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ported into Great Britain, representing the clip of about 45,000 women. 

 JVlucih of this is obtained from tlie hirge communities of sisterhoods 

 scattered throughout France and Belgium. 



PRESERVINa EGGS. 



The French Journal de Pharmacie contains an account of various 

 experiments made in France on the best method of preserving eggs — a 

 subject of much importance there. Among the different processes, the 

 best, and at the same time one of the simplest, was found to consist in 

 rubbing some vegetable oil (linseed especially) on the eg^, this pre- 

 venting any alteration for a sufficient time, and proving to be much 

 more satisfactory than any other plan hitherto recommended. 



CARBOLIC ACID AND RINDERPEST. 



Dr. Hope, in a communication to the British Association, stated the 

 result of certain experiments upon cattle with carbolic acid, during the 

 rinderpest pestilence in 1867. Of about 270 cows under liis charge the 

 majority were attacked by the disease ; but by injecting a solution 

 of carbolic acid, either through the mouth or rectum, he was enabled 

 to recover 111 of them. The remainder, not so dealt with, died, or had 

 to be slaugliteied. For this reason, he argued that the chemical treat- 

 ment of contagion is much better than the medicinal, both in respect 

 to man and adult animals. 



CARBOLIC ACID IN TANNING. 



A patent was not long since taken out in Paris for the application 

 of carbolic acid as a preventive of ])utrefaction in the different branches 

 of leather manufacture, a few thousandth parts of carbolic acid added 

 to the li(juids used ui tanning i)reventing the rotting of the skin, it is 

 said, during the process of preparation. 



CHINESE METHOD OF PRESERVING GRAPES. 



Travelers inform us that the Chinese have a method of preserving 

 grapes, so as to have them at tlieir command during the entire year; 

 and a recent author gives us the following account of the method 

 adopted. It consists in cutting a circular piece out of a ripe pumpkin 

 or gourd, making an aperture large enough to admit the hand. The 

 interior is then completely cleaned out, the ripe grapes are placed in- 

 side, and the cover replaced and i)ressed in firndy. The pum[)kins are 

 then kept in a cool place, and the grapes will be found to retain their 

 freshness for a very long time. We are told that a very careful selection 

 must be made of the pumpkin, the common field pumpkin, however, 

 being well adapted for the [)urpose in question. 



TREATiMENT OF SCARLET FEVER. 



Mr. Lennox, in a late communication upon the very prevalent epi- 

 demic of scarlet fever through England and Wales, calls attention to 

 certain common sense views in regard to its treatment, which commend 

 themselves to all tljoughtful persons. He remarks that although we 

 may not always be al)le to control the appearance of the disease, yet 

 Avlien it has been developed, its further ju'ogress is or should be entirely 

 under our control, since it is a contagious disease, and, as such, capable 

 of being antagonized, in this case, as in many oth( r diseases, the 

 poison is evidently propagated in the form of germs, whatever be their 



