1024 EXPEKIMENT STATION RECORD. 



inclination to move, reddening and swelling of the mucous membranes of the head, 

 salivation, excessive swelling of the neck, especially in the region of the larnyx, and 

 coughing. From post-mortem examination it was found that extensive series of 

 infiltration had taken place in the musculature of the head and neck and as far back 

 as the chest. The submaxillary and retropharyngeal lymphatic glands were enor- 

 mously swollen. Ovoid bacteria which stained in a bipolar manner were found in 

 streak cultures made from material obtained from these cases. These organisms 

 were first suspected of being anthrax Imcilli. It was later found, however, that the 

 hogs had eaten the carcass of a steer which probably died of rinderpest. The author 

 lielieves that the bacilli found in the hogs and which closely resemble the necrosis 

 1 acillus, probably made their way into the hogs in connection with the meat of the 

 diseased steer. Brief notes are given on other cases of septicemic infection in hogs 

 and other animals for the purpose of comparing known examples with the cases 

 which came under the authors' attention. 



On the behavior of the lymphatic apparatus in intestinal ulcerations in 

 hogs, Seilek {DcHi. Th'ienirztJ. WchnsHtr., 10 {1902), Nos. 36, jjp. 345-347; 37, pp. 

 353-355; 38, pp. 361-364, fig^- 5).— The literature of this subject is critically dis- 

 cussed. Special attention is given to an account of the behavior of the lymphatic 

 system in cases of intestinal ulceration in hogs due to the presence of G!lsoph(tf)oMomum 

 venulosmn and as a result of swine plague and hog cholera. A considerable i«rt of 

 the author's work consisted in a study of a series of sections made through such 

 ulcers and preserved and stained by various methods. A hyperplasia and excessive 

 accumulation of white blood corpuscles in the neighborhood of these ulcers were 

 .observed in most cases of infestation by the palisade worms. The various stages in 

 the formation of intestinal ulcers in cases of swine plague and hog cholera are 

 descri})ed in detail. 



Glanders, K. Hottinger {.Hal. Agr. Sao Paulo, 3. ser., 1902, No. 7, pp. 435-437). — 

 Brief notes on the post-mortem findings in 4 cases of glanders, together with a dis- 

 cussion of the diagnosis and etiology of this disease and notes on the use of mallein. 



Tsetse fly disease in Tog-o, West Africa, H. Ziemaxx [Berlin. Klin. Wclmschr., 

 39 {1902), Xo. 40, pp. 930-936). — The author presents a general account of the eti- 

 ology of this disease, together with notes on the life history of the blood parasite. 



The so-called Borna horse disease, Enders {Berlin. Thierurztl. Wchni<ehr., 1902, 

 No. 44, pp. '>5o-6,55).— Notes are given on the etiology, pathogenesis, symptoms, com- 

 plications, serjuela', and treatment of this disease. 



Scratches or grease heel in horses, N. S. Mayo {Indnstriallst, 29 {190.3), No. 19, 

 ■J). ,?()j').— Notes are given on the symptoms of this disease and on the frequency of 

 its occurrence in horses. The treatment recommended consists in cleanly surround- 

 ings, poulticing affected parts, and the use of antiseptic ointments. 



Mammary botryomycosis in the horse, P. Uxterhossel {Berlin. Tliicrilrzll. 

 Wchnschr., 1902, No. 32, pp. 476, 477, figs, f ).— This disease occurs chiefly in horses, 

 while cattle and hogs appear to be only slightly susceptible to it. Brief notes are 

 given on a number of cases which are reported in the literature on this subject, and 

 a detailed history is presented of one case which occurred in the udder, with fatal 

 results. 



The origin of aneurysma verminosum equi, A. Sticker {Deut. Tliirriirztl. 

 Wdnh^elir., 10 {1902), No. 2S, ]>p. 274-276). — A number of cases of aneurism in horses 

 caused by the presence of Sclerostomum bidentatum were examined l.\v the author 

 with special reference to determining the pathological histology of this disease. It 

 was found that the middle coat of the wall of the blood vessels was chiefly affected, 

 and not the inner coat. A number of cases of this disease were investigated and 

 detailed notes are given on the histogenesis of the aneurisms. 



A study of the morphology of the blood of the horse, S. H. Burnett {Anier. 

 Vet. Bev., 26 {1902), No. 4, pp. 311-325, figf<. 10).— The objects of the investigation 



