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41. Wywodzoff, Dr.— On a Method of Embalming the Dead by the use of 
Thymol. Philadelphia, 1876. Printed for the Russian Commission. 
42. Maynard, J. C.—The Naturalist’s Guide. Boston, 1870. 
NEWS AND SUNDRIES, 
Pennsylvania has been reported by Dr. ,T. W. Gadsden, to 
be free from contagious pleuro-pneumonia. 
Rabies Successfully Treated.— N. Dumont, of Caen, France, 
is said to have successfully treated a case of rabies with hypoder¬ 
mic injections of pilocarpin. 
Pleuro-Pneumonia in Maryland.— Notwithstanding that the 
State authorities of Maryland report that State to be free from 
pleuro-pneumonia, the Treasury Cattle Commission finds the 
disease existing there in different herds. 
Annual Meeting.— The Society for the Promotion of Agri¬ 
cultural Science holds its third annual meeting at Montreal, 
Canada, August 21st and 22d. D. E. Salmon, D.V.M., reads a 
paper on “ Our Animal Plagues, and the Means of Controlling 
them” 
Death from Anthrax.—-A lot of cattle died in Montreal the 
other day from the malignant disease called anthrax, contracted 
by feeding in a pasture where animals killed by the disorder 
were buried some time ago .—American Cultivator. 
Pasteur’s Process Adopted.— Success in the inoculation of 
stock in France by the Pasteur process has induced the Rus¬ 
sian and Italian Governments to send veterinary surgeons there 
to be initiated into the mysteries of vaccination .—Frairie Farmer. 
Alarming Mortality. —Reports received at the Bureau of 
Statistics indicate that there is an alarming mortality among cattle 
in southern Indiana this year, and it is supposed to be the result 
of last year’s drought. In answer to the inquiries as to the cause, 
the reports all state that it is a starvation .”—The Farmers' Re¬ 
view. 
