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three calves; at the second, three ; at the third, three, and at the 
fourth, two. They were all born alive, excepting one. This 
beats the record as far as I have heard. The cow is above the 
average as a milk and butter animal, and is considered hand¬ 
some .—Country Gentleman. 
To Receive No More Hogs From the United States.— 
The St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Company has 
been notified by the Collector of Customs at Winnipeg that no 
hogs could be imported from the United States into Manitoba for 
breeding purposes, and that the shipment of hogs into Manitoba 
is forbidden except under regulations providing for their imme¬ 
diate slaughter. For all hogs entered under such regulations a 
bond must be given as a pledge that they shall be slaughtered 
immediately. 
Prophylaxis op Rabies. —Professor Sperino finds an analogy 
in the pathogenesis of syphilis and rabies in the following facts: 
1. There is in each of these diseases a long period of incubation 
after the introduction of the virus; and 2, in many cases in rabies, 
as in syphilis, there is induration around the point of introduction 
of the poison, and in a few days an adenopathy arises in the lym¬ 
phatic glands situated above the infecting part. Attracted by 
these resemblances, and by others of minor importance, the au¬ 
thor tried the effects of mercury in eleven individuals bitten by 
mad dogs. The cases were seen from three to twelve days after 
bavins; been bitten. Mercurial frictions were made to the affected 
limbs until the adenopathy had completely disappeared. None 
of the persons so treated was attacked with hydrophobia. Though 
no positive deductions could be made from so small a number of 
experiments, yet the favorable results obtained in these eleven 
cases would suggest the utility of further trials of Sperino’s 
method .—Giornale Italiano delle Malattie Veneree e della Pelle. 
The Exterpation of the Lung. —Among the novel experi¬ 
ments recently tried in Italy,the extirpation of the whole or a part 
of the lung seems the most remarkable. Fifty-seven animals— 
sheep, dogs, cats, and others were the subjects—had an entire 
lung extirpated, and thirty-five recovered. In twenty-three cases 
