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these years especially, potatoes, beets, etc., contained exces¬ 
sive percents, of saccharine matter. He attributes the disease 
to the superfluous sugar. In mild cases he prescribes hot. 
wine; in more serious ones he gives, with good results, sub¬ 
cutaneous injections of pilocarpine, followed in the second 
day by intratracheal injections of pot. iodide ^ iss. three times 
a day. S has observed azoturia in two oxen; the symp¬ 
toms not varying in any manner from those of the horse. 
The attack lasted twenty-four hours and terminated in re¬ 
covery. The oxen were taken from an overwarm stall early 
in the morning and yoked to the plow.— Woch. fur T. u. V. 
A NEW HORSE FOOD. 
Scheur-Kestner has already succeeded in producing a 
novel bread from chopped meat, sour dough and meal; this 
food is practically imperishable, and of fine texture. Chardin 
used the blood from cattle instead of meat, and has made 
several varieties of bread, which is free from all specific tastes. 
This was fed to horses, sheep and rabbits with uniformly good 
results. Chardin considers this bread of great value as a food 
for horses in war, and, if need be, for men also.— Annales de 
Med. 
BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
AGE OF THE DOMESTIC ANIMALS. By Professor R. S. Huldekoper, 
M.D. (F. A. Davis, Philadelphia.) 
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“ A & e of the Domestic Animals ” will seem to be little more 
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have appeared in the former publication during the last two 
years, but a careful perusal of the work will satisfy the reader 
that it is much more than this, and that many corrections and 
important additions to the serial matter have made the new 
Age our most valuable guide in this important branch of 
