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alteratives, resolutive frictions, firing in lines or in points, which 
always required the laying up of the animal for several weeks, to 
find him after the treatment no better than at first, the author re¬ 
commends the operation of neurotomy, either high or low, as 
the case may require, and reports the statistics of 32 horses upon 
which he performed the operation, 21 of which he was able to 
follow for six months after, and 11 of which have not been seen 
since their recovery, that is, since they were operated on. He 
looks upon this treatment as the practice of the future. Ho 
more firing or other treatment! In all his career the result has 
been successful; in none has he had the slightest complication, 
and some lesions of the foot or of the coronet which had been ob¬ 
served and manifested by lameness afterwards, were observed in 
sufficient time to be relieved. The animal thus operated on, it is 
claimed, will be able to resume his work in perfect safety after 
15 or 20 days.— Archives Veterinaires. 
VACCINATION AGAINST ANTHRAX. 
.Recent experiments designed to test the immunity given by vac¬ 
cination according to the method of Mr. Pasteur, have been made 
at Melun. The result was entirely in conformity with the ideas 
expressed by Mr. Pasteur, and proves that the immunity obtained 
by vaccination Holds good for at least seven months. Sheep which 
were vaccinated in May last, and placed amongst others which 
had received a virulent inoculation, remained in perfect health. 
Other experiments will be made, in five months after this, upon 
sheep vaccinated at Pouilly-le-Fort, which if successful will prove 
that the immunity continues for at least a year.— Revue 
di Hygiene. 
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AMERICAN VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
The Board of Trustees, the- Faculty and the numerous friends 
of this institution met at Chickering Hall, on the evening of the 
