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tions in diptheritic pharyngitis and laryngitis.— La France 
Medicate. 
Horse-Pox —Dr. Blachez brought to the notice of the Academy 
of Medicine, an epidemic of horse-pox which lately took place 
at the Hospice des Enfants-Assistes. The malady was first ob¬ 
served in the nursery into which none but syphilitic infants, or those 
suspected to be such, are received. One of the infants had an 
ulcer on the lower lip with enlargement of the neighboring glands, 
and the ass that suckled it had a deep excoriation on the teat, 
which was noticed two days before the ulcer in the child. The 
animal so infected had for fifteen days suckled another infant that 
had an ulcer on the tongue, which naturally gave rise to suspicions 
of syphilis. That epidemic went on spending, when M.M. Four- 
mier and Bouley were consulted as to the nature of the prevalent 
malady. M. Fourmier was doubtful as to its nature, but M. Bou¬ 
ley, the well-known veterinarian, at once pronounced it to be 
horse-pox, the origin of which had to be sought for. It was 
noticed that another infant, who had been admitted twelve days 
previously, had both its arms covered with vaccine pustules which 
were dressed by the “ infirmier,” who, having his fingers thus 
affected, inoculated the teats of the suckling asses. Other asses 
were also similarly affected, which was sufficient to account for 
the origin of this strange epidemic among the infants.— The 
London Lancet. 
The Milk of Pregnant Cows Unfit for Infants. —Dr. 
Ernest Mam men, of Bloomington, Ill., expresses an opinion below 
which is important if true, but which will be received with some 
incredulity. He says: “ I nave read with much interest the 
article by Drs. Binnie and Vidal in recent issues of The Record 
(September 13th and October 25th), and I heartily agree 
with these writers in their advocacy of cow’s milk, fresh and pure, 
as the best substitute for mother’s milk. But there is one factor 
which, in my experience, is often productive of harm that neither 
of them has mentioned. The milk of the pregnant cow is unfit 
for consumptioA by the human infant. This fact is too often 
overlooked, when by careful investigation the disturbance of 
stomach and bowels in cases of infantile diarrhoea could be traced 
