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REVIEW. 
there were traces of these lesions in the rectum. If 
we are not mistaken, the interpretation of the facts which 
constitute this group of comparative experiments would 
appear difficult to us to demonstrate experimentally in a 
more evident manner—1st. The tolerance of the antica- 
talytic remedy introduced into the blood, either by absorp¬ 
tion or direct injection. 2ndly. Its preventive effect on the 
organism when the mass of the blood has been artificially 
poisoned. 3rdly. The direct neutralization of putrid forms 
in the blood itself, effected by inoffensive means. 
Review. 
sit pulchruin, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non.—H or. 
The Journal of British Ophthalmology } and Quarterly Report 
of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery. Edited by Jabez 
Hogg, Assistant-Surgeon, Royal Westminster Oph¬ 
thalmic Hospital, &c. &c. London : John Churchill and 
Sons, New Burlington Street. 
Friends to the division of labour, from a conviction that 
it is conducive to the perfecting of the whole, whether in 
science or in art, we hail the appearance of the first number 
of the above periodical. 
Although with us it may be that the diseases of the 
eye have not been so carefully studied in their various 
forms as they deserve to be, because the occasional loss of 
the organ in the lower animals is not attended with the 
same inconvenience as in man, nor is merely partial 
relief that may be afforded of any real good, yet we feel 
convinced they would nevertheless amply reward the in¬ 
vestigator, while, by comparing the affections as they show 
themselves in the human subject, and noticing the surgical 
and other methods adopted for their removal, the loss of 
sight might be prevented, and the usefulness of the animal 
secured, as well as suffering lessened. 
The introduction to the journal states, that it ts will be 
a fair and impartial exponent of the views and practice of 
