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pneumony in cattle. In this memoir, in which he has reviewed 
the opinions of the French and Italian authors, he has cited, in 
support of his opinion, several cases which came under his ob- 
servation. This work was printed and circulated among the 
agriculturists of those districts by the Supreme Minister of Health 
in Piedmont. 
5. M. Jaques Bugaulthas published some letters on the ame- 
lioration of the breeds of domestic animals in Les Deux Sevres 
and Poitou. M. Gayot, master of the stud at Strasburg, has 
published a synoptical table of the principal breeds of horses ; 
and M. De Truchet has given us a new edition of his work on 
the horses of Camergue. These three works contain several de- 
tails of local interest. 
6. M. Berger Perriere has published a memoir on empiricism 
and charlatanism; and another on egagropiles in cattle and 
sheep. The instruction contained in the first will assist in put- 
ting down the empirics and charlatans, but the egagropiles will 
for a long time to come resist the power of medicine. 
7. M. Demilly, senior, has sent to the society a memoir on the 
operation of tracheotomy, and the different kinds of tubes that 
have been employed to permit the passage of the air. The so- 
ciety has requested him to send to them a model of the tube 
which he prefers. 
8. M. Vogeli, veterinary surgeon to the 7th regiment of Artil- 
lery, has published the first part of a Forage Flora ( Une Flore 
Fourragere ), or complete treatise on the food of the horse. 
9. M. Grognier, professor of the royal veterinary school at 
Lyons, has sent us the new editions of his treatises on health 
and zoology, and also his publications on the fattening of calves, 
oxen, and cows. 
10. M. Herpin, doctor of physic, has transmitted his work 
on inflammatory engorgement of the spleen, which prevailed as 
an epizootic among sheep. 
MEMOIRS AND CASES. 
1. M. Ollivier has addressed to the society a description of a 
case of arthritis followed by nephritis in a mule. It is an iso- 
lated case unaccompanied by reference to any previous one of 
the kind ; but we trust that he will continue his inquiries into 
so interesting a subject. 
2. M. Ferdinand de Nanzio sent an essay on a new method 
of treating lamenesses of the hip-joint, and of curing founder in 
the horse. These essays likewise appear in the Abstract of the 
Proceedings of the Veterinary Medical Association, pp. 64 and 68. 
