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patron saint in whose commune the patient is found. After this 
they administer a drink composed of a thousand simple flowers. 
Gras, a labourer at Pied Mes, has found out a way to relieve 
himself from the fatigues of his occupation. He remains at 
home, and eftects a cure in the cattle at whatever distance they 
may be. It is sufficient that they bring to him some of the 
mane and the hair. For every shade of this he has a powder of 
the same hue, and this is ordered to be given to the beast in a 
decoction of rosemary blessed ou the day of Palms. 
V ArmanD, of Bartholais, does better. He has the same pow¬ 
ders as Gras, but he finds that they will sometimes fail. H 
then recommends the owner to say so many masses, and burn 
so many tapers in the stable in which the sick animals are. I 
doubt whether the cures celebrated by Armand have ever done 
more. 
Samuel, of Gos, shuts himself up for half an hour in the 
stable of the sick beast. At the expiration of thattime,he opens the 
doors and windows, pronounces some magical words, invokes the 
saints to remove the evil; and then, placing himself before the 
beast, makes the sign of the cross on his forehead, practises a 
bleeding under the tongue, and finishes by administering a certain 
powder, of the composition of which I am ignorant. 
At Creissels is an old shepherd, now a smith, whose medical 
skill is principally exercised on sheep. As soon as disease 
begins to appear in the flock, he has them all driven to be 
sprinkled with holy water by the curt who gravely blesses them, 
and says a mass over them. This being finished, the doctor 
takes his turn. He shuts himself up with the flock in the 
sheep-house for at least an hour, after which he permits the pro¬ 
fane to enter. He then before them administers to each animal 
a certain quantity of salt, antimony, and a powder which he says is 
earth from the land of Egypt: and here his labours end, and he 
demands his fee. And all this happens in the nineteenth century, 
and in the midst of the most civilized nation in the world. 
(He promises to resume the subject in another letter.) 
MONOMANIA IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS—FUROR 
UTERINUS. 
By Professor Rodet. 
[Continued from p.395.] 
We complete the valuable observations of this excellent writer 
on Monomania in the Horse,’' by giving the substance of his 
