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NEWS AND SUNDRIES. 
Texas Fever.— Texas fever lias made its appearance again 
in several of the Northern States. 
Killed by Flies. —Three deaths of a remarkable character 
recently occured near St. Petersburg. They were caused by 
blood-poisoning induced by the stings of flies which had been 
in contact with cattle infected with the rinderpest. 
Rabies in Birds.— M. L. Gibier has succeeded in inoculating 
hens with the virus of hydrophobia and then reinoculating rats 
with cerebral matter taken from these diseased birds. The rats 
so treated presented all the characteristic symptoms of rabies; 
microscopic examination of the brains of the inoculated hens 
showed the presence of the specific micrococcus.— Centralblatt 
fur Chirurgie, June 7, 1884. 
Actinomycosis Contracted from Eating Meat. —The sur¬ 
geons at the Chicago county hospital have under treatment a 
Mrs. Murphy, 27 years of age, who is suffering from a horrible 
disease which afflicts cattle, and is known as “ lumpy jaw.” It is 
in the form of an abscess on her jaw, and was at first supposed to 
be an ordinary abscess, but microscopical examination proves the 
contrary. The abscess was found to contain vegetable parasites 
identical with those found in abscesses on cattle. It is supposed 
to have been caused by eating the meat of cattle having the dis¬ 
ease. An operation will be performed on Tuesday next. The 
case excites some interest, as it is the first one reported in the 
United States, though similar cases have already been recorded 
in Germany.—A 7 ! Y. Sun. 
An Old Mode of Detecting Rabies. —To enable a person 
who had been bitten by a dog to ascertain whether or not the 
animal was rabid, the Universal Magazine , a London monthly 
publication, in its issue of November, 1753, published the follow¬ 
ing, which is accredited to “ The Memoirs of the Royal Academy 
of Sciences at Paris : ” “ When a person hath been bitten by a 
