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heretofore, bills having been introduced into both houses of the 
Legislature providing for the appointment of five inspectors of 
meat by the Board of Health, and making it a punishable offense 
to offer for sale any meat (that has not been inspected by them, 
the inspection to be repeated every second day until the meat is 
sold.— N. Y. Med. Journal. 
A Good Riddance.— The foot and mouth disease at Fal¬ 
mouth and Deering has entirely disappeared. The cattle have all 
recovered and now are considered well, though in somewhat of a 
depreciated condition in consequence of their sickness. The 
commissioners commenced last week the work of disinfecting the 
stables and premises, and it will be continued in the order of the 
dates of the recovery of the animals, after which the quarantine 
will be relieved, if no further cases appear. The hay in the barns 
will be held for the use of the cattle till the pasturing season, 
when the disposition of that which remains will be considered by 
the commissioners.— Prairie Farmer. 
What is Contagion? What is Infection? —Dr.-of 
W.-appeared before the special committee last night, to 
further explain the so-called foot and mouth disease. Being 
asked by Dr. Cartter to explain what contagion was, he replied : 
“ Contagion is nothing but worms and bugs, for instance, the 
same as seen in trichinae in hogs. One would take it and then 
another, by rubbing against each other, giving the worms and 
bugs a chance to crawl and jump over.” 
“ What is infection ?” 
“ The same as contagion, only not quite so wormy and buggy. 
It is not so easily caught by the neighbors of the animal that has 
’em.”— Ext. Kansas paper. 
Turpentine in Infectious Diseases. —The Med. Record tells us 
that H. Vilandt writes in the Ugeskrift for Laeger , concerning 
the value of the oil of turpentine in the treatment and prophyl¬ 
axis of diphtheria and the exanthematous diseases. He states that 
he has never seen any of these diseases spread from a sick child 
to other members of the family when this remedy was applied. 
In many of his cases no isolation could be attempted, as the mother 
