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Transmission of Anthrax Through Hides and 
Leather.— G of Palermo, dried parts of the skin of a cow that 
had died of anthrax, salted them, tanned them, and essayed cul¬ 
tures from the individual pieces for the purpose of seeing whether 
they were infectious or not, and discovered, ist. That long- con¬ 
tinued drying and salting of the hides of anthrax stricken ani- 
mals are powerless to prevent infection. 2 d. That placing the 
hides m lime solutions and scraping off the superficial layers of 
the skin preparatory to converting the hide into leather do not 
diminish the virulence of the poison. 3d. A 40 days’ treatment 
of the hide with tanning materials did not suffice to destroy all 
the anthrax germs contained in the hides. Therefore leather is 
also a possible source of anthrax.—(. Berl. Thierarzt. JVoch.) 
STRONGYEUS SUBTIEIS A HITHERTO UNKNOWN HUMAN PAR¬ 
ASITE Habitat, Kgypt. This parasite was found in the con¬ 
tents of the small intestine of inhabitants of the plains near 
Cairo and Alexandria. The worms are extraordinarily fine and 
soft, only appreciable by the microscope. The females are more 
numerous than the males. The male is 4-5 mm. lono- beiim 
0,007 mm. wide at the thickest part of the body. Th?’female 
is 5-7 mm. long, the greatest diameter being 0,009 mm. The 
internal anatomy agrees practically with that of our well-known 
strongylides.— {Berl. Thierarzt. JVoch.) 
Naturae Restituton of a Torsion of the Uterus in 
a Cow.—P. diagnosticated in a 7 months pregnant cow a torsion 
of the uterus to the left. He could with difficulty insert his 
finger into the stenosed cervix. As he had 110 assistance at the 
time to throw the cow he had to delay the operation for a few 
hours until help arrived. Meanwhile the cow turned herself 
two or three times upon the right and the left sides respectively. 
Before each decubitus she rested for a certain length of time 
upon her knees arching the rear part of the body. Severe labor 
pains then came on and after lying down for a few minutes a 
foetus was born, showing that natural restitution of the uterus 
liad taken place.—( Schweiz. Archiv fur Thierhlk.) 
Influence of Venesection upon the Specific Gravity 
df the Beood. —The specific gravity of the blood may vary in 
different localities of the body, although the specific gravity of 
die blood from the earlaps is the same as that of the body, 
uhe author found after venesection a fall in specific gravity of 
rom 7 to 11 per cent. Six hours later it gains in specific grav- 
ty, reaching the normal in 12 hours again. The author reasons 
>ut the theme as follows: Undoubtedly after venesection in 
