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J/16, j)l. J). — Tlie authors describe a trypauosome found in the blood of an ele- 

 phant shot near Ngogole on the east shore of Lake Albert. The parasite has 

 been given the proA'isional name Tri/pano-sonia elephantis. 



The presence of anthrax in the intestinal contents of animals, A. CiucA 

 and (4. Fenea (CoHtpf. Rend. Soc. Biol. [Paris], 67 (1909), No. 27, pp. 301, 

 302). — The authors examined the feces of guinea pigs, rabbits, sheep, and pigs 

 affected with anthrax aud almost invariably found that the bacilli were present 

 and in numbers inversely proportional to the rapidity of the disease. The in- 

 testine favors spore formation, in which stage the bacillus is resistant to the 

 putrefaction, as anthrax cultures can always be obtained by heating the fecal 

 matter to 65° C. Under these conditions the colonies are the more numerous 

 the later the examination is made. A bacteriological examination of the feces 

 therefore affords a certain means for deciding whether an animal has died of 

 anthrax, even though the cadaver has become more or less putrid. 



Vaccination against symptomatic anthrax in Switzerland and some other 

 countries, R. Balavoine (Schwciz. Arch. TicrheiUc, 51 (1909), No. 3, pp. 137- 

 185, figs. 7; abs. in Bui. Inst. Pasteur, 7 {1909), No. 11,. pp. 636, 637). — A review 

 of the work on protective inoculation against this disease. 



The specific changes in the ganglion cells of animals afEected with rabies 

 and distemper, O. Lentz [Ztsclir. Ili/ff. ii. Infcktionskrank., 6.1 (1908), No. 1, 

 pp. 63-9 'i. pi. 1). — A contribution to our knowledge of the origin aud importance 

 of Negri's bodies. 



The rapid diagnosis of rabies, F. Xeri (Ccntbl. Bivkt. [etc.], 1. Aht., Orig., 

 50 (1909), No. 3, pp. Ji09-Jil2). — A new method for staining Negri's bodies is 

 described. 



Kabies in the street dogs of Constantinople, P. Remlinger (Bui. Hoc. Cent. 

 Med. Vet., 86 (1909), No. 8, pp. 137-1',!,; Jour. Trop. Vet. 8ci., J, (1909), No. 4, 

 561-566). — The street dogs of Constantinople, estimated at from 60,000 to 

 80,000, are allowed al)solute liberty, the vicious ones being destroyed from time 

 to time. 



In spite of this almost complete absence of sanitary policing, rabies among 

 these dogs is extremely rare. It has been suggested that they are more or less 

 immune to the disease. This, however, is not the case, as during the course of 

 8 years' residence in Constantinople the author has inoculated hundreds of 

 street dogs under the most varied conditions and with different strains of 

 virus, but has never observed any particular resistance of the indigenous dog. 



It is also shown that the rarity of I'abies in street dogs is not due to the 

 prevalence of the paralytic form of the disease, as furious rabies is about twice 

 as common as the paralytic form. It is believed that it is " the special condi- 

 tions under which street dogs live, their distribution into distinct groups, and 

 the subtle instinct which makes others avoid a rabid dog to which we must 

 attribute more than to any peculiarities in the disease itself the rarity of 

 rabies in Constantinople street dogs." 



Contribution to the study of hemorrhagic septicemia, S. H. Gaiger (Jour. 

 Trop. Vet. Set., J, (1909), No. J,, pp. 501-52',, pi. 1, fig. 1, charts 8).— The cultural 

 characters, morphology, biology, pathogenicity, and distribution of the bacilli 

 in the animal body are here reported upon. 



The bacilli are said to be present in every organ and fluid of the animal body. 

 The accepted theory is that they live in the damp soil or in the soil water, that 

 the disease appears during the rains when the soil water rises, and that ani- 

 mals become infected by ingestion. Immunity can be conferred on animals by 

 feeding on virulent bouillon cultures; by starting with less than a fatal dose 

 of pure bouillon culture, and giving increased doses; by commencing with an 



