986 EXPERIMENT STATION RECOED. 



by suhjec'tiou to a teiui)eratui-e of 54° C. for '.'>0 minutes. The inactivity of 

 iiunuiiH* serum oxcei)t after dilution, which is known as tlie Neisser-Wechsberg 

 phenomenon, was sometimes observed and sometimes absent. It is held that 

 the theory of complement diversion by means of amboceptors may not only 

 account for the l)ehavior of inunune serum but also that of normal serum. 



The treatment of joint-ill, Eckahdt {Wclnisc]!!: Tlcrhvllk. it. Mr]iziiclit. '>i) 

 (190H). yo. .'/.9. pp. 961-96H). — The treatments usually recommended for this 

 disease have almost uniformly proved to be of little or no avail. The author 

 states that for the past 10 years he has used with considerable success an 

 indirect treatment throujih the milk of the mother. It was first determined 

 by preliminary experiments that the direct administi'ation of colloidal silver 

 and iodid of potash had little effect in controlling' the disease. 



The treatment adopted by the author consists in administering iodid of 

 potash to the mother in large doses. Mares and cows will take 200 gm. in 

 drinking water during a period of 14 days without showing any ill effects. 

 The iodid of potash is rapidly excreted through the milk and appears in large 

 quantities within H days after the treatment has begun. Detailed clinical notes 

 are given on (> cases in which striking success was had from this treatment. 



Glanders in the bone, W. A'an der Burg (Tijdschr. ^^C(•(u•t■'<c)lijk.. 3-'t (1906), 

 A'o. 2. pp. oS-ol, fif/s. 2). — Brief refei'ence is made to previous cases of this 

 sort. The author had oi-casion to treat a case which had been diagnosed as 

 a dermatitis, i-aused by friction of the harness. The horse soon showed symp- 

 toms of cutaneous glanders, and a post-mortem examination confirmed the 

 diagnosis of glanders already reached l)y the author. Two of the ribs were 

 badly affected with the glanderous process. 



Mallein as a diagnostic and remedy for glanders, .1. de Haan and L. J. 

 HooGKAMER {Ztuclir. Hi/!/. II. InfclihnisKninlc, 5.3 (lOiKi). No. J. pp. tSS-llO) — 

 The authors' experiments with mallein and observations on glanderous horses 

 lead them to the conclusion that mallein is the best known diagnostic for latent 

 glanders. In their experience, glanderous horses which show no fever before 

 injection show an elevation of temperature of li to 1.'° C. within 12 to IG hours 

 after Injection. Even in healthy horses mallein may produce a considerable 

 elevation of temperature after about Ki hours, but the temperature rapidly 

 subsides. 



It is recommended that all horses which react to mallein and also show 

 clinical symptoms of glanders should be destroyed. Reactors which show no 

 clinical symptoms and suspected cases are to be kept under observation for 4 

 weeks and again tested with mallein. The authors consider that glanders is 

 curable. In some cases the cure takes place within a period of months, pro- 

 vided the animals are kept under favorable hygienic and nutritive conditions. 

 The repeated use of mallein is believed to favor recovery from the disease. 



The treatment of morbus maculosus in horses, H. Becker (Ztschr. Veter- 

 indrk.. 19 (19(11), No. 1. pp. 26-:iS). — In connection with an outbreak of 

 strangles a number of cases of morbus maculosus was observed. Tl\e author 

 had good success in treating this trouble with a mixture containing one part 

 camphor and 10 i»arts sodium chlorate in rye meal. Clinical notes are given 

 on three cases in which tliis treatment was adojtted. 



" Pink eye " in Manchester, J. B. Wolstenholme (^'rt. Rec. 19 (1907), No. 

 966, pp. 4.30-.'f32). — The author presents a summary of his observations on '>2 

 cases of influenza as observed in one institution. During the height of the 

 disease the pulse ranged from <!(( to r.2. The conjunctiva of the eye was 

 reddened in a majority of cases. Only :! out of 52 cases died. The highest 



