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animals have eaten for three weeks a kind of mixture of earth 
taken from the spot where twenty-one cadavers had been buried, 
from the end of March to the beginning of July. 
4tli. Ten animals have received into extensive recent wounds, 
and in the sub-cutanous cellular tissue the waters of the washing 
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of the earth taken upon several cadavers, and mixed with the de¬ 
tritus of these cadavers. 
5th. Lastly, six animals have been submitted to inoculation 
with the products of the culture of the hypothetical germs of the 
earth in the blood, the serosity and the urine. And none of the 
ninety-eight animals used in these five series of experiments con¬ 
tracted anthrax, even in a local form, such as tumor, oedema or 
pustule. 
The only one of the number which had been sick, and which 
died after a single cutaneous injection, presented no symptoms or 
lesions of anthrax. Its blood was free from bacterides and viru¬ 
lent properties .—Gazette Medicate. 
A CASE OF PARTIAL LUXATION OF BOTH PATELL2E IN A TWO- 
YEARS OLD CART FILLY. 
By M. G. H. Golding. 
A two-years old grey cart filly had an enlargement on the point 
of the near shoulder, caused by a badly fitting collar. A seton 
was introduced through it, and directions given for after treat¬ 
ment. 
While standing behind the filly and taking a casual glance at 
her, a peculiar snapping sound was heard, proceding from the 
stifle joint. Removed from the stable, it was observed that she 
had great difficulty in turning, and on close examination it was 
found that she could not rest on either hind leg, except for a few 
seconds. An unnatural prominence of the outside of each stifle 
joint was also noticed, and when the filly moved or changed her 
position the patellae moved on and off the condyles of either 
joint, causing a peculiar snapping noise. On inquiring into the 
