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plications when lie decided to call Messrs. Mollereau and Nocard. 
At that time, out of twenty-live, ten cows were more or less 
affected. Thinking it might be tuberculous mammitis, the milk 
was carefully examined, but no trace of the bacillus of Koch 
could 'be discovered. In its place, a spinal organism, of very 
small dimensions, agglomerated in mass to form a long, regular 
rod, strongly colored by aniline preparations, very distinct from 
the lactic ferment of Pasteur, was cultivated in milk, chicken 
broth, etc., and propagated extensively. 
It seemed certain that this organism developed itself in the 
thickness of the diseased mammae and by direct experiment of 
the introduction of the liquid of culture into the teat of a cow, 
the disease soon manifested itself in the udder of the animal. 
The same inoculation in the teat of a goat and in that of a slut 
gave a similar result in the first and a negative in the second. 
The conclusion naturally being that this organism was the 
cause of the disease, and that this extended by contagion, sani¬ 
tary precautions were ordered, viz.: that the person in charge of 
the milking should wash her hands and the teats of the cows with 
a phenic solution at three per cent, previous to the operation ; 
this washing being made every time the operation was to be 
made on a new animal. The milk of diseased animals was for¬ 
bidden for human food and given to the pigs. 
Diseased cows were treated by the injection in each teat of 
blood-warm solution of boric acid at four per cent, once for two or 
three weeks in succession. This was followed by excellent results 
and the glands returned to their normal function .—Receuil de 
Mede. Veterinaire. 
^ECHINOCOCCUS IN THE TIBIA OF THE OX. 
By Mr. Ralliet. 
This is a pathological rarity. The tibia of an ox was entirely 
filled in its medullary cavity by a hydatid tumor, with all the 
characters of a toenic echinococcus. The animal from which it 
was obtained was in perfect condition of health, and presented no 
other indication of the presence of the parasite. Two similar 
