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TETANUS TRANSMISSIBLE FROM THE LOWER ANIMALS 
TO MAN. 
The Gazette Medicate de Lyon (May 1st, 1859), publishes 
the following case, taken from the Annali TJniversali (1859, 
p. 36): An inhabitant of Campinas (Brazil) had a bull cut, 
and the animal died tetanic, probably from some defect in 
the mode of operating. He ordered the bull to be buried, 
but his slaves ate the meat by stealth. One of them was 
immediately seized with tetanus, and died in a short time. 
Two days afterwards another died of the same affection in 
hospital, and a third was also admitted, suffering in the 
same manner, but was likely to recover. Dr. Betoli, who 
relates these facts, states that he thinks the transmissibility 
of tetanus from animals to man proved, but not from one 
human being to another. The same physician has seen 
tetanus reign epidemically in Brazil.— Lancet . 
POISONOUS EEEECTS OE THE SALTS OF COPPER WITH 
ORGANIC BASES. 
It is worth noticing that M. Falck has instituted a series 
of experiments on pigeons to ascertain the effects of the 
acetate, lactate, butyrate, and malate of copper, in doses 
varying from one to fifteen grains. Death ensued very 
rapidly, preceded by vomiting, very abundant blue or green 
dejections, dyspnoea, cold skin, exhaustion, convulsions, and 
paralysis of the heart. On opening the animals, M. Falck 
found inflammation and chemical lesions of the alimentary 
canal, effusion of blood in the bowels, great vascularity of 
the intestinal mucous membrane, heart dilated and gorged 
with dark blood, hyperaemia of the lungs, and scarlet colour 
of the blood contained in them .—Deutsche KliniJc , 1857 and 
1858. 
DUST FLOATING IN THE AIR. 
M. Pouchet finds that the dust floating in the air con¬ 
tains the detritus of the mineral constituents of the globe, 
atoms of animals and plants, and the finest debris of all the 
matters we make use of. But one item he especially points 
