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ordinary ulcer of the mouth, and had most probably resulted 
from the force employed in rubbing in the matter. The other 
dog, as well as the snake, were both quite well seven days 
after the operations .—Medical Times. 
PUMPKIN SEEDS IN TiENIA. 
M. Cazin adds an additional one to the numerous cases 
on record in which the taenia was expelled by the use of 
pumpkin seeds. A delicate child, 5 years of age, took the 
medicine (the bruised seeds and sugar aa 3viiJ.) for two 
mornings in succession. The cure was completed by bitters 
and iron.— Gaz, des Hojo . 3 No. 135. 
STATISTICS OE THE NUMBER OE HORSES. 
The FarmedsMagazine in an article on “The Uses of the 
Horse, v states that in the United Kingdom, we have of 
horses, of all kinds, probably about 2,250,000 at the present 
time; and, estimating them one with the other at £l5 all 
round, this would give a total value of nearly <£34,000,000. 
Prussia has nearly as many ; but of many of the European 
states we have no definite accounts. 
Russia, however, is the country for horses, and numbers 
at least 18,000,000 or 20,000,000. In the United States 
there are about 5,000,000 horses and mules, and about 1,500 
of each are annually shipped. 
PRIZE ESSAY ON EOOD. 
The sum of £100 has been placed at the disposal of the 
council of the Society of Arts by Sir Walter C. Trevelyan, 
as a prize to be awarded for the best essay on the applications 
of the marine algae and their products as food or medicine 
for man and domestic animals, or for dyeing and other manu¬ 
facturing purposes. Competitors are alone eligible who 
form the results of their own original observations, together 
with a series of specimens illustrative of the best methods 
of collecting, preserving, and preparing the several species. 
The essays, with the accompanying specimens, must be sent 
to the society by the 31st of December, I860.— Lancet . 
