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horses, cowpox, hog cholera, mange in horses, infectious abortion in cows, milk 

 fever, and tuberculosis. On account of the rapidity with which the symptoms of 

 forage poisoning develop and the high rate of mortality in cases of this disease, the 

 author mentions in some detail the conditions with regard to food and water under 

 which this disease may develop to the greatest extent. Treatment of forage poison- 

 ing has thus far been rather unsatisfactory. 



Tuberculosis still prevails in nearly all parts of Pennsylvania except the mountain- 

 ous counties. Copies are given of the legal forms of requests for inspection and 

 tuberculin tests of herds and for assistance in disposing of tuberculous cattle. The 

 thorough application of the Bang method, or some modification of this method, is 

 considered the most satisfactory way of eradicating this disease. Good results have 

 thus far attended the experiments in vaccinating young cattie with attenuated 

 tubercle bacilli in order to confer upon them further immunity to the disease. 

 Further experiments along this line will be carried out. 



Report of the veterinary service in the Kingdom of Saxony for 1903 

 (Ber. Veterirwrw. K'&nigr. Sachsen, 48 (1903), pp. 348). — This report contains an 

 account of the organization of the veterinary service, brief reports from district 

 veterinarians, an account of cattle and goat raising, a discussion of meat inspection, 

 diseases of horses, and the work of the veterinary high school in the Kingdom of 

 Saxony. 



The influence of surra upon metabolic processes, R. Stahelin (Arch. Hyg., 

 50 (1904), No. 1, pp. 77-96). — In order to study the effect of surra upon the physio- 

 logical processes of the animal body a dog was artificially inoculated with this dis- 

 ease. The dog had previously been studied for the purpose of determining as 

 accurately as possible its normal digestion. The amount of nitrogen in the urine was 

 found to be considerably less during the fever period, while the amount in the feces 

 was increased. 



During the progress of the disease increasing quantities of nitrogen and fat were 

 decomposed. One of the most striking examples of inequality in the income and 

 outgo was shown in the great excess of the water excreted over the quantity ingested. 



Report on Bacillus violaceus manilse, a pathogenic micro-organism, 

 P. G. Woolley (Philippine Dept. Int., Bureau Govt. Labs. [Pub.], 1904, No. 15, pp. 15, 

 pi. 1). — The bacillus described as new under the name B. violaceus manilse was isolated 

 from 3 carabaos which died so suddenly and with few well marked symptoms that 

 hemorrhagic septicemia was suspected as the cause of death. 



Cultures of the organism were obtained from the lymph glands and lungs. Inocu- 

 lation of guinea pigs produced an infection similar to that observed in carabaos. In 

 one case 1 cc. of a 48-hour-old culture caused the death of a guinea pig within 5 days 

 after inoculation. The organism w T as found to be pathogenic also for dogs, calves, 

 cats, and rabbits. A test undertaken to determine whether or not a soluble toxin 

 was produced by the organism gave negative results. Dead cultures suspended in 

 normal salt solution caused a reaction on the fifth day after the inoculation of a mon- 

 key. The blood of this animal then showed complete agglutinating power. 



The penetrability of the intestinal wall for micro-organisms under 

 physiological conditions, B. Klimenko (Ztschr. Hyg. u. Infectionskrank., 48 (1904), 

 No. 1, pp. 67-112). — The literature relating to this subject is discussed in a critical 

 manner in connection with bibliographical references. The author's experiments 

 were made on dogs, guinea pigs, and rabbits, and the micro-organisms used in the 

 experiments included Bacillus prodigiosus, B. meaentericvis uulgatus, T>. kieliensis, B. 

 pyocyaneus, hay bacillus, acid-fast bacilli from butter, Thyrothrix tenuis, and Staphylo- 

 coccus citreus. 



Asa result of numerous feeding experiments with these organisms under various 

 conditions, it is concluded that the intact intestinal wall of perfectly healthy animals 

 is not permeable for micro-organisms. The possibility is admitted of the penetration 



