284 EXPEEIMENT STATION KECOED. 



for Parmesan cheese. Favorable results were obtained by placing the cheese 

 mass in a si^ecially constructed oven, and holding it there in a moist atmos- 

 phere at a temperature of from 40 to 45° C. for from 12 to 24 hours. 



Studies on the bacterial flora of cheese, C. Gokini (Ztschr. Odrungsphysiol., 

 1 {1912), No. 1, pp. 49-59, fig. 1). — This has been previously noted from another 

 source (E. S. R., 25, p. 582). 



Factory arrangement, F. B allantyne et al. ( 2V. Y. Produce Rev. and Am^r. 

 Cream., 33 (1912), No. 26, pp. 1106-1108, fig. i).— This contains a number of 

 plans for arranging machinery and cooling facilities in creameries. 



VETERINAEY MEDICINE. 



A text-book of ophthalmology for veterinarians, H. Moller (Lehrhttch der 

 Augenheilkunile fur Tierdrste. Htultgart, 1910, If. rev. and enl. ed., pp. VIII-\- 

 468, pis. 2, figs. 80). — This is a fourth revised and enlarged edition. 



Diagnostic methods, R. "W. Webster (Philadelphia, 1912, 2. ed., rev, and 

 enl., jrp. XXXV+682, pis. 37, figs. i6-i).— This is the second edition of this well- 

 known work, which deals with chemical, bacteriological, and microscopical 

 methods. The new material includes the antiformin method for tubercle 

 bacilli ; the Much method for staining tubercle bacilli ; the Neubauer and 

 Fischer test for gastric carcinoma ; the Gross method for trypsin ; Folin's newer 

 methods for urinary sulphur compounds; the formalin method for ammonia in 

 urine; Benedict's and Bang's tests for glucose in urine; the phenolsuljihone- 

 phthalein test for functional activity of the kidneys; the Wright and Kinnicutt 

 method of counting the blood plates ; sulnhemoglobinemia ; and the tuberculin 

 and luetin reactions. The sections dealing with bacteriology of the blood and' 

 with serum pathology have been greatly enlai'ged. 



A study of Ascoli's reaction (thernaoprecipitin) for the diagnosis of 

 anthrax, P. Silva (Rev. Gen. MM. V6t., 19 (1912), No. 225, pp. 503-505 ) .—This 

 reaction can be employed for detecting sausage and other meat products jire- 

 pared from animals affected with anthrax. 



The use of Ascoli's diagnostic method in practice, K. Pressler (Berlin. 

 Tierdrzll. Wchnschr., 28 (1912), No. 11. pp. 192, 193).— This is a report on an 

 authentic case of anthrax in which Ascoli's method gave negative results, due to 

 the low titer of the serum employed. The author considers the method a good 

 one, but points out that the serum employed should always be tested with filtered 

 (bisque) blood obtained from animals having anthrax. Other improvements 

 are also suggested. 



Dourine, its pathogenicity, and a practical test of the efficacy of drug 

 treatment, with especial reference to the action of atoxyl and arsenophenyl- 

 glycin, A. Watson (Jour. Compar, Path, and Ther., 25 (1912). No. 1, pp. 

 39-45). — This is a reprint from the reiwrt previously noted (E. S. R., 26, p. 881). 



Is foot-and-mouth disease disseminated by milk-collecting stations? 

 {MolJc. Ztg. [Hildcshelm], 25 (1911), No. 52, pp. 981, 982).— It is not believed 

 that milk-collecting stations have any great part in the dissemination of the 

 virus. 



.Recent methods for the diagnosis of glanders, F. B. Hadley (Amer. Vet. 

 Rev., 41 (1912), No. 2, pp. 152-157). — For ordinary clinical use the agglutination 

 test was found to be the most desirable, particularly for cases of recent infec- 

 tion. In this work the greatest number of horses examined gave a reaction with 

 the 1 : 200 dilution, others with the 1 : 500 dilution, and only two with the 1 : 800 

 dilution. It is pointed out that variations in the agglutinating power of the 

 blood may occur within narrow limits in the healthy horse, but if these varia- 

 tions are very marked the animal must be considered with suspicion. All the 



