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of the intestine. The portion sewed is further disinfected by 
a tepid solution of boracic acid, and replaced within the cav¬ 
ity ; after this the external wound is closed by the interrupted 
suture. For twelve hours only pure milk was adminis¬ 
tered ; for the next few days milk and water, and after ten 
days the patient was discharged.— Wochenschrift. 
RINDERPEST IN JAPAN. 
According to the last official report, publishing the status 
of rinderpest in Japan, the annihilation has proceeded so far 
that now only individual or sporadic cases may be found in 
Osoka, Kobe and Yokohama. The course of the disease 
gradually assumed a less virulent aspect, while in exceptional 
cases recovery took place without the slightest medical in¬ 
terference. 
The total loss from the epizootic amounted to 4,181 head 
of cattle; of these 760 died of rinderpest , per se, 2,936 sick 
were destroyed as a sanitary precaution, and 485 healthy sub¬ 
jects were slaughtered as a prophylactic measure. The city 
of Osaka was the greatest sufferer from the pest; here 127 
animals succumbed, and 931 affected were destroyed; no 
healthy cattle included in the latter. 
The porportionately small number of live stock in the 
country—amounting in 1887 to only 1,020,222 head—makes 
the loss a relatively significant one. The Government has 
paid indemnity claims for healthy victims amounting to 
50,000 yen. 
The individual holders, however, suffer to a greater ex¬ 
tent, since the consumption of meat and milk has declined to 
one-third, probably due to superstitious influence or mistrust. 
The invasion of the virus could be traced from Corea to 
three districts of the Kiushiu Island, and to two ports in 
Japan proper. The details of its advancement from these 
ports to Kobe—the largest harbor in the country—thence by 
sea to Yokohama and Tokio, even as far north as the island 
of Yeso, do not vary from the usual course of propagation 
of such malignant contagiums.— Prof. Janson , Tokio, Japan. 
