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of the nerves and ran not otherwise occur. The author's experiments were not con- 

 sidered sufficiently numerous to make it certain that this conclusion will be found to 



be true without any exception. The results thus farobtained, however, indicate the 

 importance of the author's conclusion. 



Facts and experiences concerning rabies, ('. Nicoixe and .i. ( Hai.tiki. [Ann. 

 Inst. Pasteur, 18 i 1904), 2Vb. 10, pp. 644-658) . — Notes are given on the occurrence of 

 rahies in Herpestes ichneumon and also on the virulence of the salivary glands in rab- 

 bits inoculated in the brain with fixed virus. 



As a result of these studies which were carried « . nt on <) rabbits it was found that 

 the salivary glands were virulent in 2, nonvirulent in 'i, while in the ninth case the 

 result is uncertain. Similar experiments on rats showed that all gray or white rats 

 may he successfully inoculated with rahies under the dura mater or in the anterior 

 chamber of the eye. Inoculation with rahies virus intramuscularly, however, gave 

 negative results. The salivary <_dands of rats inoculated with rahies were virulent 

 for rabbits in L' out of 3 case-. 



Pilocarpin in the treatment of rabies and other infectious diseases, P. Rem- 

 linger | Compt. I;, ml. Soc Biol. [Paris], 57 (1904), No. 28, pp. :', 2, 273).— The animals 

 used in experiments conducted by the author were rabbits and guinea pigs. It was 

 found that they were capable of withstanding doses of 300 \i\\\. of pilocarpin with- 

 out any harmful results. When much larger doses were employed an intense per- 

 spiration was induced, together with digestive anil respiratory disturbances. It was 

 shown by experiments that in vitro the pilocarpin did not exercise any attenuating 

 action upon rahies virus. Likewise in rabbits and guinea pigs inoculated with the 

 rahies virus and subsequently treated daily with pilocarpin from the moment of 

 inoculation until the first appearance of the symptom- of rabies, the incubation 

 period was the same as in control animals. No effect was observed from a similar 

 use of pilocarpin in treating experimental animals inoculated with fowl cholera and 

 with the toxin of diphtheria. 



The hair-follicle mite of dogs and its treatment -with formalin, K. Schjeflo 

 (Maanedsskr. Dyrlzger, 16 {1904 I, -V". 4, pp- 97-115). — The symptoms of skin disease 

 produced by this mite in dogs are outlined and notes are given on the distribution 

 and different forms of the disease as well as on the various lines of treatment which 

 have been tested. These include the use of creosote salve, kerosene oil. carbolic 

 acid, Peruvian balsam, creolin, etc. 



The author made a number of experiments with solutions of formalin and found 

 that this remedy gave better results than any other which had been tested. Asa 

 rule, li to :! per cent solutions of formalin could be used without any injurious 

 effects. 



Exudative typhoid or plague of fowls, N. G. Tartakovski (Arch. Vet. Nauk, 

 si. Petersburg, 84 1 1904), Nos. 7, pp. 545-575; 8, iq>. 617-666). — An elaborate review 

 is presented of the literature relating to this subject, together with notes on its dis- 

 tribution in different countries. 



The disease under discussion is considered as identical with pseudo-cholera of 

 fowls, infectious peritonitis, new fowl plague, cyanolophia, etc. An account is triven 

 of the extensive outhreaks of this disease in Italy, Austria, and parts of Germany, 

 together with notes on the symptoms, course, and etiology of the disease and methods 

 which have been adopted for controlling it. Ingeneral, however, the results obtained 

 with combative measures have not been satisfactory. 



It has been shown that the disease may be transmitted to certain species of wild 

 hirds and may possibly he transmitted to some extent by such species. Notes are 

 ^riven for the purpose of furnishing data for a differential diagnosis between this 

 disease and fowl cholera, roup, septic enteritis, coccidiosis of the intestines, and 

 apoplectiform septicemia. 



