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per cent in normal equines, varied from 10 to 85 per cent in tlie affected animals. 

 The red blood cor])nsc!es varied from l.(»0(!,400 to (t.SOO.CKK) per cubic millimeter. 

 Tlie red blood corpuscles very in size, there being some very small (mycrocytes) 

 and some excessively larj^e (me;;alocytesl ; they are also variable in shape 

 (poikilocytes) ; and occasionally a nucleated cell (erythroblast ) is observed. 

 The changes occurring in the white blood corpuscles are somewhat variable. 

 The one principal change is the increased proportion of polymori)hs." 



The results of blood examinations of 35 affected horses are reported in 

 tabular form. 



Conjunctivitis diphtherica, Beuge (Ztschr. ^'('tel^ilHil■l■., 20 iinOH), Xo. 8-9, 

 pp. 369, 310; abs. in Vet, Rec, 21 (1909), Xo. 1086, p. 7//6).— The author records 

 a case of catarrh of the conjunctiva of one eye in a gelding. The case was 

 treated with a 2 per cent solution of nitrate of silver and the severe symi>toms, 

 which were probably infectious in origin, subsided in 10 days. 



Glanders, L. Van Es (Xorth Dakota Sia. Jiiil. 83, pp. 29-75, pis. 5). — This is a 

 summary of the Ijnowledge concerning glanders and its prevention. Most of 

 the cases in North Daltota occur in counties having the greatest influx of 

 settlers and in those where railroad construction work has been most recent. 



A new subcutaneous niycosis of equines, Carougeau {Jour. Med. V^t. et 

 Zootech., 60 (1909), .Jan., pp. 8-22; Feb., pp. 75-90; Mar., pp. L>,8- 1.13). —The 

 author describes a mycosis of the subcutaneous connective tissue which occurs 

 in the horse and mule and may offer some resemblance to epizootic lymphan- 

 gitis, ulcerative lymphangitis, and farcy. 



Clinically the affection is characterized by small nodules or multiple sub- 

 cutaneous abscesses. It is caused by a filamentous fungus which seems to be 

 a Sporotrichum. The disease can be reproduced experimentally by the inocu- 

 lation of pure cultures of this fungus. Recovery takes place under the influence 

 of potassium iodid which exercises a specific action upon the parasite. The 

 author has designated the affection as sitorotrichosis of horses. 



Filariasis of the tendons of the horse, Duouet (Rrr. (i^n. MM. Yet., 12 

 (1908), No. 142, pp. 553-568, figs. 3).— This affection, caused by Filaria reticu- 

 lata, occurs very frequently in horses of the lower Rhone region. The ma- 

 jority of the cases are not grave and the affection has no marked influence on 

 the use of the animal. It does, however, sometimes produce chronic lesions 

 and more or less directly causes tendonous distensions. There is no prophy- 

 lactic or therapeutic treatment to be recommended. 



Filariasis of the suspensory ligament of the pastern joint in the horse, 

 Schneider, Fayet, and Moreau (Rev. Gen. M?d. Vet., 13 (1909), Xo. 1J,5, pp. 

 1-10, flytt. Jf). — The symptoms and pathological anatomy of this affection are 

 here considered at some length. 



The treatment of traumatic arthritis, Ubbain (Jour. M4d. V6t. ct Zootech., 

 i;0 (1909), May, pp. 257-260, fig. 1; abs. in Vet. Rec, 22 (1909), Xo. IIOJ,, p. 

 157). — The author records the successful treatment of 2 cases (10-year-old 

 horses) of traumatic arthritis. 



Worm tumors in the stomach of the horse, :m. IIenky (Agr. Gaz. X. S. Wales, 

 20 (1909), Xo. 7, pp. 579, 580, fig. /). — The small thread-like white worms 

 (Spiroptera megastoma), which cause these tumors by burrowing under the 

 mucous membrane of the stomach, are said to be widely distributed in New 

 South Wales. 



The painless destruction of dogs, II. Jakob (Miinchen. Tieriirztl. Wchnschr., 

 53 (1909), Xo. 8, pp. 1.i7-1',1; abs. in Vet. Rec., 22 (1909), Xo. 1105, p. 170).— 

 The author recommends the combined use of veronal and chloroform as a quiet 

 and painless method of destroying dogs. The dogs are first thrown into a deep 

 sleep by a large dose of veronal and are then destroyed by chlorcform. The 

 dose of veronal is 2* to 4 gm. given by the mouth or rectum. This drug requires 



