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remedy, when the malady is deelared one will suffice from 
57° to 62° C. The patient to be kept quiet in his room until 
the cure is completed .—Journal Veterinaire de Midi. 
HIPPOPHAGY. 
In 1868, there were killed in Berlin 4044 horses, the 
meat of which was sold for food, the blood being used by 
dj^ers. In France, from the statement of M. Decroix at a 
banquet which took place at Troyes, it appears the con¬ 
sumption of horseflesh is at present only 165,000 kilogrammes 
per month, while the number of horses, mules, and asses 
available would furnish 55,000,000 of kilogrammes for ali¬ 
mentation. 
The committee has, therefore, much to do. Horse butch¬ 
eries have been established recently at Boulogne-sur-Seine, 
St. Denis, Troyes, Reims, and Marseilles.— Ihid. 
ON THE OUTBREAK AND PROGRESS OF SHEEP-POX IN THE 
DISTRICT OF RUMMELSBURG AND STOLP, PRUSSIA, 
FROM 1854 TO 1868 ; WITH THE RESULTS OF THE IN¬ 
OCULATION SYSTEM, ITS ADVANTAGES AND DISAD¬ 
VANTAGES. 
From a Report to the Government by M. Muller, District Veterinary 
Surgeon at Stolp. 
In 1854, about six months after the author had‘been ap¬ 
pointed to the district, sheep-pox broke out. It had not 
been known in the district in the recollection of the oldest 
proprietor, farmer, or shepherd ; and as no one knew the 
malady, the fear and anxiety were very great as the disease 
spread with rapidity, and the losses among the sheep beeame 
very serious to the farmers whose principal revenue they 
formed. It first appeared amongst the flocks on the frontier 
of the district of Stolp and Biitow, from wffience it spread 
to the district of Rummelsburg. Whether this was due to 
sheep brought from the infected districts, or to conveyance of 
the virus by other means, could not be ascertained. In the 
months of August and September, the malady had invaded 
nearly all the flocks of the district, and at the same time had 
penetrated into the districts of Neustettin, Furstenthura, 
and Schlawe. 
From the rapidity with which the malady spread over the 
districts of Pomerania, it was feared that it would extend 
over a vast part of the country; this apprehension was 
