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and that consequently the former was not in any way respon¬ 
sible for the accident. As to Blanchard, it postponed judg¬ 
ment until further proof be given that he knew the horse 
was dangerous. As to Delaisement, it held that he was 
proprietor of the horse at the moment of the accident, 
and accordingly ordered him to deposit 5000 francs on 
account of damages to be subsequently awarded, leaving 
him, however, to prove that he had been deceived by Blan¬ 
chard. Both parties appealed to the Courts of Appeal against 
this decision. The court decided that the 5000 francs should 
be paid by both, subject to the condition of a new trial, to 
take place after the respective proofs shall be obtained of the 
relative responsibility of each. 
ALLEGED GLANDERS IN THE HUMAN SUBJECT. 
On the 13th of May last three members of a family (the 
mother 45, the daughter 21, and the son 12 years of age,) 
were sent from Carlingford to the Dundalk union workhouse 
in a cart, as ill of glanders, the husband having died of that 
disease, as also a horse. The form of disease is that of 
several ulcers, and large chronic discharging abscesses. The 
unhappy patients in the present case are, since their admis¬ 
sion, receiving a generous diet of eggs, meat, new milk, 
bread, and porter ; and, as medical treatment, are taking 
quinine, preparations of iron, and cod-liver oil. Under this 
treatment they appear merely to remain without getting worse; 
they can scarcely be said to be improving as compared with 
their state w T hen admitted. If it were not for the origin of 
their disease, one might attribute their illness to a scrofulous 
origin; however, the complaint has been distinctly and cer¬ 
tainly traced to the diseased horse.— Dublin Evening Mail. 
EPIDEMIC AMONG HORSES. 
The influenza among horses, so prevalent throughout the 
country during the past few months, continues its unabated 
course. It is a disease so insidious in its nature as frequently 
to escape detection until the more serious lesions have gained too 
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