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oiie in respect to the length of time the young animal lived 
without being able to pass any feculent matter. 
CATTLE PLAGUE. 
From the information Avhich has reached us from Eastern 
Europe since the publication of our last number, it appears 
that the cattle plague is still widely diffused, very little dimi¬ 
nution having taken place in the number of cases in either 
Galicia or Hungary. It was hoped that the disease had 
been exterminated in Lower Austria, but such does not appear 
to be in reality the case. The disease still lingers in districts 
south of Vienna. To guard against the introduction of the 
plague, the Prussian authorities have established a quarantine 
of twenty-one days on store stock coming from Galicia or 
Hungary. A rumour has prevailed that the disease had made 
its appearance in some of the states of the Northern Germanic 
Confederation, but this we find on inquiry to be without 
foundation. The Dutch government, as a measure of pre¬ 
caution, however, has stationed a veterinary surgeon at 
Emmerich to inspect all cattle entering Holland from the 
Prussian states. 
SMALLPOX OF SHEEP. 
We have received confirmation of the statements made in 
our last number that this fatal disease is still very far from 
being exterminated in many parts of the Continent. 
It is admitted that the malady prevails in two or more 
of the provinces of Holland, viz., Friesland and Denthe, and 
that numerous cases of the disease have occurred in Holstein, 
Mecklenburg, and the Baltic districts of Prussia. 
Under these circumstances the greatest vigilance is re¬ 
quired on the part of the Inspecting Veterinary Surgeons to 
the Customs at our several ports, especially as unrestricted 
importation of sheep is now allowed. 
Facts and Observations. 
Trichina Spiralis. —Seven cases of illness, caused by 
eating pork affected with trichina spiralis, have occurred in 
