DROPPINGS OF BIRDS TO THE EDITOR OP THE

A "

CAUSE OF CHOLERA.

INDIAN MEDICAL

GAZETTE."

I observed some small birds perched upon the open tops of water bottles in the verandah of a Dak-Bungalow, and speculated on the result of water contaminated by probable droppings. This brought to uiind a letter or paper in which this idea of bird-droppings was given as a cause of malignant cholera. I shall be much obliged to you, or any of your readers, to be so kind as to tell me where 1 may find mention of this matter. I am,

Sin,?To-day

Sir,

Yours trulv,

C. M. I.

23rd March 1875. Aneurism

External

Carotid

cured by has communicated to the Paris Academie de Medecine a case of carotid aneurism occurring in a man thirty years of age, which has been cured by digital compression, that was maintained during 283 hours. The particulars of the case are detailed iu the Gazelle Medicate, Februury 6.?Medical Times and Gazette. of

the

Digital Compression.?Dr. Marques,

of

Lisbon,