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for the purpose, from the arms of some of the patients (of whom 

 twelve are in the hospital), among them being the butcher who sold 

 the diseased pork. The swelling of the face and limbs, and the acute 

 muscular pain characterizing the disease, have been observed in all the 

 cases, and some are still considered to be in danger. The penalties 

 of the Germanic custom of eating raw ham are severe. 



A Grant for Geological Microscopy. — We understand that the 

 Eoyal Irish Academy has given the sum of 407. to Mr. G. H. Kinahan 

 in order that he may continue his valuable researches into the micro- 

 scopical structure of rocks, a subject on which for some time Mr. 

 Kinahan has been engaged. 



Sachs' Lehrbuch der Botanik. — We learn from ' Nature ' that 

 this book — which is of interest to microscopical students — is recom- 

 mended by the Board of Studies in Natural Science of the University 

 of Oxford to students preparing for examination at the University. 

 For the benefit of those unacquainted with the German language, the 

 Delegates of the Clarendon Press have arranged with Prof. Sachs and 

 with MM. Engelmann, of Leipzig, for an English translation of this 

 work from the third edition, just published in Germany, and contain- 

 ing a large amount of additional matter ; the whole of the 460 wood- 

 cuts with which the original work is illustrated will be reproduced in 

 the English edition. The translation has been entrusted to Mr. A. W. 

 Bennett, B.Sc, who will also annotate the work on points where sufficient 

 prominence does not appear to be given to recent researches, or undue 

 prominence seems to be assigned to certain theories, in which part of 

 the labour he will be assisted by Prof. Thiselton Dyer. The work is 

 expected to be ready by about the end of the year. 



A Prize for the best Essay on the Reproduction of the Lycopo- 

 diacese to the extent only of 10Z. 10s. is offered by the Edinburgh 

 Botanical Society. This prize is small in amount, and is alone to be 

 competed for by students who have attended the botanical class of the 

 Boyal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, during at least one of the three 

 years preceding the award, and who have gained honours in the class 

 examinations. The author is expected to give results of practical 

 observations and experiments made by himself on the subject, illus- 

 trated by microscopical specimens. The essay and specimens to be 

 given in on or before May 1, 1876, with a sealed note containing the 

 author's name, and a motto outside. 



A Ten Guinea Prize is also to be given by the Council of the 

 Botanical Society of Edinburgh for the best essay on the structure and 

 reproduction of the Frondose and Foliaceous Jungermanniaceas. This 

 prize is subject to all the conditions specified in the case of the 

 former. 



