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ie year, from anthrax. Total loss, 0.31 per cent. Among 1 
,356 cattle upon which report was rendered, 0.13 per cent, 
jccumbed from the first inoculation, 0.05 per cent, from the 
scond, and later in the course of the year, 0.19 per cent.; so 
lat the total fatality amounted to 0.37 per cent. Age and 
ice of the subjects appeared in no wise to influence the 
ourse of the inoculation. The 78,770 sheep whose sickness 
r as registered yielded a total fatality of two per cent., of 
'hich 0.69 per cent, expired after the first application, 0.14 
er cent, after the second, and before the end of the year, 
17 per cent. more. 
As a very important factor in giving a judgment upon the 
Dmparative worth of inoculation, it is of primary necessity 
) note that in several of these herds infection had already 
‘cured a foothold before they were subjected to the inocu- 
tions.— Thier. Woch. 
GERMAN VETERINARY UNIVERSITIES. 
The veterinary university in Berlin, during the winter 
mester (term) just closed, was frequented by 488 students, 
hich also includes 133 military assistants, 20 post-graduates, 
id 27 miscellaneous, studying particular subjects, and not 
king a regular course. The Hanover university had 205 
gular students and 15 not taking the whole curriculum, 
he Dresden college was visited by 103 students and 10 
hers. At the school in Giessen, 28 veterinary students 
mailed themselves of the medical course. Accurate returns 
' the Stuttgart and Munich universities have not been re¬ 
vived. Altogether, exclusive of visitors taking only partial 
mrses, the above colleges were attended by 777 students ; 
this number may be added about 200 from the unreported 
alleges, making a total German scholarship of 1,000 men. 
The newest means to deodorize iodoform is to use two 
<ops of the etherial oil of coriander to every fifteen grains 
( iodoform. 
Malet reports foenum grascum as a green herb to be a 
omachic tonic and nourishing. He further adds that the 
