SELECT COMMITTEE ON CONTAGIOUS DISEASES BILL. 653 
original urine. In the above-named experiment it would 
therefore be twenty-six grains in each fluid ounce. Dr. Gar- 
rod alluded to various methods which had from time to time 
been employed for the purpose of ascertaining the amount of 
sugar in the urine in cases of diabetes; showed the difficul- 
ties which most or all of them presented, especially to the 
medical practitioner, which was practically proved by their 
non-employment, and expressed a hope that by means of the 
glucometer the clinical determination of sugar might become 
a matter of little difficulty, and capable of being effected by 
any one engaged in the practice of medicine ; and he also 
considered that such determinations might prove of great 
value, not only in ascertaining the amount of disease under 
which any diabetic subject might be suffering, but also the 
value of various articles of diet and of different remedies in 
the treatment of this most important disease. 
PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE. 
EXTRACTS FROM MINUTES OE EVIDENCE OE THE “ SELECT 
COMMITTEE ON THE SHEEP, &c., CONTAGIOUS DISEASES 
PREVENTION BILL. 5 ’ 
( Examination of Mr, J. B. Simonds continued from p. 587.) 
107. Have those precautions prevented the disease ? — It 
is believed by them that pleuro-pneumonia has frequently 
been exterminated by the adoption of those severe measures. 
108. Mr. Miles. — Is any sum paid for the animals so 
slaughtered? — Yes; which sum is put on them by a jury 
impanneled previous to the slaughtering of the animals. 
109. Lord Naas. — Is that paid for by government ? — Yes, 
as a rule ; sometimes by insurance societies. 
1 10. Do you think that our Chancellor of the Exchequer 
would sanction that? — No. 
1 1 1. Now, take an animal in one of those foreign countries 
that you have alluded to, that has only been suspected to be 
diseased, and which would likewise be subjected to be 
slaughtered ; what deterioration of price would there be be- 
tween that animal and a perfectly sound animal ? — The 
animals are examined after they are slaughtered, and if they 
are found to be in a state of health, they are allowed to be 
sent at once into the market, and to be disposed of, conse- 
quently there is very little loss indeed sustained on such as 
