492 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Cellular toxins or tlie chemical factors in the causation of disease, V. C. 

 Vaughan and F. G. Now {Philadelphia and Neir York: Lea Brotliers d: Co., 1902, 4. 

 ed., pp. 495, pi- l,.fig^- ^)- — The present volume in its enlarged and revised form con- 

 tains an elaborate review of the factors which are concerned in the production of 

 diseases and a critical discussion of the experimental work which has led to the for- 

 mulation of modern theories of disease. Special mention may be made of the 

 following subjects which are treated in the volume: A general account of the etiology 

 of bacterial diseases; the classification and definition of chemical products of bacteria, 

 including ptomaines, bacterial proteids, bacterial cellular proteids, and toxins; a 

 historical sketch of bacterial poisons; detailed discussions of the bacterial poisons of 

 various infectious diseases, including anthrax, Asiatic cholera, tetanus, diphtheria, 

 tuberculosis, hog cholera, rabbit septicemia, malignant edema, glanders, etc.; 

 germicidal properties of blood serum, including alexins and nucleins, specific pre- 

 cipitins, lysins, and agglutinins; the theories of immunity; and the chemistry and 

 physiological action of i»tomaines and leucomaines. 



Protargol in veterinary surgery, W. E. A. "Wymax {Jour. Comp. Med. and Vet. 

 Arch., 23 {1902), No. 5, pp. 269-273). — This remedy has been extensively used by the 

 author with good results in the treatment of a number of diseases, including glos- 

 sitis, osteomyelitis, poll evil, fistula, mastitis, and wounds. 



Lysol in agriculture {El lisol en agricultura. Barcelona: Mora & Co. 11900], pp). 

 64, jigs. 39). — In this pamphlet a general account is given of the methods of apply- 

 ing lysol as an antiseptic remedy in the treatment of animal diseases, and in the 

 treatment of various insect pests of field crops, fruits, and garden vegetables. 



Intravenous injections of corrosive sublimate in the treatment of infectious 

 diseases, A. Deoive {Ann. Med. Vet., .51 {1902), No. l.pp. 25-33, figs. 4)- — A brief re- 

 view is given of the literature relating to experiments in making intravenous injections 

 of corrosive sublimate in the treatment of foot-and-mouth disease, swine erysii^elas, 

 contagious coryza, glanders, septicemia, anthrax, erysipelas, and syphilis. The 

 author believes that experiments thus far conducted with this substance indicate 

 that it exercises an active therapeutic effect in infection by a number of contagious 

 diseases. 



The disinfection of stalls and railroad stock cars by means of glycoformal 

 with liingner's disinfection apparatus, Roder {Berlin. Thierdrztl. WchmeJir., 1901, 

 AVs'. ol, pp. 777-781; n2, pp. 789-794, figx- 3). — A critical discussion of the literature on 

 this subject is given in connection with a bil)liography. Lingner's disinfection appa- 

 ratus consists of a circular copper kettle containing Ij liters of hot water, the water 

 being maintained at the boiling point by an alcohol flame underneath. In an iron 

 receptacle, which is placed inside of the ring-shaped kettle containing the hot water, 

 2 kg. cf glycoformal is poured. The fumes of this substance are driven off by means 

 of heat. The author's experiments were made on the bacilli of anthrax and glanders 

 and on the virus of the foot-and-mouth disease, as well as on fowl cholera. As a result 

 of the author's extensive experiments it is concluded that disinfection of stalls and rail- 

 road cars by means of glycoformal with the use of Lingner's apparatus is exceedingly 

 effective, easily practiced, safe, and not expensive. The stalls and cars need not be 

 out of use more than 5 or 6 hours, since in this length of time the pathogenic organisms 

 are certainly destroyed, and the stalls or cars may be readily prepared for receiving 

 animals after being ventilated. 



State and Territorial laws relating to contagious and infectious diseases 

 of animals, 1901 {U. S. Dept. Agr., Bureau of Animal Industry Bui. 43, p. 72).— 

 This Ijulletin contains copies of the various State and Territorial laws relating to 

 infectious diseases of animals which were enacted during the year 1901. The vari- 

 ous laws are arranged alphabetically under the names of the respective States and 

 Territories. 



