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obtained at 220° F. and higher temperatures, whether dipped for 1, 5, or 10 

 seconds. At 190° the results were usually unsatisfactory, and when this tem- 

 perature is used the cheese should be dipped for at least 5 seconds, though the 

 cheese paraffined at 7 days was given practically the same average score as 

 that paraffined at 3 days, the fault known as " rind rot " was more frequent 

 than in the 3-day lot. Cheese kept in the warm curing room for several days 

 after paraffining took on a white appearance which was noticeable at the time 

 of scoring, but no reduction was made for this because of its even distribution. 

 In order to prevent this change in color cheese should not be allowed to remain 

 in the warm curing room for more than 1 day after paraffining. The amount 

 of paraffin adhering to the cheese varied with the different temperatures and 

 the length of time the cheese was immersed. 



It is concluded that paraffining is an effective method of preventing losses in 

 the weight of cheese due to evaporation and of preventing growth, the best 

 results being obtained by paraffining at 3 days from the press. When cheese is 

 held for some time before being paraffined it must be allowed to remain in the 

 paraffin for a longer time in order to prevent the growth of mold under the 

 paraffin coat. 



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Beport of g'overnment veterinary bacteriologist for the year 1908-9, 

 A. Theiler (Rpt. Govt. Vet. Bad. Transvaal, 1908-9, pp. 163, pis. 7, figs. 5).— The 

 papers presented in this report are as follows : Anaplasma marginale, the Marginal 

 Points in the Blood of Cattle Suffering from a Specific Disease (pp. 7-64), 

 including (1) further inoculation experiments with South African redwater, 

 (2) the marginal points in the literature on piroplasmosis, (3) the association 

 of Piroplasma Ugcminum, Anaplasma marginale, and P. miitans in South 

 African cattle, (4) transmission of A. marginale by ticks, (5) the anaplasmosis 

 of cattle, a summarized description of the disease resulting from the foregoing 

 and observations from practice, and (6) gall sickness; and The Infectivity of 

 Blood of Animals Suffering from Chronic Glanders (pp. 65-73), by A. Theiler; 

 Gauw Ziekto, A Disease of Sheep (pp. 74-99), by J. Walker; Investigations into 

 the Disease Lamziekte of Cattle (pp. 100-109) and The Refractive Index of 

 Horse Sera (pp. 110-114), by W. Frei; On a Collection of Anopheles made at 

 Onderstepoort in the Autumn of 1909 (pp. 115-121), by L. H. Gough ; Experi- 

 mental Studies on a Specific Purulent Nephritis of Equidte (pp. 122-158) ; and 

 Some Experimental and Epidemiological Observations on a Particular Strain 

 of Pleuro-pueumonia (pp. 159-163), by K. F. Meyer. 



Lactic acid ferment therapy, Rosenthal ( Arch. Gin. MM., n. ser., 4 (1910), 

 Aug., pp. 385-422; ahs. in Ztschr. Immimiitdtsf. n. Expt. Ther., II, Ref., 3 (1910), 

 No. 11, pp. 981, 982). — A discussion in regard to the principles of lactic acid 

 bacterio-therapy, its medical and surgical future, and its application to some 

 diseases. 



In regard to the theory of disinfection, R. O. Herzog and R. Betzel 

 (Ztschr. Physiol. Chem., 67 (1910), No. 4-5, pp. 309-313; al)s. in Zenfhl. Allg. u. 

 Expt. Biol., 1 (1911), No. 20-22, p. 755 ) .—Antiseptics either combine with the 

 protein or have a solvent action for the fatty or lipoid bodies of the micro- 

 organisms. Chloroform and silver nitrate are taken up by yeast with par- 

 ticular reference to their absorption exponents. Formaldehyde always combines 

 with yeast in the same proportions, irrespective of the concentration of the 

 formaldehyde solution. Phenol is not taken up by this organism. 



Gaseous disinfection, A. Corsini (/ Disinfettanti Gassosi. Florence, 1909, 

 pp. iy+256; al)s. in Ccntbl. Bakt. [etc.], 1. Aht., Ref.,' J,8 (1911), Ndi. IS, p. 

 549). — This book, which was designed for practical work, after discussing the 



