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horticulture for the production of early crops. The same thing 
is being done on a large scale in Japan. 
L. Palmieri (“ Rend. Accad. di Napoli ”) observes that if 
several chlorides are introduced simultaneously into the same 
flame, the speCtral lines of only one of them are often seen. 
Copper chloride, unless in large excess, is not visible in presence 
of sodium chloride. 
There has lately sprung up an Association, or Union, or 
“ Movement,” for opposing thp “ Deceased Wife’s Sister’s Agita- 
tion.” Characteristically, there is among the members of the 
committee not a single medical man or physiologist — the only 
class entitled to be heard on the question. 
MM. W. Wroblewski and Olszewski have solidified carbon di- 
sulphide at — ii6° C., alcohol at — 130*5° C., and have obtained 
oxygen as a colourless mobile liquid at 135*8° C., under a pressure 
of 22 atmospheres. 
During anti-cyclones the temperature of mountain stations 
fluctuates strangely within a few hours. According to “ Ciel et 
Terre ” the following temperatures were registered at Trogen, at 
the altitude of 892 metres, on December 6th, 1869 : — At noon, 
10*2° C. ; at 1 p.m., 9*4°; at 2, —4*6°; at 3, 4*3°; at 4, 4*1°; 
at 5, —4*8° ; at 6, 8*8° ; and at 7, —4*2°. Thus from 5 to 6 p.m. 
the thermometer rose 24*6° F., and fell nearly to the same extent 
by 7 p.m. 
Dr. Joseph proposes to attack field-mice by means of a highly 
contagious and fatal skin-disease to which they are liable. This 
disease is occasioned by a parasitical fungus ( Achorion Schon- 
leinii). Dr. Joseph proposes to catch a few mice, treat them 
with the fungus, and turn them loose. 
Dr. Stumpf (“Archiv. f. Klin. Medicin.”) has made some inte- 
resting experiments on the influence of certain medicines upon 
the secretion of milk. Small doses of potassium iodide admi- 
nistered to a goat doubled the fatty matter and increased the 
sugar in her milk, the albumenoids and salts remaining un- 
changed. Lead slightly increased total solids and albumenoids, 
but diminished fatty matter. Morphine produced no perceptible 
change. Alcohol — whether pure, diluted with water, or in the 
form of beer — increased sugar and fatty matter, decreasing the 
specific gravity, and leaving the quantity unaffedted. 
Covering the skin with an air-proof varnish is, according to 
Dr. Ellenberger (“Deutsche Zeitschrift. Thier-Medizin ”) not 
necessarily fatal. 
Prof. Kirchner, in a long series of researches, confirms the 
conclusion of Darwin that only the point of the root of plants is 
diredtly sensitive to gravitation. 
