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PHYSIOLOGY : ITS PLACE IN EDUCATION. 
The establishment of a single market, and within reach of 
Paris, might involve other desirable measures; for instance, 
the verification of meat, which every one declares to be of a 
quality frequently wretched ; and by this means the preven- 
tion of the entry into Paris of dead meat , or that of animals 
killed beyond the Barriers, most frequently diseased, and 
killed clandestinely. The consumption of meat under such 
circumstances assumes a frightful proportion ; for in 1856 it 
reached the amount of 17,150,000 kilogrammes, being a 
third of the consumption of meat proceeding from the 
abattoirs; whereas in 1818 it was only 366,000, and in 1846 
4,653,000 kilogrammes. 
All meat which has not passed under inspection alive 
ought to be proscribed; it is the only means of insuring a 
healthful alimentation. 
Such is the state of this great question of the butchery, so 
important in all points of view for agriculture, and so worthy 
of engaging the attention of all reflecting men. — Farmer’s 
Magazine. 
PHYSIOLOGY:' ITS PLACE IN GENERAL EDUCATION. 
The publication, in rapid succession, of popular text-books 
on physiology, will be regarded with great satisfaction by all 
who take an interest in the promotion of sanitary science. 
The appearance of these works denotes, that the importance 
of a knowledge of the means of preserving health is gain- 
ing general — not, too hastily, to say universal — recognition; 
for there can scarcely be a stronger proof of the value 
attached to any branch of knowledge, than that a sys- 
tematic attempt should be made to place its principles within 
the reach of all classes, and to introduce them into the 
instruction of youth. 
As sanitarians, we must argue from the practical utility of 
the popular study of physiology. But there is another 
argument urged in favour of its pursuit — an argument which 
we fully appreciate, and which Dr. Lardner enforces in his 
peculiarly striking language. 
“Of all the stores of knowledge/’ says this author, “there 
are surely none which should more pique our natural cu- 
riosity than those which open to us a view of animated nature 
In these we have, so to speak, a selfish interest. So far as 
relates to our material being, we are ourselves one of the 
