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THE DISEASES OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



For Braunschweig, Uhde reports : "Whole number examined 

 between 1866 and 1880, 111,806 ; trichinous, 29. 



1866-'67 there was found 1 bog of every 6,700 examined, trichinous. 



PEUSSIAN STATE STATISTICS. 



Trichinous, 1 to 1,845. 



Eulenburg's report for 1880 deserves some special consideration. 



The ratio of trichinae in swine in Prussia has, we see, constantly 

 advanced with each year since 1876.. In 1879 it was 1 to 1,632 ; 

 and in 1880, 1 to 1,460 ; which must be attributed to greater exact- 

 ness in the observations. The great number, constantly increasing, 

 of appointed examiners is also worthy of notice: from 11,915 in 

 1876, they have been increased to 18,332 in 1880. In Berlin they 

 found 1 to 1,247 swine trichinous, while in Posen the ratio was 

 1 to 138, which more nearly corresponds to the conditions in this 

 country. There does not seem to be at present any endeavor on 

 the part of the Government to make investigations into the cause 

 of these things. Three hundred and twenty-nine cases of trichiniasis 

 among human beings, and four deaths, are reported. In all cases it 

 was traced to the consumption of either uncooked or improperly 

 examined pork. In Berlin there were but sixteen cases during the 

 year, a much smaller number than in previous years, which is at- 

 tributed to the greater stringency with which the examinations are 

 carried out. One of these cases is interesting from the fact that 



