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NEWS AND SUNDRIES. 
Milnes, V. S., of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, lias the following dupli¬ 
cates: Vol. 3, No. 7; Vol. 4, Nos. 5, 8, 10, 12 ; Vol. 5, Nos. 
1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12. The gentleman will mail them to any 
inquiring party. Dr. N. H. Parren also has a number of dupli¬ 
cates, which he has promised to send us, and from which we will 
be pleased to provide any of our subscribers who may have im- 
perfect files. 
NEWS AND SUNDRIES. 
1 lkuro-Pneumonia. —Pleuro pneumonia is reported at Sea- 
caucus, Hudson County, N. J. 
Foot and Mouth Disease —Some one of our exchanges states 
that after an interval of five months, during which no foot or 
month disease has appeared in the county of Norfolk, England, 
the contagion has again broken out in a dangerous fonn, and 
farmers are very much alarmed. 
A New Vegetable Styptic.— During the French expedition 
to Mexico, a plant was discovered, called by the natives by a 
name which may be rendered as “Fowlwort” (trandescantia erect'a). 
This has the property, when given internally, or even chewed, 
of stopping hemorrhages. Specimens have been cultivated, says’ 
the Lancet, at \ ersailles, and retain their native properties. It 
is asserted to be the most powerful styptic known —Medical 
Gazette. 
Death of M. Davaine.— The death of M. Davaine, well- 
known from his discovery of the bacillus of “ Charbon,” is an¬ 
nounced. Many of his most important works won for him prizes 
from the Academie des Sciences; among the most important are 
his Trade des Maladies vermineuses chez VHomme et les Ani- 
maux; a Memoire sur la Contagion du Charbon chez les Ani- 
maux ; and Travaux sur la Septictmie.—Medical and Surgical 
Reporter. 
Cattle Quarantine. —The New York quarantine for imported 
cattle has been located at Garfield, a station on the Erie “ Short 
Cut,” near Passaic, N. J. It is on a farm owned by Mr. Spencer, 
of the Erie road, has its own private side track and is already 
supplied with sufficient buildings to accommodate a considerable 
