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[February, 
. temperature produced by the release of liquefied oxygen 
is given by M. Wroblewski (“ Comptes Rendus ”) as approxi- 
Certain compounds isolated by M. Pouchet from animal excreta 
anc from putrescent matter, and described in a communication 
to the Academy of Sciences, occasion in frogs paralysis, with 
cessation of the reflex movements. The heart is finally arrested 
in systole. J 
The Rev. W. H. Dallinger, F.R.S., has been nominated to 
the chan- of the Royal Microscopical Society. The president 
•tu distinguished for his researches in conjundtion 
with Dr. J. J Drysdale, on the life-history of monads, an inves- 
tigation of the most laborious nature : in some instances the 
two observers relieved each other at the microscope for a long 
period, until the observations were completed. One of the most 
important results of their researches was the discovery of the 
comparatively high temperatures* which the germs of the most 
minute Infusoria were capable of surviving, amounting almost 
to lndestrudhbility, and giving the finishing blow to the dodtrine 
ot heterogenesis. 
Prof. R. Owen, on retiring from his post as Keeper of the 
Natural History Department of the British Museum, has re- 
ceived the rank of C.B. Surely a trifling honour, if we consider 
the exalted merits of the veteran savant, and compare him with 
ceitain men upon whom it has been formerly conferred ! 
Les Mondes announces the formation of an “ International 
Society of Eledtricians,” the officials and council of which 
appear, however, to be all Frenchmen. 
It is said that Prof. Huxley, P.R.S., will receive the offer of a 
baronetcy. 
The epidemic of trichiniasis at Emersleben, and some neigh- 
bouring villages, extended to upwards of 370 persons, of whom 
51 died. All the sufferers had eaten “ hack fleisch,” i.e. pork 
chopped up fine, and consumed perfedtly raw ! 
M. A Cornu (“ Comptes Rendus ”) records a white rainbow 
seen at Courtenay, on the morning of November 28th. 
M. Ch. Trepied, in a communication to the Academy of 
Sciences, states that the spedtrum of the comet Pons-Brooks 
agrees in its visible portion with that of the flame of alcohol. 
Mr. “ Stuart Cumberland ” has been performing in Edinburgh 
under the combined auspices of Law, Physic, and Divinity. & 
* Tetramitus rostrata could resist a temperature of 230° F (121° C ) • Dn 1 
lingena Drysdah, 220°; Ccrcomonas typica, 260“; and Heteromita rostrata and 
¥‘ unanatn passed unscathed through a temperature of no less than 300° F 
(148 C.), which represents the highest limit that has yet been obtained. 
