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is supposed to be due to the sapouin which the bean contains. The symptoms 

 and post-mortem findings with some of the animals so poisoned are given in 

 detail. 



The development of ascarids, P. R6zsa {Allatorvosi Lapok, 33 (1910), No. 

 .'t6, p. 5Jt3; abs. in Vet. Rec, 23 (1911), No. 1191^ pp. 7^2, 7//3).— The author 

 reports a case of intestinal impaction in a calf of 3 weeks that was caused by 

 Ascaris vitnU. Supposing it to be a case of constipation, a dose of 10 gm. of 

 aloes and 100 gm. of magnesium sulphate was administered. The following day 

 a mass of more than 200 reddish-white ascarids of from 10 to 12 in. in length 

 was passed. It is thought by the author that the calf had become infested in 

 the first days of its life, most probably by taking ova with developed embryos, 

 from the teats, and that their development had taken place in the short period 

 intervening. 



The action of extracts from Ascaris equorum on the coagulation of the 

 blood of rabbits, E. Emilb-Weil and G. Boye (Compt. Rend. Sac. Biol. 

 [Paris], 69 (1910), No. 29, pp. 28-'f, 28.5).— The authors have found that an ex- 

 tract of A, equorum has a retardative influence on the coagulation of rabbit 

 blood and suggests that this may partially explain the hemorrhages caused by 

 these parasites. 



The epizootiology of anthrax, S. Stockman (Jour, Campar. Path, and Ther., 

 2Jf (1911), No. 2, pp. 91-108, table 1; Vet. Rec, 21t (1911), No. 1206, pp. 122- 

 121). — ^A discussion in regard to the diagnostic methods, epizootiology, and pre- 

 ventive measures for anthrax. The statistics of Great Britain for the years 

 1906-10 are used as a basis for the article. 



Unusual case of anthrax in a mare, J. H. Cakter (Vet. Rec,, 2/f (1911), 

 No. 1199, pp. 2, 3). — ^A detailed description of the case. 



A case of anthrax treated by Sclavo's serum, W. M. Fergusson (Brit. Med. 

 Jour., 1911, No. 2637, pp. 103, lOJf, chart 1).—A case of anthrax which had its 

 origin In a heifer was successfully treated by this serum. 



In regard to a bacillus simulating the glanders bacillus. Martini (Abs, in 

 Miinchen. Med. Wchnschr., 58 (1911), No. 17, p. 91-'f). — This rod bacterium was 

 isolated from a case which was diagnosed as glanders in man. It was found 

 on examination to produce alkalinity in litmus milk. The glanders bacillus 

 produces acidity. 



The precipitation reaction of Konew, W. L. Boyd (Amer. Jour. Vet. Med., 

 6 (1911), No. 9, pp. 723-725; Amer. Vet. Rev., 39 (1911), No, 5, pp. 568-571).— 

 The Konew test (E. S. R.. 24, p. 184) was found to yield positive results with 6 

 cases of glanders. Four of the cases which were also tested against the mal- 

 lein test and 2 against the agglutination test gave positive results. 



An examination was made of the serum from other animals affected with 

 fistulous withers, poll evil, cartilaginous quitter, and exuberant granulations 

 following wire cuts, as well as of the serum from normal horses, but in no 

 instance was a positive reaction obtained. 



Eeport of the committee on standard methods for the bacterial diagnosis 

 of glanders, W. L. Beebe et al. (Jour. Amer. Pub. Health Assoc,, 1 (1911), 

 No, 7, pp. 493-501). — After making a statistical study of the results obtained 

 by the various methods thus far proposed for diagnosing glanders, the com- 

 mittee of the American Public Health Association concludes that " mallein is 

 the most reliable practical method that we have of diagnosing glanders; the 

 agglutination test is a very valuable aid in diagnosing glanders, and, in some 

 cases, can be employed where conditions prevent the application of other tests ; 

 Straus' method is reliable in clinical cases where a positive reaction is ob- 

 tained in the pig and Bacterium mallei recovered in pure cultures from the 



