180 EXPERIMENT STATION EECORD. 



IDO.'f-.'), pp. 2'f6). — A list is given of tlu^ Uiiuies of veterinarians connected with 

 the government service in Netlierlands. The Larger part of the report is occu- 

 pied with a general account of tlie sanitary condition of animals throughout 

 "the kingdom with jisrticular reference to the prevalence of tuberculosis, influ- 

 enza, strangles, tetanus, hog cholera, gid, intoxications, etc. 



A treatise on surgical therapeutics of domestic animals, P. J. Cadiot and 

 J. AxMY, trans, by A. Liautard (Xcn: YorJ,-: W. R. Jcukiiis, 1906, pp. XV +580, 

 pgs. 118). — The translator of this volume ciinsidered the French edition as 

 containing in a satisfactory form the information necessary to a thorough under- 

 standing of surgical therapeiitics of domestic animals. The literature along 

 this line in English is quite limited and the need was, therefore, felt for the 

 translation. 



The volume contains a general account of surgery, a special discussion of 

 diseases common to all the tissues and disesises peculiar to certain tissues, par- 

 ticularly the extremities. 



Veterinary toxicology, .J. A. Nunx (A'c?r Yorl-: IT'. R. Jenkins Co., 1901, pp. 

 VII+191). — The purpose of the present volume is to furnish a reliable compila- 

 tion of material from all known sources regarding the effects and antidotes of 

 the various mineral, animal, and vegetable poisons which may be of impor- 

 tance in veterinary medicine. The volume includes an account of general toxi- 

 cology and the identification of poisons, and si)ecial chapters on metallic poisons, 

 alkaline metals, mineral acids, gases, vapors, vegetable alkaloids, ergot, and other 

 poisonous substances. 



Meat inspection. As it is of interest to the State of Missouri, D. F. 

 LucKEY (Mo. Bil. .\(/r. Mo. Bill.. ■'> ilUOl). \o. 12. pp. 11). — The purposes-of meat 

 inspection are to prevent the sale of diseased meat and the conseciuent spread 

 of animal diseases, and to require cleanliness and hygienic methods in handling, 

 preserving, and shipping meat and meat pr;)diiets intended for food. The chief 

 results obtained by federal meat inspection are briefly noted, and attention is 

 called to the duties of the State in supplementing the work done by the Bureau 

 of Animal Industry. 



The influence of pressure on the resorption of fluids in the subcutaneous 

 connective tissue, M. H. J. C. Thomassen [Inaiig. Dii^s., Unir. Bern, 1906, pp. 

 o-'i, fi(is. 2). — The purpose of the experiments which constitute the basis for this 

 dissertation was to determine the effect of pressure upon the rate of resorption 

 of fluids injected under the skin. The author's experiments were carried out on 

 young calves and the chemical substances used in solution in producing an 

 edematous conditifni were nitrate, chlorid, and iodid of sodium. 



It was found that* when a mixture of equal volumes of sodium nitrate and 

 chlorid in a solution isotonic with the blood was injected into the subcutaneous 

 connective tissue, the rapidity of the blood current was diminished. When 

 a sodium-nitrate solution was injected under increased pressure the rate of 

 resorption into the blood was considerably increased, although, as already indi- 

 cated, the blood current is somewhat slower. These results, therefore, indicate 

 that in the resorption into the l)lood of fluids in the subcutaneous connective 

 tissue the chief factors are diffusion, filtration, and osmosis. 



The occurrence of eosinophilous leucocytes in inflammatory foci of the 

 skin, C. Troester {Ztftchi: Vrterhwrlc, 19 {1901), No. J/, tip. 153-156, figs. 

 2). — The material which the author examined included sections of the skin of 

 horses which had been cauterized shortly before preservation. In preparing the 

 material the skin and underlying tissues were accidentally separated from one 

 another. A microscopic study of sections taken 10 mm. from the cauterized 

 point showed that the oxiter skin was normal while the Malpighian layer was 

 somewhat thickened and showed a dissolution of the cell nuclei. 



