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Tallianin, C. Bebndt (Berlin. Ticrarstl. Wchnschr., 25 {1909), No. 26. pp. .'/SI, 

 482; (lbs. ill Vet. Rcc, 22 (1909), No. 1101, p. 1J8). —The author considers tal- 

 lianin to be a valuable remedy in all forms of pneumonia, havinj;; lost but 1 

 out of 70 cases treated by it during the last 3 years. Xotwithstandinj: the hijih 

 price of the drug he considers that the results obtained amply justify the 

 expense. 



Studies on the chemistry of anaphylaxis, H. G. Wklls (Jour. Infect. Din- 

 cases, 6 (1909), No. J,, pp. 506-522). — "Apparently there are markefl differences 

 in the anaphylaxis in animals and there seems to be some differences in the 

 reactions produced by different proteins." 



The presence of bacteria in normal organs, H. Conradi (MUnchen. Med. 

 Wchnschr., 56 (1909), No. 26, pp. 1318-1320; abs. in Vet. Rec, 22 (1909), No. 

 1102, p. 132). — Studies of the normal organs of cattle and pigs, In which 102 

 pieces of tissue were taken from 150 animals, resulted in finding that 72 con- 

 tained bacteria. 



" The liver was by far the most frequently infected organ, 42 out of 03 pieces 

 of liver which were investigated (or two-thirds of the total) containing germs. 

 Bacteria were also found in 18 out of 59 pieces of muscle and in 6 out of 19 

 kidneys, the proportion of infected organs in each of these cases thus being about 

 one-third. Four out of 5 lungs, 1 out of 4 lymphatic glands, and 1 out of 11 

 spleens also contained germs. 



"Bacterium coli commune, B. lactis aerogenes. Streptococcus acidi lactici, 

 Bacillus mesentericus. Bacillus fluorescens non liquefacicns, Diplococcus pneu- 

 monia;, and Bacillus suipestifer were all identified culturally in the foregoing 

 order of frequence. The B. suipestifer was found on four occasions, namely, 

 deeply situated in the muscles of 2 pigs and 1 bovine, and in the kidney of a pig. 

 Anaerobic bacteria were very often found." 



Report of proceedings under the Diseases of Animals Acts for the year 1908 

 (Dept. Agr. and Tech. Instr. Ireland, Rpt. Diseases Anim., 1908, pp. 85, charts 

 2, map 1). — Of the 11 diseases scheduled under the Diseases of Animals Acts in 

 Ireland but four, anthrax, sheep scab, hog cholera, and parasitic mange, oc- 

 curred in 1908. There were more outbreaks of the first two than in 1907. 



Anthrax in man contracted through the consumption of sausages, F. 

 HuTYRA (Ztschr. Fleisch u. Milchhyg., 19 (1908), No. 3, pp. 85-94; «&«• in Bui. 

 Inst. Pasteur, 7 (1909), No. 6, p. 2^6). — Eleven cases of anthrax are reported 

 which resulted from the consumption of sausages manufactured from affected 

 animals. 



Infantile kala-azar, C. Xiccole (Ann. Inst. Pasteur, 23 (1909), No. 6, pp. -'/}/- 

 411, charts 5). — This is a disease of the dog which is transmissible to infants. 

 It occurs in Tunis and very probably in southern Italy. A protozoan of the 

 genus Leishmania (L. infantum) has been found to be the causative agent. Out 

 of 222 dogs obtained from the pound at Tunis, 4 were found infected. 



A bibliography is appended to the account. 



Milk sickness, E. O. .Jordan and N. M. Harris (Jour. Infect. Diseases, 6 

 (1909), No. .'1, pp. JfOl-491, figs. 6). — In this paper a comi)lete review is given, 

 including the results of the author's investigations, of the disease known as 

 milk sickness, trembles, etc., which is common to man, horses, and cattle 

 (E. S. R., 20, p. 379; 21, p. 383). This affection occurs occasionally at the 

 present time in the States of North and South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, 

 Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Texas, and in the Territory of New 

 Mexico. 



" From practically all cases of the disease that we have seen in man and 

 other animals (horse, sheep, cattle) we have isolated an aerobic spore-bearing 

 bacillus which grows well and characteristically on the ordinary culture media. 



