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NOTES. 
An Amusing Instance of Journalistic Inconsistency . — One of 
the fiercest opponents of experimental science among the lay 
journals is the “ Echo,” a cheap evening paper, one of the fixed 
beliefs of which, to judge from the nature of its articles on scien- 
tific questions, is that the “ Anti ” view is the one most worthy 
of support. Hence it is a constant occurrence to find its pages 
ornamented with reports of meetings addressed by anti-vaccina- 
tors, anti-vivisedtors, et hoc genus omne , while its readers are not 
unfrequently treated to editorials even penned in the same 
amiable service. It is therefore with a feeling of wondering 
surprise we find the “ Echo” devoting nearly a third of a column 
to a jubilant description of the benefits to mankind produced 
through Pasteur’s inoculation experiments on sheep and other 
animals. Can it be that the editor of the “ Echo ” has forgotten 
the mode of inquiry by which those results were obtained ? or 
is it that he has become convinced of the absurdity of antagonism 
to progress, and is resolved to sever the connection existing 
between himself and the party that employs his paper as a means 
of promulgating “ Anti ” views ? It should be said, however, 
that the “ Echo ” has for long consistently denounced the torture 
of animals under the excuse of “ sport,” and we are glad to wel- 
come the appearance of a determination on its part now to 
uphold the legitimacy of vivisedtion, or rather the experiments 
on living animals, as it undoubtedly does, indiredtly, by accepting 
the value of Pasteur’s discoveries. — Medical Press and Circular. 
(We must not forget that inconsistency lies at the very root of 
the Anti-vivisedtion Movement.) 
The “ Moniteur Scientifique Quesneville ” gives some curious 
statements of a Parisian ravageur concerning human bodies 
floating in the river : — “ I always know beforehand if it is a man 
or a woman. If the body has the face upwards it is a woman ; 
if it floats on its belly, with the nose in the water, it is a man. 
I have remarked that a man who has been thrown into the water 
after being assassinated reappears on the surface much earlier 
than one who has fallen in by accident, or has drowned himself. 
The time the body remains beneath shows whether it is a case 
of suicide or of murder. Fishes avoid any particularly offensive 
discharge of matter from the mouth of the sewer, and hide them- 
selves among the weeds till the nuisance has passed.” 
It would appear from “ Light ” that Mrs. Kingsford, M.D., who 
