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in the last part of your leader relating to the subject, that 
the principal veterinary surgeon will obtain the well-merited 
thanks of the profession, should he succeed in his laudable 
undertaking, and the attainment of his praiseworthy endea- 
vours will be hailed as a great boon by army veterinary 
surgeons as one that has been long required. 
Facts and Observations. 
POISONING OF SHEEP WITH STRYCHNIA. 
Eleven sheep were found dead in the fold of Mr. Danby, 
farmer, near Kirton, North Lincolnshire, on Sunday morn- 
ing. An examination of the animals was made, when it was 
found that they had been poisoned by strychnia ; and the 
supposition is, the deadly drug had been forced down their 
throats, Battle's “ vermin killer" being the medium through 
which it is believed to have been administered. A reward 
of £50 has been offered by Mr. Danby, and £50 more by 
his neighbours, for the detection of the offender or offenders. 
In connection with this subject it may be mentioned, that a 
few days ago two fine steers, the property of Mr. J. Taylor, 
of Summerhill, near Gainsborough, suddenly dropped down 
in the field, and one of them died, the other being saved 
with difficulty. It was ascertained that the animals had 
been cropping a yew fence which bounded Mr. Taylor’s 
garden, and that the attack was owing to this cause. — 
Daily Dress. 
THE ACARI OF DIFFERENT ANIMALS. 
A part of a very interesting paper has been presented to 
the Academy of Medicine by Messrs. Bourguignon and 
Delafond, i( On the Animalcules of the Itch of Man and 
Animals, and on the transmission of Itch from Animals to 
Man." One of the general results arrived at is, that each 
species of animal has a special kind of itch and of animalcule. 
The authors have ascertained this fact in the horse, the ox, 
the sheep, the cat, the rabbit, the dromedary, the lion, the 
fox, and several other species. They divide the various 
kinds of animalculae into two genera, the sarcoptes and the 
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