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deburg, and Raw of Liverpool) ; (2) protection of cliildren against tuberculosis 

 (discussed by Messrs. Bielefeldt of Lubeck, Bruck of Berlin, Rordam of Copen- 

 hagen, Pynappel of Zwolle, and Hamel and Nietner of Berlin) ; (3) tubercu- 

 losis and the school (discussed by Messrs. Altschul of Prague, Fronz of Vienna, 

 Gumprecht of Weimar, Jacob of Berlin, and Patrikios of Athens) ; and (4) 

 combating tuberculosis by women (discussed by Dr. Lefevre of Gembloux, Mrs. 

 Altschul of Prague, Mrs. Girard-Mangin of Paris, Mrs. Pannwitz of Charlotten- 

 burg, Mrs. Pischiuger of Lohr, and Mrs. Pynappel of Zwolle, and the Misses 

 Possaschnaia of St. Petersburg, Sommer of Bern, and Chaptal of Paris). 



Malignant diseases in bovines, A. M. Trotter (Jour. Compar. Path, and 

 Thcr., 2Jf {1911), 'So. 1, pp. 1-20). — The results are reported of an inquiry 

 undertaken to ascertain the age, sex, and organ incidence of disease in bovines 

 affected with malignant neoplasms. 



The cultivation of the organism of chronic bovine enteritis, Albien {Ber- 

 lin. Tierarztl. WcJinschr., 26 {1910), No. U, pp. 793, 79.)).— A polemical article 

 in which the author (E. S. E,., 20, p. 581) replies to Miessner,** and in which 

 he gives the formula of the glycerin-agar media [nutrient, Heyden from 5 to 

 10 gm., agar from 10 to 20 gm., glycerin from 20 to 30 gm., sodium chlorid 5 

 gm., a normal solution of sodium carbonate crystals (28:100) 5 gm., and dis- 

 tilled water 1,(X)0 gm.] on which the above organisms will grow. See also a 

 previous note (E. S. R., 22. p. 287). 



A minute on the cattle disease, R. Willmot {Agr. and Stock Dept. Tasma- 

 nia, Bui. 19, 1910, pp. 15, pis. 8). — This is a preliminary account of chorea 

 paralytica bovis, commonly known in Tasmania as " the cattle disease." 



Observations and researches on enzootic hematuria of bovines, Korschann 

 {Osterr. Monatsschr. Ticrheilk., 1910, Nov.; ahs. in Rev. G&n. MM. Vet., 11 

 {1911), No. 197, p. 287). — Piroplasmosis due to Piroplasma higeminum, trans- 

 mitted by Ixodes ricinns, occurs in Hungary along the Carpathian range. 

 Acute and prolonged cases occur from time to time but usually the disease does 

 not last longer than a week. The mortality is said to be low, not rising above 

 10 per cent. 



Acute contagious mastitis in cows due to the Bacillus lactis aerogenes, 

 J. A. GiLRUTH and N. Macdonald {Vet. Jour., 67 {1911), No. JfSO, p2). 217-223) .— 

 "B. lactis aerogenes, while not pathogenic by inoculation into the tissues of 

 cattle, may yet cause acute inflammation if introduced into the lactating udder 

 of cows. Such an infection may be readily spread by milking machines. The 

 bacilli after the first few days of infection may be so few as to be overlooked. 

 The secretion, although originally favorable to the growth of bacteria, rapidly 

 assumes an inhibitory power. There is evidence that the blood serum itself 

 rapidly becomes antitoxic." 



The preparation of antirinderpest serum by means other than the injec- 

 tion of virulent blood, F. S. H. Baldrey {Jour. Trop. Vet. Sci., 6 {1911), No. 

 1, pp. 1-20, pi. 1, charts 21). — The author concludes "that the method of em- 

 ploying peritoneal washings to augment the amount of inoculable virulent 

 material is a good one. It produces an antirinderpest serum of a high value, 

 but less potent than that produced by blood inoculation. In comparison with 

 serum from blood inoculations it is of great value in the less susceptible plains 

 animals than in the highly susceptible hill cattle. Its reaction is produced 

 principally by a toxin which is rapidly formed under the vital influence of 

 the peritoneal cavity." 



Stiff-sickness or stijfziekte in cattle, A. Theiler {Agr. Jour. Union So. 

 Africa, 1 {1911), No. 1, pp. 10-21, pis. Jf). — "The disease 'stiff-sickness' in 



« Berlin. Tierarztl. Wchnschr., 26 (1910), No. 30, p. 593. 



