550 
FACTS AND OBSERVATIONS. 
for several days, having been bitten in the interim. The 
pack was a “ bitch pack.” 
INFLUENZA AMONG THE HORSES IN PARIS 
AND NEW YORK. 
The disease ordinarily known as influenza, which was 
recently very rife among the horses of the metropolis, appears 
to have almost entirely ceased, or to have assumed so mild a 
character as to create very little interest or anxiety. We learn, 
however, that a similar malady has broken out with much 
violence among the omnibus and cab horses in Paris, and 
that large numbers of them have died. 
The public papers report that of 300 horses recently pur- 
chased by the Paris Cab Company from the Prussian military 
commanders, no less than 200 have been carried off by the 
disease. 
We are also informed that a similar disease is raging to a 
serious extent among the horses in New York, and that the 
losses by death are very heavy. 
A leading peculiarity of the New York outbreak is that 
the nervous system is much involved in the morbid action, 
whereby paralytic attacks are frequent complications. 
Facts and Observations. 
The Brown Bequest. — By the liberality of Mr. Cun- 
liffe, who presented <£2000 for the purpose, the University of 
London has now been formally placed in possession of an 
excellent site and buildings in the Wandsworth Road, Batter- 
sea, and the Brown Institute for the Treatment and Study of 
the Diseases of Domestic Animals is now an accomplished 
fact. £30,000 are available for the purpose. Dr. Burdon 
Sanderson, F.R.S., has been appointed by the Senate the 
professor-superintendent. The Senate also accepted a scheme 
for the management of the Institution, involving the appoint- 
ment of — 1st. A Committee of Management, to be composed 
of the Vice-Chancellor, six members of the Senate, and the 
Registrar, or Assistant- Registrar, if a medical man; and 
2ndly. A professor-superintendent, a veterinary-assistant, a 
clerk, and subordinates, the two former to reside on the pre- 
