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A Congress to Discuss Tuberculosis. —A congress of physi¬ 
cians and veterinarians, with the view of discussing the subject of 
tuberculosis in man and in animals, is announced to be held from 
July 25th to the 31st, in the rooms of the Faculty of Medicine, 
Paris. Professor Chauveau will preside. 
Peripneumonia and Cow’s Milk. —A series of investigations 
(Lecuyer, Centr. for Kinderk. May 16, 1887.) has led to the 
conclusion that the unboiled milk of cows suffering from lung 
disease is liable to produce croupous pneumonia in human beings, 
the anatomical appearance of which is like that which occurs in 
cattle. The autopsies upon two children who had died under 
similar circumstances, and with clinical phenomena similar to 
those which are seen in lung disease in cattle, showed thickening 
of the pleurae, extensive adhesion of the costal to the pulmonary 
pleura, dilation of the lymph space extending from the sub-pleural 
to the interlobular connective tissue, and infiltration of the inter¬ 
lobular connective tissue with bloody serum. At the time when 
the two children were taken sick an epidemic of lung disease was 
prevailing among the cattle in their vicinity. This coincidence is 
important, and should excite pathological investigation in this 
direction.— The Archives of Pediatrics. 
Aged Animals. —We find mention of the age attained by 
various animals in our English namesake, as follows: “A notice 
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lately appeared of the death of a brown water spaniel at the age 
of 28 years. She had belonged to the same owner from a puppy, 
and died literally of ‘sheer old age.’ A few months before a cat 
died at the age of 22 years and 2 months. These are very unusual 
ages, though it is probable that some individuals have lived still 
longer. Tlerhiverous animals are generally thought to outlive 
carniverous ones; and of the former class those dedicated to labor 
appear to furnish the greatest number of instances of longevity. 
Two years ago a donkey died at Cromarty that was known to be 
at least 106 years old. It could be traced back to the year 1779, 
when, at an unknown age, it came into the hands of the then Doss 
of Cromarty, and it lived in the same family, ‘hale and hearty,’ 
until a kick from a horse ended its career. No horse is known to 
