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anthrax to healthy animals, just like those of animals which 
had died of ordinary splenic fever.* 
Supposing these results to be trustworthy, and the record 
of them bears all the stamp of authenticity, I need scarcely 
point out to a meeting like the present their transcendent im¬ 
portance as bearing upon the origin of infective diseases, and 
their modifications as exhibited in epidemics. 
I trust that these examples may suffice to convey some idea 
of the work now going on with reference to the relations of 
micro-organisms to disease.— Brit. Med. Journ . 
INFLUENCE OF STEAMING ON THE DIGESTIBILITY OF HAY. 
By Hornrerger. 
Tii ese experiments on feeding oxen with steamed hay have 
as yet yielded no favorable result, the nitrogenous con¬ 
stituents of the steamed hay being present in a less digestible 
form than in ordinary dry hay; only 68 per cent, of the 
digestible nitrogenous constituents were assimilated (J. K. C. 
— Journ. Chem. Soc. 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 
The Monthly Council Wednesday, November 3rd, 1880. Mr. 
William Wells (President), in the chair. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, 
K.G., the Earl of Feversham, G eneral Viscount Bridport, Lord Chesham, 
Lord Moreton, M.P., Lord Vernon, and many other noblemen and 
gentlemen were present. 
VETERINARY COMMITTEE. 
The Hon. W. Egerton , M.P. (Chairman), reported that the following 
report on Anthrax Experiments had been received from Dr. Greenfield, 
Professor-Superintendent at the Brown Institution : 
I have continued the experiments, which I commenced at the end of 
last year, in the same direction as indicated in my last report—viz., the 
inoculation of cattle with the virus of anthrax, modified in various ways, 
with the view of protecting them from subsequent attack. 
These experiments have been entirely successful, and have established, 
in the most conclusive manner, the fact that an animal which has been 
successfully inoculated is protected from the effects of future inoculation 
with the unmodified virus. 
* See c Ueber die experimentelle Erzeuguug des Milzbrandcontagiums 
aus den Heupilzen.’ Von Hans Buchner, Miinchen, 1880. 
