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confirming the author in his previous conclusions, namely, that there 

 is no louping ill where there are no ticks; that ticks are active but for 

 a brief period during the summer and coexistent with louping ill; that 

 the bacillus may develop upon the old grasses, but must pass through 

 the body of the mite before it acquires its pathogenic property ; and 

 further, that the proper methods of procedure for the extirpation of 

 the disease are (1) the burning of all old and rough grasses harboring 

 ticks or pasturing them down with cattle; (2) that the application of 

 common salt or lime or a combination of these or some cheap phos- 

 phatic manure, such as basic slag, should be applied to the land; (3) 

 that whenever the weather permits the sheep should be dipped in some 

 carb< lie preparation j that where this is not possible, they should be 

 pastured on clean land during the tick season; and finally, that lambs 

 should be removed from tin ir dams when the latter show signs of the 

 disease, since cultures from ewes' milk has revealed the organism in 

 various stages. 



Prophylaxis cf bovine tuberculosis, E. Nocard (Rapports Preliminaires 3 e Con- 

 gres Internal. d'Agr., Bruxelles, 1895, pp. 131-136). — French, Prussian, Saxon, and 

 other data are noted showing the percentage of prevalence of tuberculosis, and the 

 modern methods of tuberculin tests, isolation, etc., recommended. In 1893 in Prus- 

 sia 8.9 per cent were affected; at lierlin, 15.1; Magdebourg, 17.5; Copenhagen, 17.7; 

 Milan, more than 10; at Amsterdam and Moscow it approached 5.5; at Toulouse in 

 1889 more than 10; in 1891 in Great Britain, 12.5. In some instances the govern- 

 mental measures taken, as at Bucharest, greatly reduced the disease. 



On sterile tuberculosis and subcutaneous (tuberculosis) ulceration, H. Marsh 

 (Lancet, London, 1 (1S97), No. 3845, pp. 1262-1264). 



Contagious pleuro-pneumonia in Belgium, L. Stubbs (Rapports Pr4liminaires 3 e 

 (ongris Inter not. d'Agr., Bruxelles, 1895, pp. 693-702). — The con elusions are as follows: 

 (1) Contaminated or suspected auimals should be isolated as soon as condemned and 

 should have no other destination than the slaughterhouse; (2) it is preferable to 

 condemn immediately or to drive toward the slaughterhouse, observing prescribed 

 regulations; (3) the indemnity accorded in case of condemnation should be equal to 

 the total \ alue of the animal, and the carcass should become the property of the 

 State; and (4) an inspection of meats should be instituted. 



Gsneral report of the sanitary control of domestic animals during 1895 ( Ilitl. 

 Agr. [Bruxelles'}, 12 {1896), pp. 368-459). — As a whole the condition of domestic ani- 

 uk.Is is said to be satisfactory. There is noted a decrease in the number of animals 

 affected with glanders and pleuro-pneumonia as compared with past years. 



Prevalent pleurisy due to the bacillus of Friedlander (La Semaine Med., 1897, 

 p. 68; abs. in Centr. Bl. Halt. u. Far., 1. Alt., 21 (1897), No. 17-18, p. 690). 



Diagnosis of typhus cultures by means of dried typhus serum, M. W. Rich- 

 ardson (Centr. Bl. Bait. u. Par., 1. Abt., 21 (1897), No. 11-12, pp. 445, 446).— Serum 

 obtained from the heart of a person that has died of typhus is dried on tilter paper, 

 A piece £ cm. square is placed in I cc. of a clear broth culture of typhus bacillus 24 

 hours old. Alter 5 minutes a microscopical examination shows thetypi al reaction — 

 loss of movement and agglutination of the bacilli. Tried with Bacillus pyogenes 

 fa tidus, the colon bacillus, and typhus of the mouse, no reaction is obtained. 



Prophylaxis cf glanders, E. Nocard (Rapport* Preliminaires 3 e Congrea Internat. 

 d'Agr.. Bruxelle*, 1895, pp. 494-496). — Sanitary measures recommended, including 

 inallein tests, an 1 isolation. 



Researches en the value of mallein in the diagnosis of glanders, E. Decloux 

 (Bui. Vir. Agr. Com. Tunis, 2 (1897), No. 3, pp. 85-100). 



