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Treatment of tetanus, DFSonsRY (/.'»/. Sac. Cent. MM. Vri.. f^.l (1906), 

 \(j. 10, pp. 271-27.'i). — The author has had considerable experieiic-o in treating 

 tetanus, especially ill horses, and discusses the effectiveness of different methods. 

 In a recent case of tetanus which occurred in a colt, antitetanus serum was 

 administered intravenously in a dnsc nf .".(i cc. toixctliei' with 10 cc. <>l" tnllianiii. 

 The treatment was continued t"<)r :! days and diurctin and l)enzoate of caffein 

 were also given. At first there was imi)rovement. !)ut later .serious symptoms 

 recurred. Tallianin was then ailniinistered regulai-ly and the animal linally 

 recovered. 



Trypanosomiasis of horses in Annam, J. J. Vassal (Aim. fust. I'axtciir. 

 .'0 (lIKid). \(). //. pp. 2')()~2!)-'). ft<j. 1) . — An outbreak of trypanosonuasis occurred 

 nc.ir liic I'asteur Institute in Annam and was investigated by the author. X\i 

 account is presented of the distribution of the disease; the symptoms as observed 

 in various cases; inoculation experiments with isolated micro-organisms in 

 rats, guinea pigs. ral)bits. and monkeys* and on the pathological lesions 

 observed in affected animals. The author devotes considerable attention to a 

 discussion of the relationship of this disease to surra and comes to the con- 

 clusion that it differs somewhat from surra as observed in Inida, Mauritius, and 

 .lava by the slighter susceptibility of cattle and the greater virulence of the 

 organism for other animals.. On the whole, however, the disease appears to be 

 practically identical with surra. 



Horse botflies and their importance in raising colts, Kr(3ning (Ztsclir. 

 Yetcriiiark.. 18 {1906). Xo. 5. pp. 202-211). — During the past 5 years the author 

 has had occasion to observe many cases of cachexia accompanied with colic in 

 young colts. Notes are given by way of differential diagnosis between botfly 

 disease and chronic anemia, leukemia, pseudoleukemia, infestation with stomach 

 worms and tabes intestinalis. As a result of numerous observations it is con- 

 <luded that botfly larviie in large numbers may greatly in.iure the health of 

 horses. Notes are given on Gastrophilus equl, G. pecorum, G. hcmorrlioiiJalh, 

 and.G. misullx. Tlie author made special observations on 31 cases of botfly 

 <lisease in horses. Among this number. 23 young colts recovered after receiving 

 (•arl)on bisulphid in doses of 8 gm. each repeated G times. 



The army horseshoer, E. A. Down et al. {Fort Rilcij, Kans.: U. »S'. War Dept., 

 1905, pp. 84, pis. 22). — This volume was prepared for use in the school of appli- 

 cation for cavalry and fleld artillery in Fort Kiley, Kansas. It contains an 

 account of the anatomy and physiology of the horse's foot, tools used for horse- 

 shoeing, methods of shoeing the normal foot, and special methods to conflrm or 

 alter certain gaits in the horse as well as an account of disease of the foot. 

 The illustrations are mostly from photograiihs of army practice in shoeing 

 horses and are of good quality. 



The rapid diagnosis of rabies, L. Frothingham {Jour. Med. Research. I'l 

 {19011), Xo. 3, pp. Jill--'i89, pis. .3). — On account of the recent extensive outbreak 

 of rabies in Massachusetts, the author took occasion to test two of the most 

 generally recognized methods for the rapid diagnosis of rabies. These methods 

 are based on pathological changes in the nerve ganglia and on tlie presence of 

 Negri's corpuscles. The pathological lesions in the nerve cells, particularly in 

 the plexiform and (iasseriau ganglia, are easily demonstrated and, according to 

 the investigations of the author, constitute a source of diagnosis which is fairly 

 accurate. In all cases examined by the author these lesions were presented, 

 sometimes where it was impossible to demonstrate Negri's corpuscles. It was 

 not thought wise, however, to depend entirely on these methods, since in one 

 instance lesions were found in a case which was ai>j)arently not rabies. 



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