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the kennel, at rest, nothing indicates the existence of the disease; 
the affected animals are as gay, lively, and in as good condition 
as the others.” It is while hunting that the access manifests 
itself; loud hollowing, an anxious look, foaming at the mouth, 
uncertain movements, and then falling down in a fit of an epilep¬ 
tic nature. After a quarter or half an hour of rest, the animal 
seems to get over his trouble, and resumes his work as if nothing 
had happened. From information obtained, it seems that no 
other work or exercise but that of hunting will give rise to the 
access. 
At the post mortem of dogs destroyed on account of this 
disease, the author found the external auditory canal containing 
a large quantity of cerumen, packed toward the membrana 
tympani. Under the microscope, a portion of this waxy secre¬ 
tion showed a great quantity of acarus in all shape of growth, 
belonging to the gender chorioptes (lyinbiotes of Delafond) and 
to the species described by Magnin, as the chorioptes ecaudatus. 
The treatment consists in washing the canal with a liniment 
made of sweet oil 100 parts, naphtol 10 parts, sulphuric ether 30 
parts. The liniment is injected into the external auditory canal ? 
and this is closed for ten or fifteen minutes so as to prevent the 
evaporation of the ether .—Annates de Belgique. 
FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE, 
REPORT OF THE TREASURY CATTLE COMMISSION AS TO ITS 
PRESENCE IN THE UNITED STATES. 
Washington, August 2, 1883. 
The Treasury Cattle Commission has made the following re¬ 
port to the Treasury Department in regard to the alleged 
existence of the foot and mouth disease among the cattle in this 
country: 
Charges having been recently made in the British Parliament 
that cattle were being shipped from our ports infected with foot 
and mouth disease, and a majority of the House of Commons 
having voted for a resolution opposing the importation into Great 
