1917] VETEEINAEY MEDICINE. 779 



The fate of the micro-organisms after their appearance in the bile seems to be 

 largely determined by the antiseptic properties of the bile which are largely 

 due to its allialinity. It appears possible to protect the rabbit against gall- 

 bladder infections, at least to some degree, by the previous injection of sodium 

 bicarbonate. 



Alkaline therapy is suggested in the prevention and cure of gall-bladder 

 carriers. 



A comparison of tho " defibrination " and " oxalate " methods of serum 

 preparation as applied to hemorrhag'ic septicemia and anthrax sera to- 

 gether with some analyses of buffalo and hill bull blood, R. V. Noreis {Agr. 

 Research Inst. Pusa Bui. 60 (1916), pp. 15). — The results of the investigation 

 submitted in detailed tabular form show that the oxalate method gives a con- 

 siderably increased yield of serum as compared with the defibrination method 

 in the preparation of hemorrhagic septicemia and anthrax sera. Serum pre- 

 pared by the oxalate method is also greatly superior in appearance to that 

 obtained by defibrination and centriiugalization. In the case of buffalo blood 

 the oxalate procedure saves considerable centrifugalizing, which is of practical 

 importance in the preparation of large quantities of sera. With hill bull blood 

 the corpuscles do not settle, and the blood must be centrifugal ized. A series of 

 bleedings taken at short intervals was found to increase the yield of serum 

 progressively, the third bleeding giving the largest percentage of serum. An- 

 alyses of normal buffalo and hill bull blood indicated that the chief point of dif- 

 ference was the considerably larger percentage of globulins in the serum from 

 the hill bull blood. 



Anthrax or charbon, H. J. Washburn {V. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bui. 784 

 (1911), pp. 16). — This supersedes Farmers' Bulletin 439, previously noted (E. S. 

 R., 25, p. 381). 



The diag'nosis of tuberculosis by means of tuberculin with special refer- 

 ence to the intrapalpebral method, N. Mori (Atti R. 1st. Incoragg. Napoli, 6. 

 ser., 67 (1915), pp. 71-89). — This material has been previously noted from 

 another source (E. S. R., 36, p. 578). 



Experiments on cattle plag'ue, C. Todd and R. G. White (Cairo, Egypt: 

 Govt., 1914, pp. IX+133, figs. 136). — This is a report of work carried out for 

 the commission nominated by the Council of Ministers April 13, 1912. 



The several parts of the report deal with the localization, etc., of rinderpest 

 virus in the animal body, methods of the transmission of the disease and 

 tenacity of virus outside the body, general considerations on the nature of the 

 causal organism, a bibliography on the subject, meteorological data, and details 

 of the experiments. An appendix includes a brief abstract of the results ob- 

 tained. 



Hog cholera, M. E. Tabusso (Bol. Min. Fomento [Peru~\, II, (1916), No. 4, pp. 

 5-23). — This is a general discussion with special reference to observations of 

 the disease in Peru. The topics considered are spread of the disease, etiologj', 

 clinical forms, diagnosis, therapy, and prophylaxis. 



Tuberculosis of hogs, J. R. Mohler and H. J. Washburn (U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Farmers' Bui. 781 (1917), pp. 19, figs. 4)- — This is a revision of the circular 

 previously noted (E. S. R., 27, p. 684). The topics discussed are the prevalence 

 and economic importance of the disease, methods of infection, symptoms of 

 tuberculosis in hogs, the tuberculin tests, lesions, and preventive measures. 



Osseous cachexia and verminous cachexia of equines.- — Cylicostomiasis, 

 C. CoNKEUR (Bui. Sac. Path. Exot., 9 (1916), No. 8, pp. 600-633; abs. in Trap. 

 Vet. Bui., 4 (1916), No 4, pp. 181-184) .—This is a discussion of a disease of 

 horses, mules, and asses occurring in Brazil, known as " cara inchada " or 



