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are repoi-tetl in which recovery froui milk fever was speedily followed by severe 

 relapse. The relapse in the first case is supposed to have been due to milking 

 too sooTi after the previous recovery, while overfeeding is suggested as the 

 cause of the second. In both cases the relapse assumed a more serious form 

 than the initial attack, but both were cured by the insuHlation of the udder with 

 air. It is the author's i)ractice to administer a purgative when tympany appears 

 as a complication of milk fever. 



Hepatic echinococcosis as a cause of chronic tympany in cattle, E. Webek 

 (Dci't. Ticnirztl. Wcliii.schr., 17 (IDOi)), No. 2',, pi>. 3.'i7-S.',i) ; ab.s. in Vet. Rcc, 

 22{j909), Xo. llO'i, IK 157). — Two cases are described in which hepatic echino- 

 coccosis was the cause of chronic tympany. 



Infectious keratitis of calves, K. Vas (Allatorvo,si Lapok, 31 (1008), Xo. Jf.). 

 pp. 537-539; abs. in Vet. Rcc, 21 {1909), No. 10S3, p. 695).— The author 

 describes an ei)izootic outbreak of infectious keratitis in calves which does not 

 appear to be transmissible to other animals. 



Normal salt solution in diarrhea of calves, Kronacheu (Berlin. Tierdrztl. 

 Wchnschr., 25 ( 1909), No. 31, pp. 575, 576; abs. in Vet. Rec, 22 (1909), No. 1101, 

 p. 118). — A 2-weeks-old calf which had suffered for 2 day from violent diarrhea 

 and presented symptoms of cardiac failure, rapidly recovered when treated with 

 physiological salt solution. Two enemata, each of 3i pt., were given within 

 6 hours. 



A new prophylactic treatment for dysentery in calves, K. Evers (Ztschr. 

 lHfektionf<kiu)ik. ii. Ihju. H<iiis1iere. '/ (190S), No. 5-(>, pp. -',63--'iGS, fig. 1). — The 

 author has employed the different sera and also treated the umbilicus against 

 the dysentery of calves for a long time without completely satisfactory results 

 and considers that too much has been claimed for these methods. A new 

 method of prophylaxis is here described which was practiced extensively iii the 

 winter of 1907-8 with very successful results. 



The method consists in moving the calves as soon after birth as possible 

 to a box which is easy to cleanse and keeping them there for 4 or 5 days. Dur- 

 ing this time it is necessary that the calves be fed with the mother's milk and 

 that the pei-son who feeds them should have clean hands. Special movable 

 boxes for this purpose are described. 



Gastro-intestinal strongylosis of sheep, L. Gaze (Rev. G4n. Med. Vet., 12 

 (1908). No. l-'i.'i, pp. 688-690; abs. in Vet. Rcc, 21 (1909), No. 1086, p. 7.',5).— 

 This affection committed great ravages in Algeria during the summer of 1908. 

 It is caused by Hamonehus (Strongylus) contortus which lives in the abomasum 

 and by Nematodirus d^trongijlus) fiJicollis, a parasite of the small intestine. 

 The disease is pai'ticularly intense toward the end of summer and during 

 the autumn and the mortality very high. A pure water supply is important 

 from a prophylactic point of view. Isolation of affected animals and burning 

 the viscera of infected cadavers are recommended. 



As a curative treatment the author employs a mixture of oil of cade, oil of 

 turpentine, and alcohol (90 per cent), 50:50:15, which is administered in the 

 morning. In this way the author has been able to save TO or SO per cent of 

 the animals when the treatment was commenced in the early stages of the 

 disease. 



The role of distomes in hydremia of sheep, II. Carrk (Conipt. Rend. Soc 

 Biol. {Paris], 66 (1909). No. 6, pp. 262, 263).— The author's experiments show 

 that neither the absorption of blood nor the excretion of toxins by distomes are 

 the immediate cau.se of hydremia in sheep. 



Investigations of the specific antibodies in distomiasis and cysticercosis, 

 Weinberg (Compt. Rend. Soc Biol. [Paris], 66 (1909), No. 5, pp. 219-221).— The 

 author concludes that the presence of specific antibodies in the serum of sheep 



