278 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The prospect of a practical method of preventive vaccination against 

 foot-and-mouth disease, M. Casper (Berlin. Tierdrztl. Wchnschr., 1901, No. 20, 

 pp. 399-405).— The methods which have thus far been proposed for preventive 

 vaccination against foot-and-mouth disease are classified by the author into 4 

 groups in which the following materials are used : Blood, serum, or milli of 

 animals which have recovered from the disease ; the blood or serum of artifi- 

 cially immunized animals ; tirulent or attenuated lymph, and blood or serum 

 combined with the lymph of artifically immunized animals. The technique of 

 each of these methods is described and notes are given on the results thus far 

 obtained from their ajiplica+ion. In the author's opinion the strict maintenance 

 of quarantine measures must still be considered as the chief means of prevent- 

 ing the spread of foot-and-mouth disease for the reason that no efllcient and 

 practical method of preventive vaccination has been devised. 



Veterinary department (Ma.'^sochusetts St a. Rpt. 1906, pp. 206, 207). — A 

 pathological collection is being made and information is being disseminated 

 among farmers regarding important diseases of live stock. 



Stock diseases, F. Clutterbuck (Jour. Dept. Ar/r. West. Aust., 15 {1901), 

 No. 4> PP- 235-2-'i-'t) . — Brief mention is made of some of the more important 

 animal diseases, including lung worms of sheep, tuberculosis, pleuro-pneunionia. 

 and hog cholera, the means by which they are spread, and the importance of 

 meat inspection in locating centers of infection. 



Some notes on the prevalence of the different contagious diseases at pres- 

 ent existing in the Transvaal, K. 11. Williams {Transvaal Apr. Jour., 5 

 {1901), No. 19, pp. 613-616). — Brief statements are made regarding the present 

 status of East-coast fever, sheep scab, glanders, tuberculosis, hog cholera, etc. 



Notes from practice, E. Diem {Wchnsclir. TierheUlc. n. Viehzucht, 51 {1901), 

 No. 22, pp. 421-1/25). — A brief account is given of petechial fever following upon 

 strangles in horses. Strilving success was had in the treatment of pulmonary 

 gangrene with potassium iodid. ""^hort notes are also given on peritonitis in 

 cattle and horses, cerebral hemorrage, and vaginitis. 



Medicinal treatment of infectious diseases, Gmeiner {Deut. Tlerurztl. 

 Wchnschr., 15 {1901), No. 22, pp. 305-309). — A general account is given of the 

 use of medicinal agents in counteracting infectious diseases. Among these sub- 

 stances mention is made of the various alkaloids and the active principles of 

 digitalis, strophanthus, and camphor. 



Operative treatment of actinomycosis, Dorn {Wchtischr. TierheUlc. u. Vieh- 

 zucht, 51 {1901), Nos. 11, pp. 321-326; 18, pp. 31,1-341; 19, pp. 361-366).— A 

 detailed record is given of the results noted from the operative treatment of a 

 number of cases of actinomycosis. The author concludes that it is possible to 

 remove the actinomycotic tissue so thoroughly that the disease will not recur. 

 In this operation it is recommended that the skin be removed over the whole 

 tumor together with the tumor and that care be exercised in the operation not 

 to produce any pockets in the incised tissue. An antiseptic application should 

 be made after the operation, and the pressure produced in drawing the edges of 

 the skin together over the wound serves to establish drainage until healing 

 takes place. 



Trypanosome infection through the mucous membrane of the alimentary 

 tract, W. L. Yakimoff and N. Schiller {Centhl. Bald, [etc.], 1. AM., Orig.. 

 43 {1901), No. 1, pp. 694-102). — In experimental rodents it was shown that 

 infection with trypanosomes might take place through the mucous membrane 

 of the alimentary canal. Infection was favored by the diminution of the peri- 

 staltic motion of the intestines, while neutralizing the gastric juice appeared to 

 have no influence upon the process of infection. The same may be said for 

 fasting preceding the feeding of animals upon virus containing trypanosomes. 



