VETERINARY SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 405 



A report on hemorrhagic septicemia in animals in the Philippine Islands is presented 

 by P. ( r. Wnolley and J. W. Jobling. This disease is said to have caused very hea\y 

 losses and was felt most severely in regions which had already been devastated by 

 rinderpest. Detailed notes are given on a considerable number of cases and experi- 

 ments are reported during which laboratory animals were inoculated and studied for 

 the purpose of determining the course and symptoms of the disease. It is recom- 

 mended that all affected animals be prevented from gaining access to running water 

 which might carry contagion to other animals, although it is by no means certain 

 that hemorrhagic septicemia is contagious. 



The results of physiological investigations, L'. AsHERand K. Spiro (Ergebnisse 

 Physiol., 3 (1904), pp. 636, pis. 5 ). — This section of the report on physiological studies 

 is devoted to biochemistry, including the subject of Mood elements and chemical 

 bodies found in the serum and blood corpuscles, the chemistry of spermatozoa, 

 intestinal fermentation, general cellular chemistry, activity of the salivary glands, 

 fermentive cleavage of fat, the influence of active pharmacological principles on 

 metabolism, nitrogen metabolism in plants, the physiology of pentoses, formation of 

 carbohydrates from protein, and a review of experiments on metabolism and energy 

 in the human body. Tins last review was prepared by W. O. Atwater. 



Animal sanitation, E. Vax Godtsenhoven (Bui. Verde Etudes Agron. [Brussels'], 

 1903, No, 8, pp. 363-308). — Attention is called to the importance of securing proper 

 food, ventilation, temperature, and exercise for domesticated animals so as to prevent 

 so far as possible the development of tuberculosis and other diseases. 



Protozoan diseases, F. J. Bosc (Certibl. Bali. u. Par., 1. Abt., Orig., 36 (1904), 

 No. 4, i>p- 487-493). — Diseases due to protozoa are called bryocytic on account of the 

 fact that as indicated by this term the diseases in question are characterized by a 

 proliferation of cells. According to the author's classification the diseases included 

 in this group are smallpox, sheep pox, foot-and-mouth disease, rabies, etc. The 

 essential pathological lesions of these diseases are described. 



The bactericidal power of the blood, 0. Bail i Sitzber. Devi. Naturw. Med. Ver. 

 Bohmen, n. ser., 23 (1903), pp. 96-100). — Attention is called to the importance of 

 understanding as thoroughly as possible the various bodies found in the blood. This 

 w r ork is regarded as necessary in the scientific study of the problem of immunity. 

 The well-known fact of the bactericidal power of the blood of immunized animals 

 has usually been attributed to the formation of special bodies in the blood under the 

 influence of the pathogenic bacteria or to the increased destructive action of certain 

 leucocytes. These matters require further study. 



Actinobacillosis, C. TL Higgixs (Canada Dept. Agr., Biol. Lab. Bui. 1, pp. 8, pis. 

 8). — This disease was studied on 4 cases in Canada and was found to be identical with 

 the disease described by Lignieres and Spitz in Argentina, but not so virulent. De- 

 tailed clinical notes are given on the 4 cases which came under the author's 

 observation. 



The gross lesions are very similar to those of actinomycosis. The pus, however, is 

 characteristic, of a semi-solid consistency, almost transparent and containing white 

 granules barely visible to the naked eye. The pathogenic organism of the disease 

 closely resembles that of fowl cholera. Guinea pigs inoculated intraperitoneally died 

 in from 19 to 21 days. Similar lesions are produced by artificial inoculation of rabbits. 

 The author has conducted no experiments with remedies, but recommends large 

 doses of potassium iodid. 



The action of bacteria on toxins coming from other species of bacteria, 

 Garxier and G. Sabareaxu (Arch. Med. Exper. et Anat. Path., Paris, 1. ser., 16 (1904), 

 No. 5, pp. 5.57-570). — The authors' experiments were confined to the diphtheria and 

 anthrax bacilli and to toxins of tetanus and diphtheria. It was found during a study 

 of these bacteria and toxins, especially by means of inoculation experiments with 



