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infection, and for this purpose the recommendations
kof Mr. Brown ought to be carefully observed. As,
however,theyhad no means of enforcing the observ-
ance of any regulations, he thought the aid of Go-
Vernment ought to be invoked. With this view he
would propose, " That a memorial be presented to
the Lords of the Privy Council, enjoining on them
the serious evils likely to result from the disease re-
ported to have broken out among cattle, and sug-
gesting that they should adopt stringent measures
to remedy the evil." If the meeting thought fit tct
adopt that resolution they might afterwards appoint
a committee to draw up a memorial and take such
other steps as might be considered necessary. Mr.
M. Bell seconded the motion, which was carried
unanimously.. A committee was afterwards ap-
pointed, and in the discussion which took place
thereon Mr. J. B. Plumptre said the evil was one
which required the adoption of very decided mea-
sures to remedy it ; but he thought the committee
could not do much until they had the authority of
the Government to back them. He believed they
.had no idea of the extent to which the disease had
already extended in the county. He had been
told that it had broken out in the neighbour-
hood of Northbourne and Guston, where one
farmer had lost 12 beasts andanother 16. The chair-
man suggested that, with the authority of Govern-
ment, the county constabulary might be used to col-
lect information as to the prevalence of the disease.
It was supposed the disease had been introduced
into the locality alluded to by Mr. Plumptre by
cattle sent from London to the contractors for sup-
plying meat to the troops at Deal and Walmer. A
subscription was entered into to meet the expenses
which may be incurred.

NORFOLK. •
On Saturday an influential meeting of the agri-
cultural interest of Norfolk was held in St. Andrew's
Hall, Norwich, to take steps to prevent the further
extension of the cattle disease in the county. Among
those present were the Earl of Leicester, Lord Lieu-
tenant ; Sir T. Beauchamp, Mr. E. Howes, M.P.,
Lord Bury, Mr. C. Read, M.P., the Hon. F. wai_
pole, Mr. B. Gurdon, the Mayor of Norwich (Mr.
Tuck), &c.

The Earl of LEICESTER moved that Mr. Read,
M.P., should take the chair. The noble earl re-
marked that the farmers of Norfolk were deeply in..
debted to Mr. Read for the part which he had al-
ready taken in the matter, and he was quite sure
they would be perfectly satisfied to leave their inte-
rests in his hands. The landed proprietors would
also be prepared to render Mr. Read all the assist-
ance in their power.

The CHAIRMAN said that at the interview he and
others recently had with Mr. Waddington at the
Home-office they. had a most courteous reception,
but one that left on his mind the impression that
there were certain Government officials who would
not readily adopt suggestions made to them. The
deputation was asked to submit, in writing, the sug-
gestions made. They had not received any reply to
these suggestions, but no doubt they would receive
one in a few days. The Government certainly had
very little power, but he had no doubt they would
exercise that power to the best of their ability, and
to the satisfaction of the whole country. There could
be no doubt that the disease which at present
prevailed in cattle was of foreign importation. It
appeared to be the desire of every one -.connected
with the metropolitan market to make him and the
deputation believe that it was a spontaneous out-
burst in some of the London cowyards. No doubt
the sultry heat of June was prOpitious for the deve-
lopment of this disease, but in every case where the
outbreak occurred in London it could be traced to
foreign cattle. Professor Symonds said it was no
more an English disease than the Asiatic cholera,
and that if we did not stamp it out at once we should
be visited with it for a great number of years. He
hoped that farmers would resolutely make up their
minds to purchase no cattle for some time. They
could not do better with their second crops of clover
than to put them into a haystack. If any subscrip-
tion or any mutual insurance association were set
on foot, he thought that it should not mei•ely refer
to a hundred, but that it should embrace the whole
county ; on the other hand, a national association
would be so large that it would be utterly un-
manageable. (Hear.)
Mr. E. HowEs, M.P., moved the first resolution:
—" That this meeling,, having heard of the alarm-
ing spread of the cattle plague in this country, re-
commends to the consideration of the public the
means suggested by Professor Symonds to arrest the
progress of the disease, and further suggests that no
farmer should purchase any store stock in any mar-
ket for the period of six weeks." The hon. gentle-
man expressed a fear that on such occasions as the
present farmers were apt not sufficiently to realise
the danger in which they stood. They must put their
shoulders to the wheel and do what was necessary
to carry out the regulations and suggestions made
by Professor Symonds and others. He was very
much afraid that we were on the eve of what might
be considered a national calamity. Any action in
the matter must be of a combined character to be of
any service, and he trusted sincerely that no selfish
feeling would in any way interfere with that com-
bined action. He trusted, also, that a fund would
be raised which would in some degree alleviate any
loss which might fall upon individuals. (Cheers.)
Sir T. BEAUCHAMP, in seconding the resolution,
said he was extremely glad to render any help he
could in so important a matter. It was for the farmers
to shoi by energetic steps that they were deter-
mined to do the utmost in their power to check the
disease. It had pleased Providence to bring this
calamity upon the country, but farmers must not
stand still ; on the contrary, they must use the
means at their command, and he believed that if
they did so this dreadful cattle disease might be in
a great measure checked. He thought the sugges-
tion made by Professor Symonds—that farmers
should abstain from purchasing cattle for the next
six weeks, was ono which it behoved them particu-
larly to follow.
The resolution was put and carried unanimously.
A subscription of £5OO was announced, amid
loud cheers, from Lord Leicester. The noble earl
suggested that farmers should also be entitled to
receive compensation for the loss of sheep.

STRABlSM.—Squinting is an affection caused by
an inequality of length in the two muscles, right
and left, which move the eye-ball. Suppose the squint to
be inwards, then the inner muscle is the shorter of the two.
To correct this defect Stromeyer first proposed the section
of the shorter muscle; the eye-ball being thus set at liberty
on one side, and the longer muscle allowed to contract,
vision must become straight again. Such was Stromeyer's
reasoning, and his operation has since been extensively
performed on persons afflicted with strabism, though
not always with success. in an article published by the
Abeille Medicate, Dr. Tavignot shows that Stromeyer's
operation can only succeed perfectly when it happens that
the longer muscle contracts just enough to bring the eye-
ball to its normal position again ; but this is quite a fortuit-
ous circumstance which it would be unwise, he observes,
to reckon. The fact is, that both the muscles are in an
abnormal state, one by excessive contraction and the
other by excessive tension. By cutting the shorter muscle
a remedy is obtained for one of the two muscles, but none
for the other, which may, after the operation, contract to
such a degree as to wake the eye squint the opposite
way. Dr. Tavignot's plan is different ;he says, "Do
not cut the shorter muscle, but shorten the longer
one ; it will then exercise a tension on tho other suffi-
cient to restore it to its proper length." For this pur-
pose he has recourse to galvano-cauterization; the
only instruments he employs aro a common elevator of the
eyes-lids,
ing a galvanic-caustic pile,
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at the opposite end of the deviation, is taken up with
m
on forceps, while the conjunctive membrane is
raisedeom as much as possible. The hooks of the galvanic..
caustic forceps are then inserted into the muscle, and a
galvanic current made to pass through by bringing the
electrodes into contact with the two branches of the for-
ceps. The small hooks become red hot ; the muscle thus
cauterised contracts, and the contraction continues, after
the operation, so that the eyeball returns to its proper
place. After the operation, linen rags, saturated with a
solution of common salt, are applied to the eye.
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