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other local gentlemen, moved resolutions appointing a com- 
mittee, nominating Dr. Bence Jones, F.R.S., treasurer, and 
Mr. W. G. S. Harrison, B.A., town clerk of Folkestone, and 
Mr. George Eastes, M.B., Albion-place, Hyde Park-square, 
London, joint honorary secretaries. Subscriptions to be 
received at the Western Branch of the Bank of England, 
Burlington-gardens, to the credit of the fund. When we 
wish to think well of ourselves and to establish a claim on 
the gratitude of mankind, we call ourselves the countrymen of 
Harvey and of Jenner, whose discoveries have done more for 
the relief of mankind and the saving of life, the glory of 
science and the progress of biology, than those of any other 
two men, past or present. Let us show that we know now 
how to honour their memory . — British Medical Journal . 
Amputation of the Leg of a Cow. — The Birmingham 
Post records a case of successful amputation of the limb of a 
cow by a veterinary surgeon, and the adaptation of a wooden 
leg to the stump, by means of which the animal is u walking 
about and doing well.” Cases of amputation of limbs 
are novelties in the practice of veterinary surgery, arising 
from the comparative uselessness of animals with mechanically 
constructed legs. We need not say that they are every-day 
occurrences in human surgery. 
Carbolic Acid in Veterinary Practice.— La Tribune 
Medicate (Sept. 24th, 1871) publishes a letter from a medical 
man of Savoy, M. Lochon, who states that, in a distressing 
epidemic of cattle-plague, which had been very destructive, 
the following treatment arrested the spread of the disease : — 
1. Bleeding to the extent of three quarts. 2. Administer a 
quart of lukewarm water in which are dissolved two drachms 
and a half of crystallised carbolic acid. 3. Give, once or 
twice, four quarts of strong infusion of coffee. 4. Energetic 
frictions to excite cutaneous reaction. 5. Scarify the infil- 
trated regions. 6. In the course of the complaint give several 
quarts of the infusion of gentian. 7. Dress with the solution 
of carbolic acid mentioned above the pustules which form on 
the hide. In this manner were treated fifty cows, seven 
horses, and one pig. Of all these only one cow died, whilst 
previous to these measures the mortality was considerable. 
Australian Meat. — The Guardians of St. Luke, Chelsea, 
recently received two cases of Australian preserved meat in 
61b. -cans, one of beef and one of mutton, which they directed 
the master to report upon. The following is the report of 
the master (Mr. Gibbons) : 
