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the surgical operation of the removal of the cartilage, which is not 
without danger, which lays up an animal for quite a long time and 
to which many owners of horses will object.—(Archives Y eteri_ 
naires.) 
INDIGESTIONS FROM WATER—TREATED BY ALCOHOL. 
Mr. Leclerc recommends the administration of alcohol in pref¬ 
erence to that of acetate of ammonia,which lias but little action ; to 
that of spirits of turpentine, which is too irritating; of camphor 
and assafoetida,which are of difficult administration or preparation. 
He considers that the proper agent must be a powerful stimulant 
of the muscular contractions and of the secretions of the intes¬ 
tines, one which, though in a small quantity, is of easy preparation 
and administration, of rapid effects and action, and can be found 
readily every where. Alcohol seems to possess all these qualities. 
Pure, at the dose of about 7 ounces, it stimulates the digestive ap_ 
paratus, the salivary secretion is increased, the buccal membrane i s 
Highly covered, a general surexcitation is produced, the eyes be 
come dull, the motions are less active, the struggles less powerful 
abundant and rattling borborygms are soon heard, gases are ex_ 
pressed in quantity, soon followed by fcecal matters. 
Mr. L. gives from ten to fifteen ounces in three doses at ten 
minutes apart; about two ounces first, then three or four, and 
then seven ounces if there is no relief.—(Archives Veterinaires.) 
ON SEPTICEMIA. 
By Mr. Pasteur. 
CONCLUSIONS. 
1. There exist several sorts of septicemise or putrid infection^ 
2. There are several septic vibrios whose physiological proper¬ 
ties differ by several essential points. 
3. The septic vibrio needs no air to live—not only he lives 
without it, but long contact with it kills it and destroys it with 
its virulency. 
4. When it develops itself in a liquid in contact with the air, 
