784 EXPEEIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Rome in April, 1912. It deals principally with the findings of the British 

 Royal Commission on Tuberculosis (PI S. R.. 26, p. SS4). 



Human and bovine tuberculosis, H. Yallee (Rev. Vet. [Toulouse], 37 

 (J912). No. 6, pp. 350, 351). — The author believes that the disease is transmis- 

 sible from animal (bovine) to man. particularly to infants. The majority of 

 cases in man, however, are deemed due to transmission from man to man. 



The relative importance of the human and bovine type of tubercle bacilli 

 for the production of tuberculosis in man, A. Calmette {Rev. Hyg. ct Pol. 

 Sanif., 3.^ {1912), Ao. J/, pp. 3Jf9-357). — Repeated contact or infection with large 

 doses of the bovine type of bacillus will produce tuberculosis in man, esi)ecially 

 in young children. The greatest source of danger lies in the communication of 

 the disease from man to man. This is shown by the occurrence of pulmonary 

 tuberculosis in countries where no tuberculous cows are present and where no 

 cow's milk is fed to the young. 



The complem.ent fixation reaction in tuberculosis, C. Hammer {Munchen. 

 Med. Wchnschr., 59 {1912), No. 32, pp. 1750-1752; ahs. in Centbl. Bakt. [etc.], 

 1. AU., Ref., of, {1912), Beiheft, p. 20/).— Forty-three out of 46 cases of the 

 disease in man were diagnosed by this method. Of the cases recorded 35 were 

 pulmonary, 7 surgical, 1 glandular, and 3 lupus. In addition to this the test 

 gave positive results in 20 out of 26 cases of suspected tuberculosis in bovines. 

 On autopsy 19 out of the 20 reacting animals showed the lesions of tuberculosis. 

 Some of the lesions were very slight. 



The sero diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis. Hammer {Deut. Tierdrztl. 

 Wchnschr., 20 {1912), No. 39, pp. 593-596) .—This is a continuation of the work 

 reported in the abstract above and gives in detail the technic used in the experi- 

 ments and some additional results obtained with 96 bovines. 



Of these 96 animals 48 were found to be tuberculous y^^on slaughter and 48 

 free from the disease. The complement fixation test with the same lot of 

 animals showed 50 to be tubercular and 46 healthy. The anrigen employed 

 was made from a tuberculous jieritoneal nodule and old tuberculin. 



The cooperative dairy industries in Germany and stamping out tubercu- 

 losis according to the new national epizootic law {Molk. Ztg. Berlin. 22 

 {1912), No. 25, pp. 290, 291). — This is a discussion of this law as it applies to 

 the cooperative dairies of Germany. The methods for treating the milk ob- 

 tainetl from infected animals, results of the clinical examination of the animals, 

 and notes on their elimination from the herds are also included. 



The lymphatic system of the bovine, H. Baum {Dus Lymphgefdsssystem 

 des Rindes. Berlin, 1912, pp. Nil + 170. ijIs. 32). — This worli consists of 4 parts. 

 The first or general part (pp. 1-10) deals with technique, terminology, etc.; 

 part 2 (pp. 11-53) with the lymph-nodes; and part 3 (pp. 54—162) with the 

 lymphatic vessels. In part 4 (pp. 163-165) the lymph-nodes and lymphatic A-es- 

 sels of the different parts and regions of the body are brought together. The 

 work is illustrated by colored plates and a bibliography of 60 titles is appended. 



The nature of the marginal points occurring in the blood corpuscles of 

 cattle, M. Koidzumi {Centbl. Bald, [etc.], 1. Aht., Orig., 65 {1912), No. J,-5, 

 pp. 337-3J,0, pi. 1). — Studies of blood smears taken from cattle in the southern 

 part of Formosa, where an endemic disease closely allied to Texas fever is found, 

 have led the author to conclude that it is due to Babesia { Pi ro plasma) bige- 

 mina. The marginal points are thought by him to represent a stage of Babesia, 

 since they remain for a long time in the blood corpuscles of recovered cattle 

 and serve as a source of infection to new comers. 



" When cattle are on the way to recovery the marginal points as described 

 by Smith and Kilborne make their appearance in addition to the large forms. 

 For sometime afterwards, both large forms and small bodies are found in vari- 



