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A new instrument for use in tlie treatment of parturient paresis, Never- 

 MANX {Berlin. Thierdrztl. Wchii.^cln-., 1902, Xo. 4o, jiji. 077,678, fig. 1). — A business 

 iinn in Hanover has devised an instruinent which may be used in pumping pure 

 iiltered air into the udder of cows affected with this disease, and another simple 

 apparatus has been devised l)y the same iirm for administering the potassium iodid. 

 According to the autlior the instrument is exceedingly convenient and enables the 

 operator to apply the treatment rapidly. 



Foot-and-mouth, disease and sulphate of iron, A. Bouchaud {Jour. Agr. Prat., 

 n. ser., 5 {1903), Xo. o, pp. 147-152). — Notes are given on the symptoms and the 

 pathological anatomy of this disease. A number of experiments have been made in 

 the treatment of foot-and-mouth disease with external applications of sulphate of 

 iron. The author repeated these experiments with excellent results. It was found 

 that the spread of tiie disease could be more effectively checked by this treatment 

 than l)y any other method. The affected animals were sprayed with a 20 jier cent 

 solution of sulphate of iron. The mouth was washed with a 10 per cent solution of 

 the same chemical, and in acute cases a 5 per cent solution was administered inter- 

 nally, to the amount of 2 liters per day for adult animals and 1 liter of a 2 per cent 

 •solution for calves. Complete recovery was brought about and the disease was 

 prevented from spreading. 



Foot-and-mouth, disease and its treatment, G. d'Utra {Bol. Agr. Sao Paulo, 

 3. ser., 1902, Xo. 6, }>}>. 370-374). — Notes are given on the symptoms and etiology of 

 this disease. The author discusses also the various disinfectants and antiseptic sub- 

 stances which have l)een used in treating foot-and-mouth disease. Treatment by 

 injections of corrosive sublimate are said to he ineffective. 



Study of the diseases included under the name actinomycosis, J. Licjnieres 

 and J. Spitz {BoJ. Sec. Fomenio [Me.rico'], 2 {1902), Xos. ■!, I, pj>. 186-200; 4, 1, pyp. 

 243-263). — The authors describe the general symptoms and pathological anatomy of 

 actinomycosis. The disease appears under a number of forms, according to the 

 organs which are chiefly affected. The principal forms are those which affect the 

 gkin, tongue, pharynx, glands, udder, viscera, and bones. During 1900 and 1901 the 

 disease prevailed to an unusual extent and with great virulence in Argentina. Notes 

 are given on the toxin produced by the pathogenic organism and on the etiology, 

 treatment and serum therapy of this diseai-e. A bacterial organism was found as the 

 cause of the disease, and the term ai'tinobacillosis is used l)y the authors. 



The action of iodin upon actinomyces, Schmaltz {Berlin. TJiierarzfl. WcJnischr., 

 1902, Xo. 27, pp. 401, 402). — Attention is called to the difference of opinion which 

 has prevailed between the physicians and veterinarians regarding the effectiveness 

 of iodin treatment in actinomycosis. Brief notes are given on the literature relating 

 to this subject, and an account is presented of an infection with actinomycosis which 

 was suffered by the author. The iodin treatment in this case was ineffective, but a 

 I'ure was finally l)rought about by surgical means. 



Vaccination for pleuro-pneumonia, Leistikow [Berlin. Thierilrztl. Wchnschr., 

 1902, Xo.29, pp. 437-441)- — The author discusses the great importance of this disease 

 to veterinarians and cattle raisers. Notes are given on the method of vaccination 

 which has proved quite effective in preventing the spread of this disease. The 

 t'ffects bf this vaccination has not been scientifically determined. It is purely an 

 empirical method. Vaccination, however, is considered as exceedingly valuable, 

 and it has contributed greatly to the restriction of an outbreak of this disease. 



A study of the bacteriolog-y of pyelonephritis of cattle, Liexaux and 

 ZwAENEPoKL {Ann. Mid. Vef., .',1 (1902), Xo. 9-10, pp. 500-507). — The previous lit- 

 erature on this sul)ject is briefly discussed. The authors conducted exjieriments 

 with the bacillus of Preisz for the purpose of determining whether this organism was 

 the specific cause of pyelonephritis. During the experiments it Avas found that the 



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