VETERINARY MEDICINE. 1181 



Annual report on investigations in the field of veterinary medicine, 

 Ellen BKiu'.KR and Sciiutz {-hUircshcr. ]'ct. Med., 2(1 {190U), pp. TIII+.'i33). — 

 As in previous reports of tliis series, a review is given of tlie more iiiiportaut 

 results announced during the year in the field of veterinary science. The sub- 

 ject-matter is arranged under 20 general headings classified according to the 

 nature of the work. 



Keport on the operations of the veterinary sanitary service of Paris and 

 the department of the Seine for the year 1906, II. Martel {Rapport stir Ics 

 Operations dii Service Vet&rinaire Sanitaire de Paris et du Departement de la 

 Seine pendant VAnnec 1906. Paris, 1901, pp. 171). — The veterinary service has 

 had the subject of rabies under constant attention and this disease is disap- 

 pearing. (Jlanders is rapidly diminishing in importance on account of the strin- 

 gent rules which have been adopted for its control. All horses which show even 

 the slightest evidence of glanders are slaughtered. The distribution of tubercu- 

 losis remains stationary for the reason that the methods thus far adopted in the 

 control of this disease are ineffectual. It is stated that the sanitary condition 

 of meats in the abattoirs and markets of Paris has improved by reason of tlie 

 careful inspection of these products. 



A large part of the report is occupied with tabular data concerning the preva- 

 lence of various infectious diseases, the inspection of live animals, milk inspec- 

 tion, and veterinary police regulations. 



Report of the royal veterinary high school at Dresden, 1906, W. Elle?^- 

 BERGER ET AL. (Bcr. K. Tierdrztl. Uochsclmle Dresden, n. ser., 1 {1906), pp. 222, 

 pis. .'/, //(/. 1). — The larger part of this report is occupied with special reports by 

 members of the faculty on anatomical, physiological, chemical, physical, surgi- 

 cal, medical, and sanitary work and investigations in animal breeding. In 

 the pathological work of the year special mention is made of cases of actinomy- 

 ^cosis of the esophagus in cattle, primary tuberculosis of the tongue in calves, 

 and multiple tuberculosis of the subcutaneous connective 1 issue in cattle. 

 . During the year under report considerable experience was had in the diag- 

 nosis, of rabies and in agglutination and mallein tests for glanders. Neither 

 of these tests for glanders failed in a single instance. It was found possible 

 to immunize cattle against tuberculosis by means of injections of attenuated and 

 dead human tubercle bacilli. So long as the duration of the immunity thus 

 produced is not known it is recommended that the vaccination be repeated 

 annually. 



Notes from practice, G. Friedrich {Wchnschr. Tierheilk. u. ViehzueJit, 51 

 {1901), 'So. .'i6, pp. 90 1-905). — An outbreak of dysentery among calves was in 

 no way checked by the application of antiseptics to the umbilicus. The use of 

 a polyvalent serum, however, offered complete protection. 



Notes are giAen on a case of tetanus in a cow as a result of a puncture of 

 the stomach wall by a foreign body from the inside and on a case of air emboly 

 following upon parturition in a cow. 



The veterinary section, R. W. Jackson, R. Moore, and R. 11. Williams 

 {Transvaal Ayr. Jour., 5 {1901), So. 20, pp. 91Jf-924). — A copy is given of a 

 ])aper published in 1881 regarding- the status of horse sickness in the Transvaal 

 at that time. The disease prevailed extensively but the remedies employed were 

 not calculated to restrict it. 



At the present time there are 171 outbreaks of East Coast fever in Natal. 

 Brief statements are given regarding the occurrence of this disease. 



Annual report on the distribution of animal plagues in the German Empire 

 {Jahresber. Verhr. Tierseuvh. Dent. Reiehe, 21 {1906), pp. rt+S95, maps J/).— 

 From the official reports received by the Imperial Health Office a general state- 

 ment is presented regarding the prevalence in the CJerman Empire of anthrax, 



