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many places than the knife and far better than such caustics as 
arsenic, caustic pot., butter of antimony, corrosive sub., etc. 
I have thought of this drug in connection with the treat¬ 
ment of actinomycosis, but have never tried it, but I firmly be¬ 
lieve it would prove successful in ninety per cent, of cases. I 
find in treating actinomycosis we want a remedy that will pene¬ 
trate fully three-sixteenths of an inch into the hardened tissues 
to make a successful cure, and this is the drug best suited, it 
would seem. 
I have dissected actinomycotic tumors from a great many 
cattle, have dissected many a fistula and have once removed a 
piece of the jugular vein with success, and indeed am rather 
fond of surgery, but for the places and diseases for which I have 
recommended chromic acid I prefer it to the knife, in most 
cases. 
I have thought of chromic acid as a possible remedy for 
lice, both on animals and fowls, and as a wash for the walls of 
houses for the same and as a disinfectant and deodorizer. 
Try it. 
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“ Careful observation makes a skillful practitioner , but his skill dies with him. By re¬ 
cording his observations , he adds to the knowledge of his profession, and assists by his facts 
in building tip the solid edifice of pathological science 
SOMETHING THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST TO THE YOUNGER 
PRACTITIONER. 
By J. F. De Vine, D.V.S., Rhinebeck, N. Y. 
In recording the following cases, I do not do so with the 
idea that it is of any interest to the older members of the pro¬ 
fession, who have had many similar cases, and were too busy, 
or perhaps, too indolent to write them up, and send them to our 
journals, that we who are still children might know something 
about the circumstances which accompany these cases that are 
“a little off color.” I know there are students in our senior 
classes to-day who are doing as I have done, after pondering 
over Fleming’s or some other foreign work, will lay the book 
