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toward Streptococcus egiii was found to be the same as with the tubercle 

 bacillus and the staphylococcus (between 0.9 and 1.1). 



In the work it was also shown that very large doses of the staphylococcus 

 vaccine (and likewise opsonogen) are harmless to the animal organism 

 (guinea pigs, rabbits, and dogs). The local treatment which was instituted 

 by Wright and Strubell against staphylomycoses without determining tho 

 opsonic index was very satisfactory. 



Contribution to our knowledge of antiaggressin sera, F. Nettfexd and 

 Kandira (Arb. E. GsndJitsamt., JfO (1912), Xo. 1, pp. 1-23) .—After reviewing 

 the aggressin theory and pointing out some of its unexplained features, the 

 authors sought to determine whether a hitherto unrecognized antibody plays 

 a role in the activity of anthrax and erysipelas immune sera. For the tests, 

 which were made in viro and in vitro, a highly immune erysipelas serum and 

 Bacillus erysipclatis were employed. 



The results showed that a specific bacteriotropic action was present in most 

 of the cases, and this, according to the authors, explains the reason for the 

 protective and curative properties of the serum. While phagocytosis is present 

 in normal animals the phagocytic manifestations were found to occur somewhat 

 sooner in pathologic animals. The reason for believing that an antiaggressin 

 immunity exists is therefore remote. 



The sero-diagnosis of echinococcus disease, W. Pfeileb (Ztschr. Itifektions- 

 krank. u. Hyg. Haustiere, 11 (1912), Nos. 1, pp. 70-96; 2, pp. 153-169, 3-4, pp. 

 255-304). — This is a monographic study of the value of the various biological 

 reactions for diagnosing hydatid disease. A bibliography of 152 titles is 

 appended. 



Ascoli's reaction (thermoprecipitin) for diagnosing erysipelas, P. Silva 

 (Clin. Vet. [ililan], Rass. Pol. Sanit. c Ig., 35 (1912), No. .',, pp. lJi5-l.',9).— 

 A specific antigen can be prepared from fresh or putrefied organs from animals 

 affected with erysipelas. This antigen when tested with a specific serum will 

 give a characteristic Ascoli reaction. In these tests no reaction was obtained 

 with the serum from healthy hogs or hogs affected with infectious pneumo- 

 enteritis. 



A case of swine erysipelas in man, Linseb (Dermatol. Ztschr., 18 (1911), 

 Wo. 4, pp. 352-354, fig. 1). — The author reports a case of this disease in a butcher 

 who injured his left hand while slaughtering a diseased hog. The injection of 

 25 cc. of swine erysii">elas sei'um (Susserin) resulted in a cure in 3 days. 



Enteritis, associated with infection of the intestinal wall by cyst-forming 

 protozoa (neosporidia), occurring in certain native animals (wallaby, 

 kangaroo, and wombat), J. A. Gilruth and L. B. Bull (Proc. Roy. Soc Vic- 

 toria, 11. ser., 2^ (1912), No. 2, pp. 432-450, pis. 10). — In this paper what appear 

 to be 4 varieties of pathogenic neosiwridia are described as seen in intestinal 

 affections of 3 different genera of native animals, namely. Sarcocystis macropo- 

 (Hs in the wallaby ; Ileocystis macropodis and Lyniphocystis macropodis in the 

 kangaroo; and Ileocystis toomhati in the wombat. 



Theory and technique of the Wassermann reaction for detecting glanders, 

 W. W. Feddebs (Viestnik Obshch. Vet., 1901, Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11; abs. in Centbl. 

 Bakt. [etc.], 1. Abt., Ref., 49 (1911), No. 6, pp. 115, i76)-— This is a theoretical 

 discussion in regard to the mechanism of the complement fixation reaction 

 (E. S. R., 25, p. 181), and gives practical directions for conducting it. The 

 specificity of the reaction is disturbed if the animal has been previously injected 

 with mallein. 



Increased toleration to mallein, K. Drogashevskh (Arch. Vet. Nauk. [8t. 

 Petcrsb.], 41 (1912). No. 2, pp. 181-187; abs. in Berlin. Tierdrztl. Wchnschr., 

 28 (9112), No. 30, p. 549).— As a result of treating 200 horses with mallein the 



