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Any one food, persevered in without change or mixture, 
is contrary to the maintenance of health. It is a truth too 
notorious among physiologists to need being insisted on. 
Linseed may suit pigs at a certain age — sow s who are able 
to extract the nutritious fluid from it. But, after w eaning, in 
spite of the large proportion of azotic principle in linseed, 
the stomach of the young pig is unable to extract but very 
incompletely the assimilant principles which are buried in 
the midst of abundant mucilage. 
Thus humid cold is a potent cause of disease. In the 
% season of great cold we should keep the young pigs shut up 
in some w 7 arm and w 7 ell- ventilated place. They ought to 
have abundance of dry litter. But, if we manage to have 
some pigging at one season rather than at another, the w r et 
and cold will not be so much to be feared ; for then the 
weaning will take place before the bad days of winter set in, 
and, when such days come, the organism of the young 
subject will have acquired strength enough inwardly, with 
sufficient powder of resistance. — Journal des Veterinaires , 
Toulouse , 2e serie , tom. in, 1 850. 
Home Department. 
PRESENTATION OF A TESTIMONIAL 
TO 
PROFESSOR MORTON, 
BY THE STUDENTS OF THE ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
A Meeting of the Students of the Royal Veterinary Col- 
lege, w 7 as held in the Theatre of that Institution, on Saturday, 
April 16 , 1853, at which all the Teachers w 7 ere present by 
invitation. 
Mr. T. O. Dudfield, in the Chair. 
On the table w T ere placed a handsome China vase, mas- 
sively mounted in ormolu, w ith a pair of candelabra to match, 
and a pair of richly ornamented silver covers. 
By the request of the Chairman, the following Resolution 
was read by the Honorary-Secretary, Mr. W. Partridge: — 
“ At a Meeting held by the Students, in the Theatre of 
the College, October the 30th, 1852, the following Resolu- • 
tion was unanimously carried, 
“That the talents, industry, and personal kindness of 
