FACTS AND OBSERVATIONS. 
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Rabies in Berlin. —The Berlin police have published 
a statement in order to show the great efficacy which the 
plan of muzzling dogs exerts in the prevention of the spread 
of rabies. This plan was commenced being carried out at 
the end of 1853, since when the number of cases coming 
under the cognizance of the police has vastly diminished. 
Thus, in 1852, the number of cases of rabies reached 107, 
and in 1853, 94; while, since this latter year, they have 
occurred in the following numbers:—1854, 1 ; 1855, 3; 
1856, none; 1857, 2; 1858-60, none; 1861, 5; 1862, 2; 
and 1863, 10. It is, however, to be feared that epidemic 
influences have been here, in some part, overlooked; for in 
the years 1846-51 there were nearly as few cases observed, 
although police interference did not then exist.— Preuss. Med. 
Zeit No. 48. 
Hydrophobia. —Mr. John Goggin, a confectioner, of 
Limerick, was, a few days ago, bitten by a pet monkey. 
The skin of his little finger only was slightly torn, and the 
wound seemed a mere scratch, and at first gave him no pain. 
He soon felt, however, a sort of irritation in his wrist. It 
gradually extended to the parts above the elbow, and they 
became swollen. Medical men were then called in, when it 
was discovered that the patient exhibited symptoms resem¬ 
bling those of hydrophobia. He died on Sunday, after 
suffering great pain. The monkey some time before had 
killed a cat and a dog. 
Cavalry Horses of the Federal Army. —General 
Halleck, in his report to the President on the military opera¬ 
tions of 1863, calls attention to the waste and destruction of 
cavalry horses in the service. In the Army of the Potomac, 
he says, the cavalry men present for duty in the six months 
May to October, 1863, have averaged from 10,000 to 14,000; 
the issues of cavalry horses for the same period have amounted 
to no less than 35,078. Adding horses captured from the 
enemy and taken from the citizens, there has been an average 
remount every two months. There are, he says, now some 
223 regiments of Federal cavalry, and at the same rate as 
the Army of the Potomac they will require the issue in the 
present year of 435,000 cavalry horses. General Halleck 
observes that some immediate and efficient remedy is re¬ 
quired. He adds, “ Probably the principal fault is in the 
treatment of their horses by the cavalry soldiers. Authority 
should therefore be given to dismount and transfer to the 
infantry service every man whose horse is, through his own 
