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too much space— Auth). “ Aloes, 2 ozs.; alcohol, \ gal.; asa- 
foetida, ^ lb.; alum, 2 lbs. ; blister liquid, 1 qt. ; blue stone, 1 
lb.; borax, 3 lbs.; calomel, £ lb.; castile soap, 20 lbs. ; ground 
flaxseed, 16 lbs.; hartshorn, £ gal.; lunar caustic, £ oz.; laudan¬ 
um, 2 qts.; simple cerate, 5 lbs.; mercurial ointment, 1 lb.; 
Mustang liniment, 4 bots; olive oil, 1 gal.; oil, linseed, 1 gal. ; 
oil, turpentine, £-gal.; Powell’s liniment, 4 bots; resin, 1 lb.; 
salts, 4 lbs.; sulphur, ^ lb.; saltpetre, 2 lbs.; sweet spirits of 
nitre, 1 qt.; sugar lead, 2 lbs.; tar, ^ gal.; tartar emetic, \ lb. 
“ dressings. 
Adhesive plaster, 2 yds; muslin (coarse), 20 yds.; red flannel 
(coarse), 4 yds.; sponge, lbs.; silk for ligature, £ oz. 
“ I.-INSTRUMENTS. 
“Abscess knife (2 blade), 2 ; ball forceps, 2; corkscrews, 2 ; 
funnels, 2 ; graduate glasses, 2 ; mortar and pestles (iron), 2 ; 
needles, 1 doz. ; probes, 2 ; rowling needles, 2 ; scales and weights, 
2; syringes, 2 ; spring lancets, 2; straight scissors, 2 ; spatulas, 
2 ; trocars, 2 ; tenaculums, 2. 
“ II.-REGULATIONS FOR THE VETERINA.RY DEPARTMENT. 
“ 1. The standard of horse medicine for the army in the field, 
and in hospitals, is the supply table. 
“ This table will not be deviated from except in extreme emer¬ 
gencies, and then only for hospital use, when the reasons must be 
clearly and satisfactorily stated. 
“ 2. Requisitions will be made quarterly, and in duplicate, 
conforming strictly to the standard supply table. 
“ 3. Quartermasters will hold veterinary surgeons strictly 
responsible for the instruments issued to them, and, in case of 
loss through carelessness or damage from neglect, the cost price 
of the instruments so lost or damaged will be charged to them. 
“ 4. Quartermasters responsible for medicines and dressings 
will take care that these articles are used for their legitimate pur¬ 
poses, and will hold the veterinary surgeons strictly accountable 
for their loss or damage through neglect, etc.” 
During the next two years immediately following the publica- 
