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FACTS AND OBSERVATIONS. 
to those produced by ice, because the vapours of the ether 
come in contact with every part of the tumour, and while ice 
slowly reduces the temperature from 0° C. to — 4°, in less 
than a minute rectified ether lowers it to — 15°. Sometimes 
these effects, owing to the great heat and tension of the parts, 
are not produced immediately, and the application then has to 
be repeated two or three times .—Presse Beige, May 9, from 
Aheille Med. 
Death of Sheep from Inclement Weather. —The 
coldness’of the season has proved very injurious to the health 
of animals at pasture, particularly sheep. Many of the daily 
papers have recorded serious losses among sheep which had 
been recently clipped, from exposure to the inclement weather. 
These losses have occurred in the northern parts of England, 
where snow is reported to have fallen within a few days of 
Midsummer. 
Mortality among Cattle in Scotland. —The mor¬ 
tality among cattle in several localities in Perthshire during 
the past week has been rather unusual, and in many instances 
farmers have been losers to a serious extent. The disease 
does not appear to be epidemical, for, generally speaking, 
the cattle became soon affected after being put out to pasture, 
and the death resulted from what is called grass disease. In 
several places farmers have lost from four to six cattle each, 
and the malady still prevails to a considerable extent, and 
more especially where animals are grazing in fields which 
have been long under pasture. — Chamber of Agriculhire 
Journal and Farmers^ Chronicle. 
The FbRTHCOMiNG Meeting of the Royal Agri¬ 
cultural Society. —We learn that the entries of animals 
for the Manchester meeting far surpass any of late years. The 
shorthorns are so numerous, that two sets of judges have 
been appointed, one taking the male and the other the female 
classes. The horse and sheep entries will also find full w^ork 
for the judges. Nothing apparently can mar the success of 
the meeting, unless it be a continuance of the cold and wet 
weather we are now experiencing. 
Supposed use of the Marrow. —Dr. Neumann is of 
opinion, that the marrow contained in bones plays an im¬ 
portant part in the production of blood. The cells of marrow 
resembling those of lymph he believes to be an element from 
which new red blood-cells are being eonstantly formed, in 
order to replaee the elements of the blood which are being 
constantly destroyed either by physiological or by pathological 
action. 
