VETEEINARY MEDICINE. 579 



Infectious bulbar paralysis, pseudo-rabies or Aujeszky's disease, L. Panis- 

 SET (Rev. Geii. AIM. Vet., 23 (1014), A'o. 275, pii. GOl-618, fiys. 4; ahs. in Jour. 

 Compar. Path, and Ther., 27 (1914), No. 2, pp. 179-182). — A summarized ac- 

 count of the disease with references to the literature. 



A contribution on the cultivation, isolation, and disinfection of the 

 blackleg- bacillus, E. IIolzel (Centbl. Bakt. [eic], 1. AM., Orig., 71 (1913), 

 No. 2-3, pp. 147-165). — A report of the results of investigations of Bacillus 

 gangrcenw emphysematosce at the Pathological Institute of the Veterinary High 

 School at Munich. 



A contribution to the knowledge of Bacillus mallei, M. Caepano (Centbl. 

 Bakt. [etc.], 1. AM., Orig., 71 (1913), No. 4, pp. 267-285, pis. S).— This paper 

 deals with the morphology and biology of the glanders bacillus. 



Observations on the clinical diag-nosis of g-landers, C. H. Schultz (Philip- 

 pine Ayr. Rev. [English Ed.}, 6 (1913), No. 8, pp. 3S0-385, pi. 1).— After review- 

 ing the literature in regard to the value of the various tests for diagnosing glan- 

 ders, the author points out that he has been able to verify de Bliecli's findings 

 (E. S. R., 20, p. 376) in regard to the value of the conjunctival reaction when 

 using crude mallein in the eye. "During an investigation of an outbreak of 

 contagious disease among native ponies at Calamba ... its application gave 

 negative results. Streptococcus eqiii was subsequently isolated from the afflicted 

 animals, thus identifying the disease as strangles." 



The vitality of the hemorrhagic septicemia organism outside the body, 

 J. D. E. Holmes (Mem. Dept. Agr. India, Vet. Scr., 2 (1914), No. 4, pp. 105- 

 118). — This paper consists of three parts, the first dealing with the effect of 

 exposure of the virus to direct sunlight, the second with the vitality of the 

 virus when protected from direct sunlight, and the third with tests on cattle. 



It was found that exposure to direct sunlight for one day kills the virus both 

 in broth cultures and in sterile dry earth. When exposed to direct sunlight in 

 agar slant cultures the virus is killed in five days. Agar and broth cultures 

 when kept in the shnde at air temperature maintain their virulence for guinea 

 pigs for six weeks or longer, and broth cultures mixed with sterilized moist 

 earth keep their virulence for guinea pigs for a similar period. lu surface 

 water protected from direct sunlight the virus maintains its vitality for about 

 three weeks. Broth cultures mixed with unsterilized mud and protected from 

 sunlight maintain their virulence for three months and longer. 



In experiments with cattle it was found that the virulence of the organism 

 is reduced after it has remained for some time in mud, but is still fatal for more 

 susceptible animals. After passage through cattle the original virulence is 

 recovered. Bovines in normal health can resist la4"ge amounts of virulent broth 

 cultures when ingested. The ingestion of virus confers an immunity against 

 a lethal dose of culture inoculated subcutaneously three weeks after the inges- 

 tion. Bovines whose resistance has become lowered from fatigue, poor condi- 

 tion, exposure, and other like causes, are very susceptible to the ingestion of 

 the virus when ingested. 



Contribution to the cultivation of the parasite of rabies, H. Nogxjchi 

 (Jour. Expt. Med., 18 (1913), No. 3, pp. 314-316, pi. i).— In the experiments 

 about 50 series of cultivations were made with the brain or medulla removed 

 aseptically from rabbits, guinea pigs, and dogs infected with street virus, pas- 

 sage virus, or fixed virus. The method of cultivation was the same as that 

 used for the spirochetes of relapsing fever. In the culture minute chromatoid 

 bodies arise wLl.li on subsequent transplantation reappear in the new cultures 

 throughout ^lany generations. The bodies fi-om all the viruses seemed to be 

 alike. The smallest of these could just be seen with a Zeiss apochromatle 

 2-mm. lens. 



