NEWS AND SUNDRIES. 
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NEWS AND SUNDRIES, 
Hog Cholera. —This disease is again raging in Champaign 
County, Illinois. 
Foot and Mouth Disease. —There arc 36,000 cattle suffer¬ 
ing from foot and mouth disease in Great Britain. 
Glanders. —Glanders still exists among the Newark car 
horses. It is also reported from different parts of Illinois. 
Selling Diseased Meat.— A short time ago a farmer at 
Rochester, England, was fined $115 for sending diseased sheep to 
market.— Farmers' Review. 
New Ligatures. —Horse-hair has been used of late in place 
of catgut ligatures. For drainage also it is unirritating and can 
be removed a hair at a time. 
Strange Cattle Disease. —A fatal disease is reported to 
have broken out among the cattle in the western part of Dallas 
County, Texas. Dr. Salmon has gone to investigate the disease. 
Disease of Sheep. —What is called a sheep-epizootic has bro¬ 
ken out in Montana. On one ranch having 12,000 sheep, 5,500 
have died from this new disease. Particulars regarding the ail¬ 
ment are as yet very meagre.— Farmer's Review. 
Vlrchow on American Pork. —Professor Virchow has re¬ 
cently came out in favor of the American swine. He declares 
that there is no danger in it—that the shutting it out from Ger¬ 
many is a political, not a sanitary measure.— Medical Reco'rd. 
Bichloride as an Antiseptic. —The combination of bichlor¬ 
ide of mercury with chloride of sodium, which makes the antisep¬ 
tic permanent, is now the one which is being used in our hospit¬ 
als. This combination, we believe, was first suggested by.. C. 
Amend, a chemist of this city.— Medical Record. 
Suppression of Cattle Diseases. —The Home Minister of 
Holland has asked for $100,000 to expend in efforts to ' rid 
the country of contagious cattle diseases, especially pleuro-pneu- 
