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cleansing and disinfecting Iiolds of sliips. trucks, and freiglit cars in or on 

 which ttiey have been carried. The sweepings of holds of ships are considered 

 a source of danger, and it is recommended that they be destroyed or thrown 

 overboard and not allowed to land. 



The second part of this report consists of minutes of evidence and appendixes 

 in which are presented details of outbreaks of foot-and-mou!h disease in each 

 county of Great Britain, 1870 to 1911, a translation of a paper by B. Bang on 

 foot-and-mouth disease, and a summary of passenger traffic to the United King- 

 dom from Europe. An index to the evidence of the 32 witnesses is also given. 



The diagnosis of glanders by the complement fixation and the agglutina- 

 tion test, Nevekmann (Berlin. Tierdrztl. Wchnschr., 27 (1911), No. 52, pp. 93^, 

 955). — No case of glanders occurred after all animals detected with the blood 

 tests had been removed. On the basis of blood tests 160 horses were destroyed, 

 of which 1.34, or 83.7 per cent, were found to be glanderous. 



The utilization of anaphylaxis for diagnosing glanders, H. Miessneb 

 (Centbl. Bakt. [etc.], 1. Abt., Orig., 56 (1910), Xo. 5-6, pp. 531^1,2; abs. in 

 Centbl. Bakt. [etc.], 1. Abt., Ref., J,9 (1911), No.' 6, p. J77).— This test is con- 

 sidered of no value for diagnosing glanders. 



Melitensis and paramelitensis, L. N£:gre and M. RAYNAtm (Compt. Rend. 

 Soc. Biol. [Paris], 12 (1912), No. 18, pp. 791-793; abs. in Ztschr. Immunitdtsf. v. 

 Expt. Ther., II, Ref., 5 (19l2), No. 13, pp. 296, 297).— A coccus is described 

 which culturally and morphologically strictly resembles the Micrococcus 

 melitensis, but is distinguished from it by not agglutinating with a specific 

 Malta fever serum. The serum obtained with this organism, on the other hand, 

 will not agglutinate the .1/. melitensis. 



Contribution to the diagnosis of tuberculosis (with the sputum) with the 

 aid of the protein test, B. Nicola (Riv. Ig. e Sanit. Pub., 22 (1911), No. 8, 

 pp. 233-237; abs. in Ztschr. Inimunitdtsf. u. Expt. Ther., II, Ref., 5 (1912), 

 No. 2, pp. 923, 92!f). — This is an investigation of the value of Roger's protein 

 reaction. 



The conclusion reached is that the test is a good one for detecting acute and 

 chronic tuberculosis as long as the secretion is obtained from the lungs. A 

 bronchial secretion will not give the test. Positive reactions may at times be 

 obtained in lobular pneumonia, bronchial pneumonia, and in congestions which 

 result from heart and kidney insufficiencies. 



Action of certain glycerol esters upon the tubercle bacillus, A. T. Salim- 

 BENi (Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. [Paris], 155 (1912), No. 5, pp. 368-370) .—In 

 most of the tests the author utilized mono-, di-, and trichlorhydrin esters of 

 glycerol. 



In the preliminary tests it was found that mono- and dichlorhydrin dissolved 

 the fatty material extracted with acetone from the tubercle bacillus in the cold ; 

 also a waxy substance extracted from the tubercle bacillus by chloroform, but 

 insoluble in acetone. Trichlorhydrin ester dissolves these waxes and fats very 

 rapidly. 



As a result the author made a study of the behavior of the tubercle bacillus 

 when treated with these esters. The trichlorhydrin ester destroyed the acid 

 resisting powers of the tubercle bacillus and the organisms became granular 

 and easily took the blue stains. The ester acted more strongly on the organism 

 than either mono- or dichlorhydrin esters. A large quantity of the mass 

 insoluble in the esters was soluble in water. 



The action of certain products obtained from the tubercle bacillus, B. 

 White and O. T. Avery (Jour. Med. Research, 26 (1912), No. 2, pp. 317-356).— 

 " Tuberculo-protein treated by the method of Vaughan yields a poisonous sub- 

 stance (called toxophore by Vaughan), which, in suitable doses, produces in 



