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oats. For this purpose formaldehyde fumes, chloroform fumes, and heat were used. 

 It was found that a dry heat of the temperature of 180 to 200° C. for a few minutes 

 was required to destroy the anthrax spores. The best apparatus for treating oats f< >i 

 this purpose appears to be the apparatus commercially used for desiccating potatoes 



Treatment of acute, nonsuppurative arthritis, particularly arthritis of 

 colts, by means of puncture, E. Lienaux (Ann. Med. Vet., 53 (1904), No. 9-10, 

 pp. 504-514). — A description is presented of the symptomsand pathological anatomy 

 of various forms of acute arthritis without the formation of pus. The author operated 

 on a number of cases of this sort in young colts by means of punctures made during 

 the early stages of the disease. The method of operation was adopted on account of 

 the success which had already been had in treating acute pleurisy in the same manner. 

 When antiseptic precautions are observed good results follow this treatment. 



Chronic periarthritis tarsi of horses, Gossmann (Monatsh. Prakt. Tierh., 15 

 (1904), No. 9-10, pp. 385-417). — A critical review is given of the literature of this 

 subject in connection with a brief bibliography. The author discusses the anatomy 

 of the tarsal joint in the horse with especial reference to the various diseases to which 

 this joint is subject. 



A detailed account is given of the gross and microscopic anatomy of periarthritis, 

 together with notes on the symptoms which usually appear in cases of this disease. 

 A complete recovery rarely occurs. Nevertheless, considerable benefit was to be 

 derived from the application of cold during the early stages of the disease and later 

 massage. According to the author's experience the use of drastic salves and cautery 

 is not to be recommended. 



The existence of a trypanosomiasis of horses in French Guiana, A. La vera n 

 (Compl. Rend. Soc. Biol. [Paris], 56 (1904), No. 8, pp. 326, 321).— The author exam- 

 ined the blood of 3 horses apparently affected with some form of trypanosomiasis. 

 In 2 of the horses no blood parasite was found, while in a third parasites were 

 observed which closely resembled Trypanosoma brucei. The disease is therefore 

 believed to be nagana. 



Spontaneous tetanus as influenced by heat, H. Vincent (Ann. Inst. Pasteur, 

 18 (1904), No. 7, />/>. 450-464). — The author discusses in a critical manner the ques- 

 tion concerning the existence of spontaneous species of tetanus in animals. The 

 influence of heat upon the development of tetanus was studied in an experiment with 

 guinea pigs. 



The subjection of these animals to high degrees of temperature was found to cause 

 numerical modifications in the leucocytes, changes in the relative proportions of 

 different kinds of leucocytes, and histological alterations in the structure of the leu- 

 cocytes. In animals which were maintained at temperatures of 42.5 and 43° C. the 

 phagocytes were dissolved to considerable extent and this reduction in the number 

 of leucocytes is considered as having bearing on the reduced resisting power of such 

 animals toward tetanus bacillus and other pathogenic organisms. 



Manson's eye worm of chickens and notes on the spiny-suckered tape- 

 worms of chickens, B. H. Ransom ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Bureau of Animal Industry Bui. 

 60, pp. 72, pi. l,figs. 52). — The first part of this bulletin contains an elaborate account 

 of Manson's eye worm (Oxyspirura mansoni) which had not been previously reported 

 from America, while in the second part of the bulletin a discussion is given of 2sp eciea 

 of tapeworms ( Davainea echinobothrida and I). Mragona), both of which affect poultry. 



Manson's eye worm is found beneath the nictitating membrane of the eye of chick- 

 ens. The presence of these worms in the eye does not always cause any pronounced 

 symptoms at first; later, however, an inflammation sets in which may subsequently 

 involve the whole eyeball, causing the cornea to become opaque and finally destroy- 

 ing the eye. Treatment consists in removal of the worms by means of small forceps 

 and washing the affected parts with a 1 or 2 per cent solution of creolin or with a 

 solution of bicarbonate of soda. 



