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had on his hands, and without taking any precaution against the dangers 
of inoculation; and, unfortunately, he was not satisfied in opening the 
abdomen to examine the stomach of its contents, but carried his investi¬ 
gations into the buccal cavity; his hands thus became soiled with the 
saliva. Three months after, Mr. Moreau felt the first effects of the 
disease, and, mistaking their character, attributed the whole trouble to 
gastric trouble. A small dose of emetic which he tried to take gave 
rise immediately to the first convulsive symptoms, which were soon fol¬ 
lowed by all the other manifestations of the disease. After a suffering 
of two days, with alternate exacerbations and remissions in the symp¬ 
toms, our poor colleague died by sudden arrest of muscular heart’s 
contractions :—Recuil de Medicine Veterinaire. * 
DEATH FROM THE POST-MORTEM OF A FARCINOUS HORSE. 
Mr. Dezoteux, veterinary in the army, in making the post-mortem 
of a farcinous horse, inoculated himself with the dreadful disease. 
Carefully treated, during several months, he first seemed to rally, by an 
energetic treatment of tonic and alcoholic stimulants, to such an exten-t 
that it was thought he would entirely recover ; but, after some time, all 
the symptoms became aggravated, and after along agony, the veterinary 
profession had to count one more victim of pathological researches.— 
A rchives Vete'rinaires. 
LETTERS RFCEIVED. 
Ik C. Forgason, Auburn, N. Y.; Prof. J. Law, Cornell University; 
Prof. A. Smith, Toronto ; Prof. D. McEachran, Montreal, Canada. 
PAPERS RECEIVED. 
J. A. Couture, Montreal. Can.; W. Bryden, Boston, Mass.; A. A, 
Holcombe, N. Y. ; T. S. Very, Boston, Mass.; C. W. Crowley, St. Louis, 
Mo.; C. Michener, Carversville, Pa. ; W. Cutting, Rochester, N. Y. 
EXCHANGES. 
Medical Record ; Live Stock Journal; Hospital Gazette ; Country 
Gentleman; Turf, Field and Farm; American Agriculturist; Scientific 
Farmer; Scientific American ; Journal de l’Agriculture. 
* Investigations have since proved that the unfortunate Mr. Moreau had, previous to this 
post-mortem, been bitten by a rabid dog. The question still remains how long after death will the 
virus of hydrophobia be dangerous, and likely to inocculate the disease. 
