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NEWS AND SUNDRIES. 
Importation of Swine. —The German Government has pro- 
hibited the importation of swine from Russia. 
Pleuro-pneumonia.— Contagious pleuro-pneumonia is said to 
have broken out among cattle in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. 
Form of Anthrax. — An unknown disease, thought by some 
to be bloody murrain, has broken out among the cows in New- 
burg, N. Y. One dairyman, Mr. Samuel J. Hewitt, of that place, ’ 
had thirteen cows. All were attacked and all died within half a 
day.— American Cultivator. 
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Kairin, the New Anti-Pyretic. —This drug has finally been 
put upon the market by a German firm, the price being 200 
marks per kilogram, which is very much cheaper than quinine. 
Hr. Knipping, of Neuwied, has reported a successful experience 
with kairin in a case of puerperal fever.— Medical Record. 
Trichinae.— Four ^hundred persons are affected by trichinae 
in ten villages of Saxony. 
Black Leu. —Black leg has been fatal among cattle on the 
Pawnee, Kansas, this fall. 
Glanders. —Occasional cases of glanders are reported among 
the horses in the ranching regions of the northwest, though their 
isolation prevents the spread of the disease— Pittsburg Stockman. 
Scab in Sheep. —A case of scab haviug appeared among a 
lot of sheep in Montreal, for shipment, the Department of Agri¬ 
culture has ordered them slaughtered. It is necessary to take 
strict measures to prevent Canadian exportations of live stock to 
England from being prohibited.— American Cultivator. 
Typhoid Fever. —There are seventy-five cases of typhoid 
fever in Port Jervis, N. Y. The spread of this disease is attribu¬ 
ted to the use of milk from the farm of Mrs. Thomas Cuddebach, 
in whose family there have been several typhoid cases. It is held 
that the milk conveyed the disease germs. Nearly all of the 
