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conditions. The repeated use of the yeast preparation confers a greater resist- 

 ance aj,'.iinst infection witli the pus-producing organisms. 



Bactericidal value of thymol, E. W. Schmidt (Ztschr. I'ltysiol. C'hcin., 67 

 (1010), No. 6, pp. Jil2-.'tS2; aba. in Zentbl. Biocheni. u. Biophys., 10 (1010), No. 

 17-18, p. 812). — Thymol did not prove entirely efficient for enzymological worli. 

 It is not of any value as an antiseptic or as a disinfectant with certain liinds 

 of putrefactive bacteria, nor can it be employed as a disinfectant for digestion 

 ."studies which employ an allialine reaction and which extend over a long period 

 <if time. 



A simple method for growing the meningococcus, li. Beuynoghe (Ceiitbl. 

 Jiakt. [etc.], 1. Abt., Oiig., 50 (lUlO), No. 1, pp. 92-y.'/).— Tlie method consists of 

 adding the spinal fluid from the patient to an equal volume of bouillon, incubat- 

 ing for 24 hours at 37°C., and examining microscopically. 



Researches in regard to Jenner's vaccination method, E. HuoN (Rev. O&n. 

 M6d. y6t., 16 (1010), No. 187-188, jyp. S61-.J85, figs. 6, charts 2).— Regeneration 

 of vaccine can be ettectively accomi)lished by passing it through an ass. The 

 technique employed and the results obtained with such vaccines are given. 



Distillery slop disease (schlempemauke), Mustkble (Munchen. Tieriirztl. 

 Wcltnsclir., OJf (JOW), No. l.i, pp. 180-10.:; abs. in Berlin, Tlerdrztl. Wchnschr., 

 27 (1911), No. 6, p. 105). — The author observed in a cooperative balcery barn, 

 where distillery slop disease (schlempemauke) often occurred, that the diluted 

 slop mixetl with roughage was allowed to stand for 12 hours before being fed. 

 The feed during this lime assumed a disagreeable, sour odor, and microscopi- 

 cally it showed myriads of lission fungi. 



When the feed was scalded or boiled before being fed, no cases of this disease 

 occurred over a period of 2 years. 



Diagnosis of glanders with the aid of the complement deviation method, 

 SciiOtz and .Sciiubeut (Arch, ^yiss. ti. I'rak. Ticrhcilk., J5 (1000), No. 1-2, pp. 

 ■i-i-88, figs. 2). — This is a detailed description of the application of the comple- 

 ment deviation or flxation reaction to the diagnosis of glanders, as based on the 

 phenomenon of hemolysis, (irst noted by Bordet and (iengou. 



The diagnosis of glanders by complement fixation, J. R. Mohlek and A. 

 EiCHiiOKN iU. S. Dcpt. Agr., Bur. Aiiijn. Indus. Bui. 136, pp. 31, pis. 5). — The 

 authors have in this bulletin given a detailed and practical description of the 

 Schiitz and Schubert complement tixatiou, complement deviation, or comple- 

 ment binding methods (see above) for the diagnosis of glanders. 



The principles of hemolysis are explained, and the methods of obtaining the 

 hemolytic amboceptor (rabbit serum) and the complement (guinea pig serum) 

 and their titration are set forth. Specific complement fixation (deviation) is 

 discussed, as well as the method of obtaining the serum of animals to be tested, 

 the preparation of the antigen (glanders bacilli extract), and the titration of 

 the extract. Data are given as to the application of the complement fixation 

 test, use of controls, interpreting the results of tests, and controlling glanders 

 in an infected stable. Results of practical tests with complement fixation are 

 reported. 



The authors point out that with a good-sized incubator and the apparatus 

 mentioned in the bulletin it is possible for any laboratory to meet the demands 

 for diagnoses of all the veterinarians within a State's borders, as from 80 to 

 100 tests may be readily made in one day. 



" The agglutination test may be luidertaken with the complement fixation test 

 without a great deal of difficulty, especially if the agglutination test is carried 

 out in accordance with the method used at the present time in Germany, by 

 which the results of the test can be obtained in about 2 hours. This consists 

 of a modification of the agglutination test, in which by ceutrifugalization the 



