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are required to drive off all the camphor from a 5 gm. sample using an evaporat- 

 ing dish of 2} in. diameter." 



In the samples prepared in the laboratory, only 96 per cent on the average of 

 camphor could be recovered. Oil heated for 11 J hours under certain conditions 

 increased 0.01 per cent in weight. This fact should be considered when 

 interpreting camphor liniment analysis. 



The disinfection of anthrax hides, G. Abt (Bui. Soc. Encour. Indus. Nat. 

 lParis:\, 120 {WIS), No. 2, pp. 2^8-289).— This is a report of studies of the rela- 

 tive value of the Seymour-Jones method, consisting of the use of bichlorid of 

 mercury and formic acid, and the Schattenfroh and Kohnstein method, in which 

 hydrochloric acid is employed, in destroying anthrax spores in hides and the 

 effect of these disinfectants on the value of the hides. 



Both methods are found to possess merit. The Seymour-Jones method appears 

 to be somewhat more economical, while the Schattenfroh and Kohnstein method 

 seems to be more effective in disinfecting suspected hides. 



A bibliography of 49 titles is appended. 



Experimental sterilization of anthrax spores, G. Abt [Ann. Inst. Pasteur, 

 28 (191Jf), No. 2, pp. 149-I8O). — In continuing his studies the author has inves- 

 tigated the resistance of spores at 100° C, the neutralization of corrosive sub- 

 limate, the antiseptic power of corrosive sublimate in the presence of acid and 

 of protein, the action of chlorin in the presence of protein, etc. A bibliography 

 is included. 



A preliminary report of experiments on the cultivation of the virus of 

 rinderpest in vitro, W. H. Botnton {Philippine Jour. Sci., Sect. B, 9 {1914), 

 No. 1, pp. 39-44)- — " From the results obtained from various experiments it is 

 evident that the virus of rinderpest requires either partial or complete anaerobic 

 conditions for its existence. The virus of rinderijest has been carried in 

 virulent form in two separate series up to the sixth transfer in glucose-blood 

 culture media, covering periods of 19 and 21 days, respectively. In one series 

 the medium first inoculated was nonvirulent at the end of 12 days, while the 

 fourth transfer from this tube of culture medium after the same period of time 

 was virulent. 



" Results obtained from numerous experiments indicate that fresh blood from 

 nonimmune cattle as a main constituent and glucose as an addition are essential 

 components of the culture media." 



An atypical case of rinderpest in a carabao, W. H. Boynton (Philippine 

 Jour. ScL, Sect. B, 9 (1914), No. 1, pp. 45-41, fig. 1). — "From the facts of this 

 case the evidence is conclusive that an animal may experience a fatal attack 

 of rinderpest without the occurrence of a rise in temperature. The blood of a 

 carabao was shown to be infected within 48 hours after it was originally in- 

 jected with virulent blood. It was shown that the blood was virulent on the 

 eleventh day when injected into a susceptible animal, yet exposure to the same 

 animal from which blood was drawn did not cause rinderpest in the exposed 

 susceptible animal. 



" "With regard to the three animals which failed to contract rinderpest by 

 exposure, the question is raised as to whether rinderpest spreads by contact 

 readily in the later stages of the disease or whether the disease must necessarily 

 be accompanied by a rise of temperature before it can be spread by contact." 



Experiments upon the transmission of rinderpest, A. R. Ward, F. W. 

 Wood, and W. H. Boynton (Philippine Jour, Sci., Sect. B, 9 (1914), No. 1, pp. 

 49-79, pis. 2, figs. 6). — "Rinderpest virus was not shown to have survived 

 beyond 24 hours in corrals bare of vegetation but containing water. The con- 

 ditions under which tests were made included all seasons of the year with ac- 



