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The yearly report of the progress made in the field of the pathogenic 

 micro-organisms, edited by P. von Baumgarten and W. Dibbelt {Jahres'ber. 

 Path. Mikroorgan., 2Jf (1908), pp. XII +1136) .—This is a review of the litera- 

 ture issued in the year 190S on bacteriology and protozoology. 



Report of the fifteenth annual meeting of the United States Live Stock 

 Sanitary Association (Rpt. U. S. Live Stock Sanit. Assoc, 15 (1911), pp. 

 191). — Among the more important papers presented in this report are the fol- 

 lowing: Bovine Tuberculosis, Its Problems and Control (pp. 51-56), by V. A. 

 Moore; New Methods of Tuberculin Testing (pp. 56-62), by K. F. Meyer; 

 Tuberculosis — Summary of Methods and Results to Date, with Suggestions (pp. 

 7G-7S), by A. D. Melvin ; Dourine in Horses, Covering Investigations in Iowa 

 (pp. 79-83), by A. W. Miller; The Cattle Fever Tick Proposition (pp. lOG-111), 

 by E. M. Nighbert; Infectious Abortion in Cows and Mares (pp. 114-120), by 

 E. S. Good; Outline of Experimental Work on Infectious Abortion of Cattle 

 (pp. 120, 121), by W. Giltner; Contagious Abortion of Cattle (pp. 121-123), by 

 W. P. Larson ; Treatment of Hog Cholera with Attenuated Virus (pp. 125, 120), 

 by A. T. Peters; Researches on Hog Cholera (pp." 129-135), by M. Dorset; 

 Hog Cholera — V. B. Vaccination (Virulent Blood) (pp. 135-140), by M. H. 

 Reynolds; and Report on the Nomenclature of Swine Diseases (pp. 142, 143), 

 by V. A. Moore et al. 



The following papers are presented in the appendix : Serum Diagnosis of 

 Glanders and Other Animal Diseases (pp. 105-172), by J. R. Mohler; Rabies 

 (pp. 172-175), by S. W. Ward; Control of Glanders in Minnesota (pp. 175-178), 

 by C. E. Cotton; The Probable Influence of the Open Water Trough in the 

 Spread of Glanders (pp. 178-181), by A. T. Kinsley; Further Report on Arseni- 

 cal Dips as Remedies for Cattle Ticks (pp. 181-186), by B. H. Ransom; and 

 Experience in Eradicating Tuberculosis from a Herd (pp. 186-188), by N. S. 

 Mayo. 



Some of the features of sanitary police work as applied in the federal 

 quarantine service, R. N. Hickman (Amcr. Vet. Rev., J/O (1912), Nos. 5, pp. 

 591-600; 6, pp. 7.'/S-756). — A paper presented at the forty-eighth annual con- 

 vention of the American Veterinary IMedical Association, held at Toronto, 

 August, 1911. 



Clinical diagnostics of the internal diseases of domestic animals, B. 

 Malkmus (Chicago, 1912, J,, ed., pp. X+259, pi. 1, figs. 57).— This is a transla- 

 tion by D. S. White and P. Fischer of the fourth revised and enlarged edition 

 of the author's Grundriss der Klinischen Diagnostik. 



The subject is taken up as follows: The diagnosis of diseases (pp. 11-17), 

 anamnesis (pp. 18-20), method of examination (pp. 21-30), general part of the 

 examination (pp. 31-74), special part of the examination (pp. 75-221), and 

 specific examinations (pp. 221-251). 



The animal parasites of cattle and wild animals recorded as occurring 

 in the Belgian Kongo (Bui. Agr. Congo Beige, 2 (191\1), Nos. 1, pp. 116-120; 

 3, p. ^;37). — This list, arranged by districts, records the locality and hosts of 

 animal parasites of the Belgian Kongo. 



The hydrocyanic acid content of three varieties of Andropogon, J. 

 Schroder and H. Dammann (Chem. Ztg., 35 (1911), No. 155, pp. 1J,36, i//37).— 

 The varieties here discussed are A. sorghum saccharaticm, A. sorghum vulgaris, 

 and A. sorghum halepensis. The experiments reported were carried on in 

 Uruguay, following the loss of cattle which had been fed upon sorghum. 



The plants were cut at different periods in their growth and chemical analyses 

 made to determine the hydrocyanic acid content with the result that all 3 

 varieties were found to contain it during the growing period. The content 

 diminished with the growth of the plant and none was found in the seeds. 



