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the disease which Pasteur produces in rabbits is hydrophobia. It 
has even been suggested that the disease of the rabbits is possibly 
only septicaemia. It will require a large number of observations 
on human beings before it can be proven that Pasteur’s inocula¬ 
tions really prevent the development of hydrophobia.— Science. 
Preventive Inoculation by a Russian Priest. —A Siberian 
journal states that in 1868, when the plague was killing all the 
cattle in the country, Father Andrew Joakimcnsky, of the 
Troitzky village, resorted to a desperate means in order to save 
his cows. He got some blood from a dying cow, saturated threads 
with that blood, and passed these threads through the ears of the 
healthy cows, numbering eleven. At the place where the ears 
were punctured there appeared tumors of the size of pigeon eggs. 
In a short time these tumors disappeared and the cows remained 
alive and healthy, though the rest of the cattle of that village 
perished .—The Medical Record. 
Blood Under the Microscope. —As between human blood 
and dog’s blood, the microscope enables the expert to determine 
precisely whether a specimen is from a human being or a dog. 
But it is impossible to determine between human blood and a 
hog’s blood .—Scientific American. * * * In a word, we be¬ 
lieve the facts have been reversed. It should say that as between 
human blood and dog’s blood it is impossible to tell, while be¬ 
tween human blood and hog’s blood it is certainly possible to 
tell. Prof. Wormsley says his measurements give, for'man, 1-3,- 
250 ; for the dog, 1-4,268 .—The Microscope. 
Glanders Reported Prevalent in Springfield, III.—At 
the monthly meeting of the State Live Stock Commission to-day, 
reports were received of the slaughter of eleven horses in the 
State during the month, having been condemned as affected with 
glanders. The following assistant veterinarians were appointed : 
Walter Tomlison at Alexis, Hancock county ; G. A. Pierson at 
Preston, Ogle county; A. Maguire at Joliet; James Anderson at 
Aledo, Mercer county ; B. F. Swingely at Freeport, E. A. Pierce 
at Aurora, J. Stallman at Pontiac, Wm. Shepherd at Ottawa, W. 
