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tioii, for we have seen a beast fit to win a fat-stock show 
championship thrown ont on account of deformed lame feet, 
and thousands of cattle and sheep suffer annnally from foul in 
the foot or foot-rot, which might be easily prevented by judi¬ 
cious nse of the knife and rasp, and the provision of sanitary 
environment. 
THERAPEUTIC REVIEW. 
Solutions of Caffeine for HvroDERMic Injections.— 
(i) Benzoate of soda, 7 grammes; caffeine, 4 grammes. Place 
them in a little capsule, with a small quantity of water, and dis¬ 
solve by heating. Pour the solution in a graduate glass, heated 
to the water bath, wash the capsule, and add water in sufficient 
quantity to make 16 cubic centimeters. This makes a solution 
containing 0.25 centigrammes of caffeine to one cubic centi¬ 
meter. (2) Caffeine, 5 grammes; salicylate of soda, 5 grammes ; 
warm distilled water, q. s. to make 17 c.c. This solution con¬ 
tains 0.29 centig. to the c.c .—{^Bidletin Veterin.') 
Treatment of Eczema. —Against severe acute attacks, 
accompanied with troublesome itching, Bonk uses a glycerolate 
made as follows : Pulverized talc and starch, of each 100 parts ; 
glycerine, 40 parts ; lead water, 200 parts. Stirred before use, 
a part of this glycerolate is mixed with twice the quantity of 
ordinary water. It is applied on the skin with wadding. The 
itching stops immediately. 
Injections for Open Joints. — The following recom¬ 
mended by Nocard and Cagny is injected into open synovial 
bursae with Dieulofay apparatus: Thymic acid, 2 grammes; 
glycerine, 100 grammes ; water, 900 grammes. 
loDURATED Injections for Hydroceles, Dropsical Con¬ 
ditions, Hygromas and Hydrarthrosis. —Tinct. iodine, 50 
parts ; iodide of potassium, 2 parts ; distilled water, 50 parts. 
This is recommended by Bouret, who has obtained very good 
results with its use. 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
NEW YORK STATE V. M. SOCIETY. 
The annual meeting of the Empire State Society will be 
held at the Hotel Metropole, Forty-second Street and Broadway, 
