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by hypodermic injection all died from its effects; while out of nine 

 sheep and one goat inoculated by intravenous injection none suc- 

 cumbed, but on the contrary, all successfully resisted the effect of 

 subsequent inoculations. Of five rabbits which received as a 

 draught some saliva infected with virus and mixed with water, only 

 two died. The conclusions deducted are: — (i) Intravenous injec- 

 tion of the poison of rabies into sheep does not produce the disease, 

 but seems to confer immunity against it; (2) introduction of the 

 poison into the digestive organs is fraught with danger. Galtier has 

 reasons for suspecting that intravenous injection, practiced the day 

 following a bite or inoculation, or even the next day, will prove 

 effectual in warding off the malady. — Comptes Rendus. 



INVERSIONAL PHILOSOPHY. 



A philosopher sat in his easy chair, 



Looking as grave as Milton; 

 He wore a solemn, mysterious air 



As he Canada balsam spit on 

 A strip of glass, as a slide, to prepare 



For a mite taken out of his Stilton. 



He took his microscope out of case. 



And settled the focus rightly; 

 The light, thrown back from the mirror's face. 



Came glimmering upwardly brightly; 

 He put the slide with the mite in place. 



And fixed on the cover tightly. 



He turned the instrument up and down, 



Till, getting a proper sight, he 

 Exclaimed, as he gazed with a puzzled frown, 



"Good gracious!" and "Highty tighty! 

 The sight is enough to alarm the town; 



A mite is a monster mighty!" 



From t'other end of the tube, the mite 



Regarded our scientific. 

 To its naked eye, as you will guess, the sight 



Of man was most terrific; 

 But reversing the microscope made him quite 



The opposite of magnific. 



