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and lain for variable periods .upon the pavements of the city 
streets. Sponged off with a pailful of an emulsion, made by 
adding a small quantity of “ Zenoleum ” to a pail of cold water, 
the animals seem refreshed, the tumefactions subside, and the 
abrasions dry up. 
Double Impregnation. —A story alleged to be true comes 
from Missouri that on April 28 last a cow gave birth to a calf 
showing forth unmistakable evidences of Short-horn ancestry. 
May 24, or less than thirty days later, the same cow brought 
forth another fully developed calf, showing as unmistakably 
that it had been begotten by a Hereford bull. The owner of 
the cow and calves is said to be the cashier of a bank, who per¬ 
sonally vouches for the transaction all around. He relates that 
last season the cow was bred to a Short-horn bull and later 
pastured in a field where a Hereford bull ran with the cows.— 
{Breeder*s Gazette .) 
Minnesota Matters. —At the meeting of the Minnesota 
State Board of Health, July 10, 1901, Dr. S. D. Brimhall was 
chosen director of the Veterinary Department. Since the 
transfer of this department to the office of the State Board of 
Health, August, 1900, Dr. Brimhall has been performing the 
duties of director although not bearing this title. Various 
rules were presented to the board looking to the prevention of 
the importation of animals suffering from contagious diseases, 
such as tuberculosis, glanders, sheep scab, etc. A very inter¬ 
esting report from Dr. S. D. Brimhall of the Veterinary Depart¬ 
ment and Dr. B. B. Wilson of the Bacteriological Laboratory 
of the board was presented upon 64 cases of haemorrhagic 
septicaemia in cattle. 
The Gastric Juice of the Dog as a Remedy. —Dr. Fre¬ 
mont, of Vichy, has given the name gasterine to a preparation 
made from the gastric juice of the dog, obtained through a 
gastric fistula established for the purpose. At a recent meeting 
of the Medical Society of the Hospitals of Paris (Gazette 
hebdomadaire de medecine et de chirurgie , July 4th) M. Mathieu 
reported having observed great benefit and occasionally veri¬ 
table resurrections ” from its use in cases of dyspepsia. Some 
of the patients had been so cathectic as to lead to the suspicion 
that they were cancerous. The gastric u chemism ” continued 
faulty, but the patients were benefited in some unexplained 
way. Another speaker said that quite the same effects were 
produced by the use of hydrochloric acid. 
