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tlio lieiuolysis, can be explained by nietbeniolysis, wbich follows the usual 

 hemolysis. 



In regard to the method of combination of the hemolytic amboceptors, 

 K. Kawashima (Biochem. Ztschr., 31 {1911), No. 1-2, pp. 135-11,1).— The 

 results show that the amboceptors from the dog and rabbit behave practically 

 alike in their manner of combining with goat's blood. 



A simple method for counting the eosinophils, R. Dungeb {Miinchen. Med. 

 Wchnavhr., 51 (11)10), Xo. 37, pp. I!)'i2-101i.'i ; abs. in Zentbl. Gcsam. Physiol, u. 

 Path. Stoffwcchsels, n. srr., 5 (.1910), No. 22, p. S.5//).— The counting fluid 

 utilized for this consists of 10 cc. of a 0.1 per cent aqueous solution of eosin, 

 10 cc. of acetone, and 80 cc. of water. The blood is diluted with this fluid ih 

 the proportion of 1 : 10, shaken for from three to five minutes, and a portion 

 of it brought into the counting chamber. 



Staining the anthrax bacillus, Foth (Berlin. TierdrzU. Wchnschr.,27 (1911), 

 No. 8, pp. 129-132). — This is a simplified, accurate, and rapid method, and 

 which utilizes azur II and Nocht's red from methylen blue as the dyestuffs. 



The cultivation of the smyptomatic anthrax bacillus with amino acids, 

 J. BiELECKi (Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol. [Paris], 10 (1911), No. 3, pp. 100-102).— 

 A feeble development of this bacillus was noted in solutions of asparagin, 

 glycin, glutaminic acid, and leucin. The best results were obtained with 

 asparagin. 



Two cases of brain anthrax. A. Wepfeb (Zwci Fdlle von Oehirnnnlzbrand. 

 Inaug. Diss., Heidelberg, 1910; abs. in C'entbl. Bakt. [etc.], 1. Abt., Ref., JfS 

 (1910), No. 8, p. 225). — A report of the anatomo-pathological and microscopical 

 findings of two cases. 



In regard to differentiating between the enteritidis and paratyphoid B 

 bacteria, K. Trommsdorff and L. Rajchman (Ztschr. Immunitdtsf. u. Expt. 

 Ther., I, Orig., 9 (1911), No. 1, pp. 61-7^).— The results show that the aggluti- 

 nation test is an uncertain one for differentiating the enteritidis from the para- 

 typhoid B bacterium. 



Nutritional disturbances of the skin in foot-and-mouth disease, S. Laszlo 

 (Allatorvosi Lapoh, 32 (1909), No. ^S, pp. 592, 593; abs. in Berlin. Tierdrztl. 

 Wchnschr., 21 (1911), No. 8, p. 131,). — Among 1,800 head of cattle in one com- 

 munity, 75 per cent of them became slightly affected with this disease. The 

 fatalities at this period were limited to 4 suckling calves. After three to four 

 weeks the author noted that the hair in about 10 per cent of the infected ani- 

 mals became long, straight, and uneven, and that despite the hot weather the 

 animals did not sweat. Clinically, the condition was characterized by a body 

 temperature of about 40° C, a superficial respiration of 60 per minute, loss of 

 appetite, diminution in lactation, and salivation. A few of these animals suc- 

 cumbed with cachexia. 



The chemotaxic action of glanders bacillus extracts, Hobstetter (Arch. 

 Wiss. u. Pralct. Tierheilk., 36 (1910), Sup., pp. 153-160; abs. in CentU. Bakt. 

 [etc.], 1. Abt., Ref., //8 (1910), No. 8, pp. 21,1, 2^S).— The toxins were found to 

 act only upon the polymorphonuclear neutrophilic leucocytes. 



Pathology and therapy of rabies, O. Lentz (Deut. Med. Wchnschr., 36 

 (1910), No. 21, pp. 1251-1262; abs. in Centbl. Bakt. [etc.], 1. Abt., Ref., 48 

 (1910), No. 8, p. 30). — A short historical and statistical discussion of rabies in 

 man and animals, with particular reference to the incubation time, prognosis, 

 and treatment. 



Hepatic distomiasis (sheep rot) in man, G. R. Ward (Brit. Med. Jour., 1911, 

 No. 2625, pp. 931-935, figs. 2). — The author finds records of 24 cases of the 

 occurrence of liver fluke (Fasciola [Distoma] hepatica) in man, 13 or 14 of 



