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(uheivuliii. Five, or one-half of the lieallliy aiiiiuiils, reacted (o Inbercnliu after 

 this time, 4 sbowiiii,' infiK-tiou of the lullK^' and none of the lung cases being free 

 from tuberculosis of other areas. One of tlie animals showed an infection of all 

 the lymphatic glands; another was infected in the mesenteric, mediastinal, and 

 retropharyngeal glands; another in the bronchial and retropharyngeal glands 

 nnd lungs; the fourth in the mediastinal glands and the lungs; and the fifth 

 had all glands except the retropharyngeal affected. 



The authors are inclined to believe that tuberculosis, like glaudei-s, emanates 

 from the ingestion of the pathologic material. 



[Tuberculosis in man and bovine], Wawrinsky (Off. Intcrnnt. llyy. I'uh. 

 {ParM, Bui. Mcn.'i., 5 U91.3), Xo. 8, pp. 1348-1351).— Thin reviews the findings 

 (if the Swiss commission for the investigation of tuberculosis. 



[Tuberculosis in man and bovine], Bentzen (Off- Jntcrnat. Hyg. Pith. 

 [Paris], Bill. Mens., .5 (1913), No. 8, pp. 1343-13^8) .—This discusses the possi- 

 bility of infecting man from bovine sources, and the Norwegian literature per- 

 taining to this topic is briefly referred to. 



The statistics which are given seem to show that the number of cases of the 

 disease in man are the highest in those regions where the greatest number of 

 cases in bovines exist as detected by the tuberculin test. In Norway the use of 

 the tuberculin test is not obligatory, and in localities where the jiopulation is 

 less than 4.000. the meat inspection service is not rigid. The author maintains 

 that in order to prevent the disease in man it is necessary to control both the 

 human and the bovine sources of the disease. 



Tuberculin, W. G. Ruppel (Dent. Med. Wchmchr., 39 {1913), No. 50, pp. 

 2462-240(i). — A discussion in regard to the various tuberculin jireparations and 

 the chemical conii)osilion of tuberculin. 



Information on " huaicu," J. S. Acosta (Bol. Min. Affr. [Buenoa AircK], 16 

 {1913), No. 5-6, pp. 6.'i9-659). — This iiaper relates to a disease of domesticated 

 llerbivora, known as " huecu " or " huaicti." which occurs in certain regions 

 of Patagonia. It is caused by the ingestion of a gi'ass that the natives know 

 by the name " coiron bianco." The disease is said to be similar to the tem- 

 bladera of Rivas and Zanolli (E. S. K., 23, p. 288), and to the pataleta of 

 Quevedo (E. S. R., 30, p. 783). 



[Infectious vag-inal catarrh and contagious abortion of cattle] {Arch. 

 Wiss. u. Prukt. TUrlicilk., .',0 (19U), No. 3, pp. 193-2U; «^«- in Cornell Vet., 

 h {1914), No. 1, pp. .'/.5, 46). — Two articles are here presented, the first (pp. 193- 

 211) by P. Schumann on Clinical Investigations of Infectious Vaginal Catarrh 

 and Sterility of Cattle; the second (pp. 212-244) by E. Hieronymi on Bac- 

 teriological Investigations of Infectious Abortion of Cattle. 



The investigation by Schumann included the examination and study of 

 2,715 animals in 43 herds. "The determination of the presence or absence of 

 infectious vaginal catarrh in a herd can not be done, as many believe, through 

 the examination of the vagina of a few animals but only through a careful study 

 of the whole herd and the sexual life of each animal. The presence of an acute 

 case alone determines a diagnosis. The mere presence of yellowish-red nodules 

 in the vaginal mucosa should only be considered with the greatest caution as 

 a diagnostic sign. Infectious vaginal catarrh should be considered as ex- 

 isting in a herd if a large number of the animals are affected with nympho- 

 mania, without extensive alteration being present in the internal generative 

 organs of these animals. 



" Infectious vaginal catarrh should be regarded as healed if the nodules 

 become pale or disappear and the number of nonpregnant animals not due to 

 organic derangement has become small. It should be kept in mind that the 

 nodules do not always completely disappear but may persist for a long time 



