1010 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. = [Novewnsr 10, ik 
tion, I regret to say the Tapy A oilcake, mr a quantity ‘ of the dairy produce ! But of late years con- is rn = to quote bo Pesci: sentences of 
bad and foul see growing evil . Richardson’s paper. He À 
hich requires to be checked. The nu ter of inferior | of parasites. In a piece of pork a few yellow specl ks JE proved, in what 
and downright injurious oileakes submitted to me on aaki vesicles, which do not appear of the retain 
light mportance, may in reality be tapeworms in 
= cakes”? Ther s great 1 si fige: of development, for the e de struction of whi ch 
being adopted to m i this evil, oak it pent not w al ks we have to hope for prolonged b 
met by any RE E Union is strength ; ing. If the meat be eaten heria done, a a parasite at 
unless they united for mutual protection, they ast once developes in the human intestine, which it some- 
not prevail against the impostors. If the members of | times baffles human skill to displace. The raat S 
ul bine, and get all the cake they | surgeons arane aug the length and breadth of our 
requi from one dealer, it would be a means of |land should be accur: pe aes, with be Sate 
9 him to ) provi ide a good and wholesome article; diseases x animals ; and, wever unattra Å the | th ie ope i rinariay titre inniities 
= ing of their | study at first sight may melons no scientific mind | than to the physician. His k es are greater aa 
ost serious consideration. There was anothe r way of fan —_ a ait He the advantages to be derived ei i ee g his mind each 
eescmieg eet difficulty, and SaS ay by making the extended knowledge of Helminthology. 
Rapecake themselves. The proe ee beli eved, was Therefore, gentlemen, the sources of disease in man 
extremely peas and two or Twi ac hg “ might ite be discovered by cle ue ipases Md 
easily be sown with Rape, which was a rolifie | a mals, : from few sokon 
article. He was quite prepared, for one, i 
experiment, habe ware the only remedies which he On this very interesting peor I have to Vouei and conso cael niuni ae the f 
considered practicable: but he vould be e glag to bests perneal of two very l ucid and elaborate papers by ved æ iii by PAREAN, BO eiri ror |! 
and ~~ a better, if a better were s ted. . Lindsay of Perth, and esteemed frie’ ms Dr. Re i si ? sac š 
Aiton said. thers ‘waa. aA Ui Bic ardson of London. Both these important contribu- wet Recognising, as piei ai dicine of every 
i 6. Pin that 
Kelso established for the purpose of Tibbetts Phe | t ms to comparative pathology were published i in the Siedieius hetthas and medicine veterinarian i inctly 
members fro! aia ponon in the shape of adulterated first volume of the ‘Edinburgh Veterinary Review ;? |as the animal creation is one, T feel greatly hen oitred in | ml 
manures and feeding stuffs, and its operations had | ai k that abt ome | prepped of a barrat a into this new ti literary 
: . ry incomplete paper. ; 
een productive of great advantage to the neighbour- pathology. s should contain the contributions of men so Z 
o wth of Flax Was at one time a very | fitted to act as pioneers in tho study of the sciences to Though too modestly estimating his contribution tp 
favourite topic with an extensive landed proprietor on ~— that eae is devoted. Secondly, the ccm our first Scotch veterinary per iodical, Dr. Richardson 
the other side of the Border, Sir James Graham, who nd a mals sare ofte n due to similar uses. has p proved, by m more than that i 
ar ed to debate on the great phage: ie ofc ultivating Th rey gni p ! erinarian Can, WI eat 
t a ploded lik d thei tion, though himself and direct —_ eas , others, dive into the 
Flax as gro a large scale tise was danger that, almost Sne, jr in by the medical man, mysterious working of nai 
while i hinges OR te neglected, it occupy the time and attention af enlightened “Tn nsidering, gentle- 
well attende d ito. ,He thoug ht an _ organisation such as | veterinary surgeons. The evil results of over-w ork, over- | a the relations o of  wterhnay to social Science, it is 
el asin vee of | expedien a h es whic! 
D io vate — and, ad suggested that the whe cial os t, of the “nature of food as ite "by | publie ought to expect from N d men piei a 
Kelso Society should be communicated with. odern cultivation, and the influence of such changes | dishonest trade in diseased animals. This is 
on A all constitute vast subjects for inquiry. The all other dishonest trades, i rege as its effect i 
Review mysterious nature. and. operation uss enzootic as of ruin the health of many, though it more directly 
£ ‘bin S. endemic. influences, of im ie ic of endemi nic the poor of their mean e 
influences, of - miasmata canon tritious, if not unwholesome 
The Relations. of Palas ines ary te Social Science, being | as constantly occupy the BE he of our profession price which, however small, 
be er Address delivered by Professor Ji arg wats subjects, as the ae material being often worse than wi 
or, Poingipal of the new Veterinary College, | bers of the profession of ae medici ine., All | thes been my lot to speak ve 
Bain eager and in faci t ineur the displeas 
ea EE, copy of i: pamphlet, which | has a caning on poen? it is.a fact worthy of keep up the trade, 
is characterised by the well kno ti t the Me dical Officers of Health of the City prove that I injured the 
energy of its author, and furnishes ZRA eader MNN, an of London more than the 
pona instruction and satisfactory Een i the influence ti and | an interest in the nthe Servi of such inspect 
reeeives are chiefly on the ‘relations of man | a host of simil s th and this for various  reasons:—Istly. The | 
and animals as regards heal health—the-e bility of | crowded cities, contributin ng te to fill bie hospitals and | of a i a mber of diseased 
d the sanatory effect | swell mortality lists—specially allude to ya injurious [some extent to diminish the price 
of the sound or unsound ood fixe rived -from healthy or | influence exerted by stables and byre „In these If the Park were discarded, the 
jseased animals. On these points we extract the | matters, backed by adequate authorit; ity, | n any case, be raised in price. 
following passages :— : should ff ct much good. The ‘Medical Teens in an | Every carcase can be proved of far higher v 
Diseases of Men and Animals.—“ In first place, | article on the rpene ment of sanitary medicine, cor usually thinks fit 
men and animals are ghee, to sienflar “ais eases—to | men my on a report by Dr. Lankester, says, ‘ Stal p llowed is 
diseases irs gh one to riya: E e AN Sgn are necessary nuisances. Horses or donkeys we must | sums; ib as 
ete either e | have; but then ayo ought to R apatia care that | would cover a great part of the 
in the lo i they be kept jan suitable and laudable manner—z.e., | beasts, if turned to proper. 
vnitted Ante first to second, or ges to fst rrithont up to the ogee of scientific saniey requirement, But | and manufacture. On this subject I- hope, on 
other means of development or propagation. sg how seldom they so ke alba ne ere are,’ writes the | early occasion, to speak at greater len inasmu 
study of diseases, _ thei mparative relatio ions Doctor, ce i ofn which are more con- | thousands of pounds are annually | 
different animals, i> mplained of, ant lk -kept and ill- A a either by the dishonourable trade in diseased 
Pathology. It must be paian to all that the amount | stables.’ le his own ‘parish e Dr. Lankester, has | by the meper Sr of burying a dead anim 
of danger man incurs by living amongst animals, under | wage a ibaldian AEE EIN warfar procuri it 
different circumstances, should be mit but on this] against these Augean q rs, and. reports abate- | are igprovient rast 
most important subject we need mea apa ed iment of 208 out of 268 stable nuisances lained | surgeons 
Vo spread of diseases in animals, their mataro, and tl e | of. Happily, as it appears, the owners of horses are houses, ‘they might in many cases, in passing 
tent to which they are committing rava wholesome which m 
ies are many unsuspected sources of dis sg in'man, | behalf of their quadrupedal slaves, than. h hold 
from t the prevalence of disease, in „animals, is often aliy are in behalf of their eae tenants, As Dr.| instance of this, I may mention a case in which I 
Lankester says, ‘The reference t notices ofinprore ealled in to = an ox for ro-pneumonia. 
I must illustrate my meani ng. In different a of | ment in the stables showed | that. the owners were quite found him health i 
England, Scotland, n ik aa — are ss os ect t 2 
anthrax, common! as quarter-evil, or by the | in ae: a response which ous * yp ooh difficult. to | the man who wished to condemn the 
more ludicrous pint Apn ack leg, eh to thank n behalf of the hum: cupants 2 hou uses that the animal had the, ay disease, 
aut Eton e for the rare DAH abet in these needing Diy AE haea Lastly. wit he i 
cases, «€ virulent poison, w destroys ing, and it shows how, "aged $ system of meat inspection, diseases ar J: 
many human beings in warm climates. So destructive is br the inence of anthowtigy aparsan em a paces Bt aore ox un matters of minor importance 
this poison, that flies resting on the carcases of animals | that which, on the simple advice of. e a ARR . An organ might w sone by 
or even on the parts affected e a gto seid Many of si ard war Swit mam surgeon, whereas no 
in the living animal, ae ak tae hand, | against 1 ‘izens of filth ase in cows , or 
induce malignant pustule, and death in a short time. | are kept, but we cannot boast of the success which has | has, however, a di 
Though such accidents are doubtless extremely rare | attended the assiduity of Dr. Lankester as Medical | profession dadd have 
amongst us, we must not take it for granted that they | Officer of Health. Sanitary reformers+in considering | observation, to enlig! 
do not occur. Dr, Keith of Aberdeen related a case to | the history of epidemics have of late years A psorcmalap? | which can be farnish 
me, where disease and death spread throug’ h the 1e family far too much, * ag opinion, the con tagion nature of|as by the appointment 
of veterinar 
of a man who dressed a carcase of Cho a typhus, ye ellow _ fev: be un- salaries and authority suited to th 
of quarter-ill ; and had we better means “of © lecti t ly d spectors of sl: er-houses and 
‘Information on these subjects, many similar the develop- | This subject, 
wail doubtless come to our knowledge. _A eitanoous | ment ‘of a specific poison, which oe pinky have | since the days I was a student in the London | 
isease o contagium, or principle by which contagion Collage eda I wandered about the London ¢ 
rap he receives the of ringworm, is a pustular | is effected. The investigation into the nature of and saw the „disgusti ing practices incidents tt to thea 
ommunica ble to man; and I have: often seen | contagium, of the man, Hypo which infi 
bad ioe farunculoid ‘eraption— -on the ha nds and | and hae or check i the veterinarian were hashed up with dowry 
t, prese: roducts of diseas 
ost practical cats he inquiry that I am egtalty unsightly and un tele £o 
cotibiderable indisposition, and w Sarnaki to cure. arbe with. As Dr. Richardson says, in the article | how. a lot o E tlie, care ayr ; 
Again, I' may mention "the vesi so pre- | before alluded to, the production of maladies by the] dressed up w e fat ne fat of, ae or thi 
valent in cows, hayes with “the development of | discovery of thei eir poison, which Dr. Lindsay accom- | bullocks killed "with them ; and how the flesh of: 
virus, bom - often squeezed into found its wa: way to 
sas toe milked. Such milk, — co will kill | settle {questions relating to. the „origin of poder and, | but to the table of fe middle wad 5 
inane pigs, und indues fever a us eruptions careful experiment, much is to be accomplished the quarters sold to the ipar niten 
Ft age not be attended with dangerous | which has ever been regarded as obscure, and ERSA | enough weekly for their own consumption. 
portan at ie popat en of by the i mfan- | stances are reconciled, which, on a superficial pied a: | people may be n by by tia Know tiat n 
, have been regarded as contradictory. I m the bad carcases 
