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his questions received a reply from Lord George Hamilton that 
the Government were without information as to imported 
American pigs being affected with Trichinae; but that an 
Order of Council had been issued for their slaughter at the 
ports of landing, as cases of typhoid fever had been reported 
to exist among them. 
The question of American pigs being the bearers of Tri¬ 
chinae remains still to be determined, and we feel assured 
that the Veterinary Department will give all the attention 
to the subject which its importance demands. We do not 
desire to join the ranks of the alarmists; but until we have 
positive information one way or other, we think that it 
behoves all buyers of American pork to see that it is 
thoroughly well cooked before it is partaken of. If strict 
attention be paid to the cooking or the pickling of infected 
pork it may be eaten with almost perfect safety. 
We may further remark that it is our intention to insti¬ 
tute an inquiry into the truth of the statements, and if neces¬ 
sary to carry out a series of experiments with the view of 
laying the result before the public. 
Review. 
Quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non.—H or. 
Melanges de Pathologie Comparee et de Teratologie. Per O. 
Larcher, M.D. (Paris), &c. 
This work pleases us much. It collects and arranges matter of 
a valuable nature to the scientific medical worker; it also contains 
much that is new, and explains much that is old. It consists of 
papers which from time to time have been read by the author at 
meetings of the numerous learned societies of which he is a 
member, and of memoires now for the first time made public. 
We are struck by the range of the author’s reading, his cases 
being drawn from English, German, and French sources. Thus 
he has been enabled to treat of diseases of birds very satisfac¬ 
torily in the following papers :—On foreign bodies in the digestive 
track (including parasites) ; On affections of the female genera- 
