VETERINARY SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 809 



Experiments in tlie infection of animals by means of cutaneous inocu- 

 lation, E. Fkitsche {Arb. K. Gesimdheitsamte, 18 {190^), Nu. 3, pp. 4oo-474). — A 

 c-ritical review of the literature of this subject is presented by the author. The 

 experiments reported in this paper were made on guinea pigs, rabbits, and mice, 

 and the organisms used in the experiments included those of anthrax, diphtheria, 

 plague, swine erysipelas, swine plague, fowl cholera, glanders, human and bovine 

 tuberculosis, as well as Streptococcus pyogenes, Diplococcus lanceulatus, and Staphylococ- 

 cus pyogenes aureus. In all the experiments a portion of the skin of the abdomen of 

 the experimental animals was shaved so as to remove the hair and a part of outer 

 layers of the cuticle. Care was taken not to scrape the skin to such an extent as to 

 cause bleeding. The cultures of the pathogenic bacteria were then rubbed on the 

 shaved areas. The general results of these experiments may be stated as follows: 



All of the organisms with which exjaerinients were made were found to be capable 

 of infecting the experimental animals through the skin when treated in the manner 

 just mentioned, and causing death. The course of the disease was in general longer 

 in cutaneous than in subcutaneous inoculation. In the case of tuberculosis the course 

 of the disease was twice as long in the first-mentioned as in the second-mentioned 

 method of inoculation. The course traveled by the bacteria in gaining entrance to 

 the experimental animals varied consideral^ly. The bacilli of anthrax and swine 

 erysipelas penetrated through the hair follicles. Some of the species of jiathogenic 

 bacteria, such as the diphtheria bacilli, did not penetrate very deejaly into the skin. 

 The organisms of plague and glanders, as well as the Streptococcus, gained entrance 

 by means of the lymphatic vessels, while tlie organisms of swine plague and hog 

 cholera, as well as Diplococcus kinceolatus, entered the experimental animals through 

 the capillaries and the blood vessels. 



A bibliography of the subject is apjiended to the article. 



The acid-proof and alcohol-proof properties of Streptothrix farcinica, and 

 the relationship of species of Streptothrix to the acid-proof fungi, C. Feist- 

 M.VNTEL {Centbl. Bakt. u. Far., 1. Aht., 31 {190J), Ao. 10, Or[g.,pp. 433-445).— h\^h& 

 study of aS'. farcinica on material obtained from diseased cattle, the author observed 

 that the filaments of these organs in streaked cultures were proof against acids and 

 alcohol, whether the original material came from pus, pure cultures on various 

 nutrient media, or from sections of pathological material. The organisms Avere 

 readily stained by the Gram method and retained some of tlie stain even after a long 

 decoloration in alcohol. The formation of tubercles was observed in the lungs of 

 guinea pigs which were inoculated by the intravenous method, within about 3 weeks 

 after inoculation. The author discusses the behavior of this organism upon various 

 nutrient media, in" connection with a review of the literature of the subject. A bib- 

 liography of 19 titles is added to the article. 



Accidents following upon vaccination, their pathogeny and prophylaxis, 

 E. Leclainche and II. Vallee {Ann. Ind. Pasteur, 16 {190J), Xo. S, jjj). 614-6J4)- — 

 The authors briefly review the history of cases in which mfection has taken place as 

 a result of vaccmation against diseases, such as anthrax, blackleg, and swine erysip- 

 elas. It is argued that the process ior manufacturing vaccines has been so per- 

 fected that these substances can hardly be considered dangerous or as responsible for 

 mfection in the cases which have been recorded. The greatest danger appears to lie 

 in the careless use of virus in connection with these vaccines for the purpose of 

 increasing the resisting power of the animal and the consequent immunity. 



Report of the stock and brands branch for the year 1901, A. Salwey, R. D. 

 Jones, and J. I). Stewart {Xeu: South. Wales, Dept. Mines and Agr., Slock and Brands 

 Bravcli lipt. 1901, pp. 29). — In this report notes are given on the inspection work, 

 number of horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, and dogs, and on the most prevalent diseases 

 in New South Wales during the year covered by the report. The chief diseases of 



