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The vapor is unquestionably a germicide and the aqueous solution is 

 beneficial, used at the rate of 2 to 3 spoonfuls of a '.15 per cent solution 

 to a liter of water; but it can scarcely displace other disinfectants 

 such as chloriu water or solutions of chlorid of lime or caustic soda. 

 For the disinfection of manures it is valueless. As a disinfectant of 

 wounds weak solutions are of no value and stronger and concentrated 

 solutions are destructive to tissues. 



Report of the veterinary department, A. W. Bitting (Indiana Sla. Rpt. 1896, 

 pp. 50-53). — The author describes the work of the year on hog cholera, tuberculosis, 

 and actinomycosis, and the station equipment. Eighty per cent of 10 cases of actino- 

 mycosis treated with a dram to a dram and a half of potassium iodid once a day 

 for '_' weeks (and a repetition at the end of a week in those e;ise> where it seemed 

 necessary) recovered. 



The spaying of mares, W. L. Williams (Montana Sta. Bui. 12. pp. 96-103).— 

 Twenty mares w T ere spayed. The operation, which is described at Length, was suc- 

 cessful in all cases. Most of the mares were apparently in norma] health a few days 

 after the operation. 



Glanders, Texas fever, and symptomatic anthrax, L. L. Lewis | Oklahoma Sta. 

 Bnl. 27, pp. 18). — A popular description is given of these three diseases and of then- 

 proper treatment. Tables are given showing the temperature records of louses dis- 

 eased with glanders and treated at the station. The usual measures are recommended. 

 Under the head of Texas fever a map is given showing the difference hetween the 

 national and Oklahoma quarantine lines, the latter extending farther south than 

 the former, or along the Canadian River. 



The mallein test for suspected glanders in horses, R. R. DlNWlDDlE I Arkansas 

 Sla. Rpt. ISM. pp. 40-41').— A reprint from Bulletin 40 of the station (E. S. R., 8, 

 p. 525). 



Agglutination phenomena in glanders, A. <i. R. FOULERTON (Lancet [London'], 

 1897, Xo. 1, p. 1201; abs. in Join-. Boy. Micros. Soc. [London]. 1S97, Xo. 3, p. 242).— 

 Agglutination of the glanders bacillus can be brought about by contact with serum 

 from a case of active infection by the glanders bacillus, from active infection by 

 typhoid bacillus, and from a horse immuned against diphtheria. Normal equine or 

 human serum exhibit no such reaction. 



Tuberculosis statistics in Bavaria, F. May ( Miinchen med. Wochenachr., 44 (1897), 

 Xo. 10, p. 254; abs. in Centbl. Bakt. u. Par.. 1. Abt., 21 1 189? |, No. 17-18, pp. 690, 691).— 

 It is stated that over 10 per cent of the deaths in Bavaria are due to tuberculosis. 

 Of those dying at ages ranging between 15 and fil years in 1889 to 1893, 11.84 per cent 

 was due to tuberculosis. The percentage was as low as 11.19 per cent only in one 

 year. 



Contribution to the question of intra-uterin infection of offsprings with 

 tuberculosis, F. Heuke (Arb. Path. Anat. Inst. Tubingen, 2 (1897), Xo. 2, p. 268; 

 abs. in Centbl. Bali. u. Par., l.Abt., 21 (1S97), Xo. 17-1S. pp. 691, 692).— Investiga- 

 tion of a child from a tuberculosis mother showed double-sided pneumonia and fresh 

 fibrinous pleurites. There were no macroscopic tubercles. An inoculation of a 

 Guinea pig with a nonsuspicious piece of bronchial tube the size of a pea resulted 

 in the death of the Guinea pig in 37 days. An autopsy showed it to be severely 

 affected. The author thinks that the bronchial tube contained living bacilli of 

 tuherculosis and that they were of congenital origin. He changes Eberth's law, 

 "man does not inherit but acquires tuberculosis," to "man acquires tuberculosis and 

 also inherits it." 



The biological status of Bacillus tuberculosis, A. C. Jones (Bpt. 66th Meeting 

 British Assn. Adv. Sci., 1896, pp. 1015, 1016; abs. in Jour. Boy. Micros. Soc. [London], 

 1897, Xo. 3, p. 242). — It is suggested that the so-called tubercle bacillus is really a 



