220 PHTZE QUESTIONS OF BELGIAN ACADEMY OF MEDICINE. 
VIRUS OF THE VIPER. 
M. Dumeril contends that there is much similarity 
between the action of woorara and of the poison of the viper. 
The animals bitten by a viper are immediately paralysed in 
motion and sensibility. He also thinks that "insects which 
lay their eggs in the bodies of other animals have equally the 
property of dulling the sensibility of the parts in which they 
deposit them. — Medical Times and Gazette, 
PRIZE QUESTIONS OE THE BELGIAN ACADEMY OF 
MEDICINE. 
The questions for i860 are — 1. The causes, symptoms, 
character, and treatment of the diseases peculiar to the work¬ 
men employed in the Belgian collieries. (A medal of 600 
francs value and 1600 francs in money.) 2. Examination of 
the value of the various remedies for Asiatic cholera. (Medal 
of 800 francs.) 3. Indicate the nature and the etiology of the 
morbid conditions in the horse known under the vague term 
“ influenzaT Particularise tlte relations which these may have 
with typhoid affections in yuan, and describe the most appropriate 
treatment. (Medal of 1000 francs.) For 1861:—1. A critical 
appreciation of the services which Belgian Practitioners have 
rendered to Medicine, and the branches of study relating to 
it, during the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. (Medal of 
1000 francs.) 2. Determine, by new experiments on the 
mammalia, the relations between the oxygen absorbed by the 
lungs and the carbonic acid exhaled by the skin ; and par¬ 
ticularise the influence exerted upon this gaseous exchange 
by rest, motion, temperature, and food. (Medal of 1500 
francs.) 3. Display the actual state of our knowledge respecting 
tlte diseases of the nervous system of the horse , especially dwelling 
upon their differential diagnosis. The essays to be forwarded 
to the Secretary of the Academy by the 1st of July of the 
respective years, excepting those sent in for the first question, 
which must be delivered before the 1st of April.— Medical 
Times a?ul Gazette. 
