on my clothing, and accompanied him to the stable. I found my patient standing, but leaning against the right-hand side of the stall. In a few minutes he fell on his right side. He struggled severely, and rose up on his haunches. He was evidently sinking fast; trembling and sweating profusely; and the paroxysms were so rapid, that it was dangerous to approach him. At length he threw himself violently on his right side; and, while in this position, the man crawled over him, and under the manger, and gave him some medicine from a bottle. He lay quite still for several minutes; when he rose on his haunches, and looking anxiously to the right, sat wavering to and fro, till at length he fell upon the right side, which gave him great pain and uneasiness, and he struggled desperately. His sufferings were now intense. He was constantly lying, or throwing, himself down; rising up, and looking to the right side. I remained with him till 7, A. M., when I left him for about twenty minutes. On my return to the stable I found him dead.

Post-mortem. Twenty-six hours after death, on opening the abdomen, the large intestines were found to be healthy; the small ones highly congested, for some six to eight feet of their length from the stomach. The stomach contained some ingesta-about two gallons but was not in any degree inflamed. The diaphragm, on the right side, was torn irregularly through the muscular portion, about ten or twelve inches.

The lungs consolidated and heavy, and of a dark-green color; and, when cut into, were found gorged with blood.

The heart, large; pericardium contained a small quantity of fluid, and was nearly surrounded with adipose matter. The liver small, extremely thin in substance, and of a pale ash color. Trachea and bronchia filled with mucus, and their lining membrane deeply injected.

Boston, March 23, 1854.

HYDROPHOBIA.

In the course of Dr. Blatchford's paper on hydrophobia, read before the American Medical Association, at its last annual meeting, at Detroit, the following curious facts were reported as taking place in Prussia: In 1810 there were in that Kingdom 104 deaths from hydrophobia; In 1811, 117; in 1812, 101; in 1813, 85; 1814, 127; in 1815, 79; in 1816, 201; in 1817, 228; in 1818, 260; in 1819, 356 making a total of 1,658 deaths in ten years, in Prussia alone. It is mentioned also as a curious fact, that in Cyprus and Egypt, hydrophobia has never been known to occur. It is believed also that the disease is incident to no particular month in

the year, as statistics show, on the whole, as many deaths at one month of the year as at any other there being no real difference between summer and winter. The Doctor believed the constitutional irascibility of the dog was the true etiology of canine madness, and that excision is the only means now known which affords any reasonable hope of successful prevention. The report pronounces as an utter fallacy the general idea that the dog star has anything to do with the origin of virus in the dog, or that summer has any special preponderance over winter in the existence of cases of hydrophobia. The facts submitted, and which had been collected by the Committee, show the following result: Out of 72 cases, 54 were bitten by dogs, 6 by cats, 1 by a raccoon, and 1 by a cow. Out of 62 cases, 4 died the first day, 9 the second, 6 the third, 18 the fourth, the fifth, 2 on each the sixth, seventh and tenth days, and 1 on the twenty-first. That 22 bites occurred in March, April and May; 17 the next quarter; 18 the next, and 22 the last. The average of the time of sickness was 66 days, but this lengthy average was enhanced by two strongly-marked cases, lasting 365 and 360 respectively. The usual average is 41 days. New York Times, May 15.

MISCELLANEOUS.

SALE OF CATTLE AT THE PARIS AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION. There was a great demand for the Ayrshire cattle, which fetched very high prices, but the shorthorns were the favorites. Mr. Ambler's "Grand Master was sold for £250. Two animals, bred by Mr. Jonas Webb and the property of M. de Trehonnais, were sold, even before the opening of the exhibition, for £360. Several others fetched prices ranging between £80 and £150, and we should think that the average of the sale of short-horns would come to about £60.

It is also stated that Mr. Townley refused an offer of £1000 for his bull "Master Butterfly" which obtained the first prize.- Agricultural Paper.

A REMEDY FOR WORMS. Santonine, the active principle of the southernwood, has lately excited the attention of the medical world as a remedy for intestinal worms. According to Dr. Bishop, this agent has been extensively employed in Italy for many years, and with very marked success. It is given in doses of a few grains, and generally in combination with sugar, but it is said to be more active than scammony. The same author also speaks of its value as an expeller of worms from the intestines of the dog, a circumstance of some importance to us as veterinary surgeons, when we consider how frequently this animal is affected with the entozoa, and how very many of his diseases are associated with their presence.- Veterinarian.

NEW INSTRUMENT FOR THE ANALYSIS OF MILK.-Laconte's glactometer which determines with tolerable rapidity and exactness the quantity of butter present in milk, consists of a glass tube, two cubic centimetres wide, the lower end of which is closed. The tube is divided into five parts, each containing five cubic centimetres. To the upper end of the tube a second and less broad glass tube is attached, divided into 10 cubic centimetres, having a short and less broad tube for use as a funnel

fixed to its upper end. Five cubic centimetres of the milk to be tested are poured into the glactometer, and then twenty cubic centimetres of acetic acid. When the funnel end of the tube is closed, and the instrument well shaken, to coagulate the casein, which afterwards dissolves in the excess of acetic acid, the butter rises to the surface of the fluid in the narrow tube in the form of cream, and by warming the fluid a little, to facilitate the separation of the fat, the quantity of butter may be easily read off at the graduation of the narrow tube.- London Lancet.

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