VETERINARY SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 495 



at considerable length and the fact is noted that the disease is becoming 

 less common, owing in part to the application of antiseptic methods of 

 treatment. The primary cause of abortion is considered to be a specific 

 germ, though it is noted that various other causes may also produce it. 

 The subject of immunity, contagiousness, modes of infection and 

 treatment, antiseptics and disinfectants are briefly treated. The method 

 of securing immunity by the first infection is not thought recommeud- 

 able for the general practice since a considerable portion of the cows 

 affected with abortion become sterile. The antiseptics and disinfectants 

 noted are corrosive sublimate 0.1 of 1 per cent for general use; as, on 

 the floor, full strength; for sponging the vulva, one-half strength; for 

 injection, one-fourth strength; and for uterine irrigation, one-eighth 

 strength. It is improved by an addition of 10 parts of salt; for irriga- 

 tion purposes, by adding a mixture of glycerin and alcohol, 3 parts, or, 

 for sponging, by an addition of one-fourth oz. of hydrochloric acid to 

 1 gal. of solution. Sulphate solution, consisting of 17 grains of copper 

 sulphate to each ounce of water, or 3 lbs. iron sulphate to 30 gal., to 

 be used in watering barn floors weekly; sulphuric acid 2 per cent, for 

 barn floors; chlorid of lime, air-slaked lime, or land plaster for litter or 

 manure; a carbolic acid mixture, consisting of 1 part carbolic acid, 2 of 

 sodium carbonate, in 100 parts of water to be used for disinfecting the 

 penis and for vaginal injection before service; and creolin, which is 

 considered to be the best. It may be used for uterine irrigation in a 

 one-half to 1 per cent strength or for vaginal injection in from 1 to 2 

 per cent strength; for sponging, 2 to 3 per cent strength, or for general 

 disinfection of a barn as high as 4 per cent. 



Tuberculosis of animals, E. Nocard (Les tuberculoses animates. Paris : Masson, 1898. 

 Encyclopedic scientifique des Aide-Memoire. Bev. in Jour. Hyg., 23 (1898), No. 1143, pp. 

 395, 396). 



Bovine tuberculosis, M. A. O'Callaghax (Agr. Gaz. New South Wales, 9 (1S9S), 

 No. S, pp. S37-849, pis. 3). — The possibility of diminishing bovine tuberculosis is 

 discussed and the results of the author's observations along this line are briefly noted, 

 as well as the use of the tuberculin test. The need of experiments under Australian 

 conditions is pointed out. 



Tuberculosis in horses, Truelsen (Berlin Tierdrztl. Wchnschr. 1S9S, No. 24, pp. 

 278, 279). 



On the relation of human tuberculosis to that of birds, M. Nocard (Ann. Inst. 

 Pasteur, 13 (1S9S), No. 9, pp. 561-573). 



Combating tuberculosis in cattle, A. Eber (Verhandl. Gesell. Dent. Naturf. u. 

 Aerzte, 69 (1S97), II, pp. 342-348). 



Investigations on the effect of tubercle bacilli and on preventive serums 

 and similar substances, Babes and Proca (Ztschr. Hyg. u. Infektionskranh., 23 

 (lS97),p. 331; abs. in Centbl. Bakt. u. Par.. 1. AM., 24 (189S), No. 2-3, pp. 86-92). 



The biology of Bacillus tuberculosis, H. Akonson (Berlin Klin. Wchnschr., 6 

 (1898), No. 22; abs. in Centbl. Bakt. u. Par., 1. AM., 24 (1898), No. 2-3, pp. 85, 86). 



Notes on the study of pseudo-tuberculosis bacilli, J. Lignieres (Per. T'cterin. 

 Buenos Aires, 1S98, No. 60, pp. 723-731). 



General etiology of actinomycosis, A. Poncet and L. Berard (Lyon Med., 1898, 

 No. IS, pp. 5-13). 



