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A new bacteriological method of meat examination, H, Coiseadi (Ztschr. 

 Ficisch u. MiMihyg., 19 (1909), No. 10, pp. 3J, 1-31,5 ; abs. in Jour. Compar. Path, 

 and Ther., 22 {1909), No. 3, pp. 260-263).— The method here described necessi- 

 tates a close acquaintance with bacteriological methods and the possession of 

 such appliances as are to be found in most small bacteriological laboratories. 

 It depends upon the principle of developing the isolated micro-organisms present 

 in the organ to be examined while preserving the specimen from accidental 

 contamination or fresh infection. 



Further report upon the presence of the Gartner group of organisms in the 

 animal intestine, W. G. Savage (Ann. Rpt. LocnJ Govt. Bd. [G7. Brit.], Sup. 

 Rpt. Med. Officer, 37 (1907-8), pp. ^25-U-i ; abs. in Jour. Roy. Micros. Soc. 

 [London], 1909, No. 5, p. 628). — ^The author shows from his observations that it 

 is convenient to recognize a more exclusive enteritidis group (type organism 

 Bacillus enteritidis Gartner) as a subgroup of the larger group containing 

 organisms of the Gartner type. Members of the Gartner group with the char- 

 acters of the recognized pathological members of this group are not found in 

 the healthy animal intestines of the ordinary domestic animals used for food. 

 Organisms which superficially resemble bacilli of the Gartner group, both B. 

 paratyphosus (b) and («), are met with in small numbers. There is no evi- 

 dence that these Gartner simulating organisms found in the healthy intestine 

 are of any pathological significance. By extended cultural study they can be 

 differentiated from the true meat-poisoning bacilli. 



The pathology of the suprarenal glands of domestic animals, A. F. Folgeb 

 (Monatsh. Prakt. Ticrheilk., 20 (1908), No. J,, pp. L',.5-192, pis. .',, figs. 16; abs. in 

 Vet. Rec., 21 (1909), No. 1086, p. 7.^6).— The author has made an extensive study 

 of the pathological anatomy of the suprarenal glands. He concludes that the 

 importance of these glands is not yet fully realized in pathology, and that a 

 careful examination of them, in autopsies in which the origin of the disease is 

 problematic and especially if the illness has been marked by a loss of vital 

 power, convulsions, and disturbances of digestion, might clear up many obscure 

 questions. 



Metastases, suppurative inflammation of the suprarenal glands and. in cows, 

 tuberculosis, are among the conditions described. Tumors of these bodies are 

 apparently commoner than has hitherto been supposed. In 300 horses the 

 author found 46 such tumors, these being chiefly in old horses. The most im- 

 portant of these tumors are hypernephroma, melanosarcoma, and capillary 

 telangiectasis, or vascular tumor consisting of enlarged and dilated blood 

 vessels. 



The farmer's veterinarian, C. W. Burkett (Neio York, 1909, pp. X-\-275, 

 pis. 7, figs. 50 ) . — A practical treatise on the diseases of farm stock. 



Stock diseases [in New Zealand], C. J. Reakes (Rpt. Bien. Conf. Agr. and 

 Past. Assocs. New Zeal., 8 (1909), pp. 58-64). — An address by the chief govern- 

 ment veterinarian on the diseases of sheep, horses, and cattle. 



Compared with older countries. New Zealand is considered fortunate in being 

 free from many serious diseases affecting live stock generally, and also in hav- 

 ing, by comparison, only a small portion of its animal population affected with 

 the specific diseases which have gained a foothold. Exceptions to this, however, 

 are contagious abortion and contagious mammitis of cows. 



The bacteriological diagnosis of anthrax by cultures from the skin, A. 

 CiucA and G. Stoicesco (Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol. [Paris], 67 (1909), No. 25, pp. 

 IJfO, i-i 7). —Previously noted from another source (E. S. R., 22, p. 81). 



Demodex folliculorum, F, Gmeiner (Berlin. Tierdrztl. Wchnschr., 25 (1909), 

 No. 38, pp. 695-700; abs. in Vet. Rec, 22 (1909), No. 1112, pp. 291-293).— This 

 article is said to be a summary of the author's investigations upon the D. fol- 



