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In nearly all affected muscle tissue there were groups of round cells embracing the 

 blood vessels. The peripheral nerves were affected with cellular infiltration and 

 disintegration or disappearance of the nerve fibrils. Cellular infiltration was 

 observed also in the spinal cord and other parts of the nervous system. The intra- 

 spinal motor nerve roots, with the exception of the first sacral nerve, showed no 

 fibrillar degeneration. The sensory roots, however, showed pronounced degenera- 

 tion. Cell infiltration was observed in the dura mater surrounding the proximal por- 

 tion of both the motor and sensory roots. 



Laryngo-tracheobronchitis and its complications, I. N. Potapenko (Arch. Vet. 

 Nauk., St. Petersburg, 34 (1904), No. 5, pp. 381-419). — Clinical notes are given on the 

 history of numerous cases of this disease in horses. Data are presented also to assist 

 in rendering a differential diagnosis between this and other related diseases. 



Vaccination of herbivora for rabies, P. Remlinger and M. Effendi (Rec. Mid. 

 Yet., SI (1904), No. 9, pp. 289-298).— In 1903 12 cattle and 10 buffalo were vac- 

 cinated with poor results, 63 per cent of the animals dying of rabies. Detailed 

 notes are given on these cases and also on the vaccination of 8 horses with a loss of 

 62 per cent as a result. The authors believe that vaccination should be repeated 

 frequently as in man. The intravenous method is also suggested in order to obtain 

 more satisfactory results. 



Experimental cirrhosis of the liver, Wera Dantschakoff-Grigorevsky ( Centbl. 

 Allg. Path. u. Path. Anat., 15 (1904), No. 16-17, pp. 667-670, figs. 2).— Cirrhosis of the 

 liver was artificially produced in rabbits by a systematic inoculation of cultures of 

 staphylococci. The cultures selected for this purpose were of low virulence, and the 

 rabbits received from 1 to 2 cc. for their first injection. Each experimental animal 

 received from 30 to 105 cc. in all. The pathological changes produced in the rabbits 

 were similar in all cases. A detailed description is given of these changes both as 

 regards the external appearance of the liver and the microscopic character of the 

 affected liver tissue. 



Preliminary report on the international tuberculosis conference at Copen- 

 hagen, May 26-29, 1904 (Tuberculosis, 3 (1904), No. 8, Sup., pp. 162).— The 

 papers read at this conference are presented in a slightly condensed form, in German, 

 French, and English. The problems discussed involved all of the various aspects of 

 tuberculosis of animals and man with especial reference to the legal, sanitary, and 

 curative measures which have recently been recommended and tested in controlling 

 this disease. 



A lesson in bovine tuberculosis, H. L. Russell ( Wisconsin Sta. Bui. 114, pp. 8, 

 fig. 1). — Attention is called to the extensive and insidious spread of tuberculosis 

 among dairy herds. As an example of the distribution of the disease the author out- 

 lines the history of a herd of 46 cattle which was sold to 12 different persons and of 

 which 32 animals were later found to be tuberculous. Fortunately the tuberculous 

 infection was discovered in most instances before the disease had spread to other 

 animals. This, however, is a good illustration of the necessity of applying the 

 tuberculin test before buying cattle for introduction into the home herd. 



Bovine and human tuberculosis, P. Besse (Arch. Mid. Expir. et Anat. Path., 

 Paris, 16 (1904), No. 3, pp. 375-387, figs. 5). — The various forms of human and 

 bovine tuberculosis are described. Three cases of pearl disease, or serous tuber- 

 culosis, in man are described, and attention is called to the identity of the lesions with 

 those in cattle. In 2 of these 3 cases there was good evidence that the primary 

 infection took place through the walls of the alimentary tract. The identity of bovine 

 and human tuberculosis is considered unquestionable. 



Are the human and bovine forms of tuberculosis due to one bacillus? 

 J. Lignieres (Bui. Soc. Cent. Med. Vet., 81 (1904), No. 8, pp. 241-247).— All tubercle 

 bacilli belong to the same group, but may be readily classified into distinct varieties 

 which differ in cultural and pathogenic characters. The bovine, avian, and human 



