782 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. [Vol. 38 



Veterinary division, annual report, 1915—16, C. E. Gray (Union So. Africa 

 Dcpt. Agr. lipt. 1916, pp. 27-38). — The usual report of the occurrence of and 

 work with the more important infectious diseases of live stock during the yeer. 



The chemical investigation of some poisonous plants in the natural order 

 Solanacese. — III, The occurrence of nor-hyoscyamine in Solandra longi- 

 flora, J. M. Peteie (Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Jfl {1911), No. 164, PP- 815- 

 822). — The leaves of S. longiflora were found to contain nor-hyoscyamine as the 

 chief alkaloid, this alkaloid having been isolated and described by the author in 

 1907 under the name " solandrine." Solandra also contains hyoscyamine in 

 lesser amount, but scopolamines are absent. The total amount of alkaloid ob- 

 tained was 0.17 per cent in the leaves (dried at 100° C). 



A discussion of some principles of anthelmintic medication, M. C. Hall 

 (Neto Orleans Med. and Surg. Jour., 70 {191S), No. 8, pp. 637-653). — A general 

 discussion of this subject. 



Some new antiseptics and disinfectants, N. S. Mayo (Amer. Jour. Vet. Med., 

 IS (1918), No. 3, pp. 111-115). — Dakin's solution, chlorazene, and dichlora- 

 min-T are considered as to composition, preparation, use, and applications in 

 veterinary surgery and practice. Cases are reported of the successful use of 

 chlorazene for intravenous injections in cases of septicemia and contagious 

 abortion, and of dichloramin-T in the treatment of fistulous withers. 



" X-acid " as a remedy in polyneuritis and beriberi, D. J. Hulshoff {Jour. 

 Physiol., 51 {1917), No. 6, pp. 432-Jf39). — An experiment reported by the author 

 indicates that 1 gm. of dry extract, prepared from katjang hidjoe {Phaseolua 

 radiatus) and dissolved in water, suffices to cure polyneuritis gallinarum. 

 "Administration of the dry extract dissolved In a small quantity of water 

 gives better results than administration of the decoction since the disadvan- 

 tages attached to passing large quantities of fluid into the crop are avoided." 



An experimental investigation of lipovaccines, E. R. Whitmoee and E. A. 

 Fennel {Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc, 70 {1918), No. IS, pp. 902-904). — Continuing 

 the work previously reported (E. S. R., 38, p. 584), the authors report that 

 " the lipovaccines can be made on a large scale by growing the bacteria in 

 Kolle fla.sks, taking off the growth with a vacuum scraper, freezing and 

 drying in vacuo, and emulsifying in lanolin and oil by grinding in a ball mill, 

 using glass l^ottles and steel balls. The oils can be sterilized by steam at 15 

 lbs. for 15 minutes, by heating to 90° C. for 10 hours on a water bath, or by 

 mixing with potassium iodid." 



The preparation of Dakin's solution and the Carrel technique in the treat- 

 ment of infected wounds, W. N. McDonell {U. S. Naval Med. Bui., 12 {1918), 

 No. 1, pp. 45-53, fig. 1). — Details are given of the preparation of this solution, 

 which, it is pointed out, may be satisfactorily prepared in several ways. 



Studies on the cicatrization of wounds, TtrrFrER and Desmarres {Compt. 

 Rend. Acad. Sci. [Paris'\, 166 {1918), No. 5, pp. 230-2.32).— Observations of 

 various processes for hastening the healing of wounds have led to the follow- 

 ing conclusions : 



A simple dry, sterile, and absorbent dressing applied to a sterile wound pro- 

 duces a slightly more rapid cicatrization than Dakin's solution. Alternating 

 aseptic dressings following the cycle of sodium hypochlorite, physiological 

 serum, boiled water, and dry dressing, increases only slightly the rate of 

 healing. Heliotherapy associated either with hypochlorite or a dressing of 

 neutral substances, such as zinc oxid or bismuth subgallate, gives excellent 

 results. 



Note on an apparatus for counting and identifying the organisms of sur- 

 face wounds and of the skin, Grtsez {Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol. [Paris], 80 

 {1917), No. 15, pp. 736, 737, fl,gs. 2).— The apparatus consists of a layer of agar 



