INFECTIONS FROM KISSING ANIMALS.
The disgusting and dangerous fondling and kissing of beasts cannot be effectually opposed, perhaps, on the whole; but some persons may be benefited by the repetition of warnings against the numerous infections which that practice is liable to incur, such as hydatids from dogs, diphtheria from cats and pigeons, and from cats the obstinate and loathsome diseases of ringworm and favus. Dr. Leviseur suggests this warning in the Medical Record from having had occasion repeatedly to trace individual cases, as well as small epidemics, of both ringworm and favus to their source in the endearment of cats. He gives two recent cases, with particulars of both cat and child. Favus, he states, is a disease peculiar to mice, from which the cat gets it.—American Analyst.