complication was attributed to the 
absorption of the bichloride of mercurv, the use of which was 
immediately suspended; but it was too late, the animal 
wasted more and more, and at length died on the morning of 
July 5th, certainly from mercurial poisoning.* 
With regard to No. 2, we have said that it had not yet 
been submitted to any treatment, and that the disease ap¬ 
peared to be disappearing. In fact, on the 7th July all the 
favi on the face and ears had fallen off, and the skin had lost 
its irritability; instead of yellow crusts were epithelial la¬ 
mellae, exfoliating abundantly in the form of furfuraceous 
pellicles, and the hairs were shooting out actively. 
Nevertheless, a recovery was far from being complete or 
radical. There were still on the paws, and especially at the 
root of the claws, crusts evidently of a favous nature, which 
did not appear likely to disappear without treatment. On the 
contrary, the disease was fixed on these parts and persisted 
most obstinately; the horny tissue of the claws was attacked, 
and these grew deformed, and were dry, brittle, and at last 
fell off; their interior w T as then seen to be filled with an 
# The reader will remember that a short time ago, a medical man, Dr. 
Meeres, of Melksham, applied a parasiticide remedy which had corrosive 
sublimate for its base .to the head of a child, but the mercury became 
absorbed, and the patient died from the effects of mercurialisation.—G. F. 
