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not to have been recorded before in mangels, although mentioned as being 

 found in other plant juices in small amounts. " The amount of nitrogen found 

 is equivalent to 0.43 per cent of potassium nitrate, and a cow eating 60 lbs. 

 of mangel juice would consume 116 gm. (4 oz.) potassium nitrate (mangels 

 contain 95 per cent of juice)." 



Catalase and reductase tests in dairy inspection, L. A. Klein {Cornell Vet., 

 2 (1912), No. 1, pp. 6-20, fig. 1). — A description and a discussion of the ad- 

 vantages to be derived from the use of these tests in dairy practice. A review 

 of the literature is also given. 



Report of proceedings under the diseases of animal acts for the year 1911, 

 T. P. Gill (Dept. Agr. and Tech. Instr. Ireland, Rpt. Diseases Anim., 1911, 

 pp. 69, pis. 3). — This includes a special report on hog cholera and other dis- 

 eases of animals in Ireland in 1911, by M. Hedley ; and a special report on the 

 transit of animals, by 1). S. Prentice. Statistical data are presented in ap- 

 pendixes. 



Annual report on the civil veterinary department, United Provinces, 

 for the year ending March 31, 1912, E. W. Oliver (Ann. Rpt. Civ. Vet. Dept. 

 United Frov., 1912, pp. 11+23). — This annual reiwrt includes accounts of the 

 occurrence of contagious diseases of animals, breeding oi>erations, etc. Sta- 

 tistical data are appended. 



Toxin formation by the anthrax bacillus, A. Makxek {Ztsclir. Immunitdtsf. 

 u Expt. Thcr., I. Orig.. 13 (1912), Xo. .',, pp. 509-328).— Asporogenio. anthrax 

 bacilli produce a heat-stable endotoxin in large amounts. Spoi-e-forming va- 

 rieties yield the toxin only in small amounts. By injecting this toxin into 

 animals symptoms are produced which simulate those produced by Friedberger's 

 anaphylatoxin or from an extract of the typhoid bacillus (Aronson's extract). 

 The urine from the animals treate<l with the endotoxin (and presenting the 

 symptoms of shock) when injected into other subjects produced typical ana- 

 phylaxis. Like the endotoxins of some other bacteria the treatment of animals 

 with the endotoxin produces no antitoxin in the blood. 



Ascoli's reaction for diagnosing anthrax, F. de Gasperi (Rev. G&n. M6d. 

 Vet., 18 (1911), No. 21. 't, PP. 5J3-56'2 ) .—Attempts to obtain the reaction with 

 the spleens and similar material from animals affected with pseudo-anthrax 

 and specific anthrax serum resultwl negatively. 



The detection of anthrax with the precipitin reaction, W. Pfetleb (Berlin. 

 TieriirzU. Wchnschr., 28 (1912). Nos. 9, pp. 1^9-151; 10, pp. 167-169).— A crit- 

 ical exposition of the precipitin reaction as applied to the detection of anthrax. 



Diagnosis of anthrax with the aid of the bone marrow, F. Wulff. (Berlin. 

 Tierdrztl. Wchnschr., 28 (1912), No. 2-',, pp. .',21-423).— The bone marrow taken 

 from either the diaphysis or epiphysis can be used for detecting the presence 

 of the anthrax bacillus for the purpose of diagnosing the disease. The method 

 proposed gave positive results in instances where the blood or spleen was 

 negative. 



In regard to the so-called immunization of anthrax bacillus according to 

 Danysz, W. Lenard (Centbl. Bait, [etc.^, 1. Abt., Orig., 60 (1911), No. 6, pp. 

 527—531). — Anthrax bacilli (Pasteur vaccine), cultivated in arsenic bouillon 

 or rat serum, when subsequently grown on agar appear as a slimy culture 

 containing encapsulated bacilli. The reason for this, in the author's opinion, 

 is that the vaccine originally contains organisms which are capable of forming 

 capsules about themselves. According to this an immunization as expressed 

 by Danysz (E. S. R., 13, p. 92) can not be achieved. 



Normal virulent anthrax bacilli, when grown according to the above men- 

 tioned methods, show no morphological changes. 



