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the Srhiuidt treatmt'iit. as follows: O.l' ])arrs pure iodin, lit jiaits potassic iixlid. and 

 2,000 parts water. 



Lysol in milk fever, V. C. M.vsox ( Vitn-iiKtridu, 74 ( I'.X'l ), -Vi/. .s';,s', jq,. ,\s\ 79). — 

 The author tested lysol in the treatment of o cases of milk fever, with results which 

 indicate tliat tliis substance is as effective as chinosol and rather more so than potas- 

 sium iodid. The udder was cleaned externally, milked out as dry as ])ossit)li', and 

 then received an injection of a half pint of i per cent solution of lysol in each quarter. 

 Treacle was given at the same time as a drench, in doses of 2 lbs. The dreiuli and 

 injection Avere repeated if necessary, and tlie cows were not iriven anythiuij to eat 

 until they manifested a desire for feed. 



Preventive inoculation ag-ainst foot-and-niouth disease, with, especial ref- 

 erence to the practical use of preventive serum in hog-s and sheep, Loekfler 

 and Uhlexiu-th [Ceuihl. Bakt. u. Par., 1. Abt.,29 {1901), Xu. 1, pp. 19-So).— The 

 authors claim that a protective serum has been obtained which produces complete 

 inmuinity in hogs and sheep. The serum was found to have similar action in cattle. 

 In one case, where the disease broke out in a herd of 416 sheep, 28 sheep which 

 ai)peared to be healthy were inoculated 2 days after the appearance of the disease in 

 the herd. Of these sheep 7 wei:e.ii,ttacked by the disease within 2 days after inocu- 

 lation, and the author believes that they were already infected before receiving the 

 serum. The other 21 remained healthy, although all the animals which were not 

 inoculated became infected. Similar results were obtained in other outbreaks of the 

 disease in both sheep and hogs. During the author's experiments it became apparent 

 that the organism of foot-and-mouth disease was so small that it readily j)assed through 

 filters which were fine enougli to stop ordinary bacteria. It is necessary to bear this 

 fact in mind in order to obtain a safe and reliable protective serum. 



The control of s^wrine plague by inoculation -with HOchst serum, (rAEirrxER 

 {Berlin. Tliierarztl. Wchnscltr., 1901, No. 10, pp. 165-169). — The author made experi- 

 ments with serum manufactured in Hochst in 3 outbreaks of swine plague. Detailed 

 notes are given on post-mortem findings on a number of animals which died of the 

 disease, and it is stated that the differential diagnosis between this and hog cholera 

 was comparatively easy in these outbreaks. During experiments, inoculations with 

 the serum were made in a large number of animals of different ages, and in many 

 cases a cure was effected in animals which seemed to be in the last stages of the dis- 

 ease. The results were not strictly uniform, but the author believes that the disease 

 can be cured in a large proportion of cases by the use of this serum. It is recommended 

 that pigs be inoculated at a young age, in order to prevent the development of the 

 disease among them. 



The bacteriology of hog cholera', (i. McCarthy {Bui. North Carolina State Bd. 

 Agr., 23 {1901), No. 2, pp. 23, 24). — Brief statistical notes on the prevalence of the 

 disease, and a statement of the effectiveness of serum treatment. 



Serotherapy and serovaccination in hog cholera, Corem.vxs {Ann. Med. Vet., 

 50 {1901), No. 1, pp. 14-22). — A general discussion of the problem connected with 

 the treatment of hog cholera. The author made experiments on the preventive and 

 curative properties of serum. The duration of immunity was alxait 5 months after 

 the first vaccination, and 1 year after the second. 



Hog-cholera serum from cows, T. Kitt {Monat.-^h. I'rokt. Tltierli.. 12 {1901), No. 

 5, pp. 193-199, Jig. 1). — Repeated inoculations of virulent cultures in large doses 

 finally produced fatal endocarditis in the C(iw and h(jg-i'hulera bacilli were found in 

 large numl)ers in the cardiac lesions. After the cow had received 380 cc. of pure 

 cultures, the serum showed a slight retarding effect on the progress of hog-cholera 

 infection in mice. Later a strong serum was ol)tained fully as effective as that pre- 

 j>ared from the horse. 



Bacterium coli as the cause of an infectious disease of horses in w^est 

 Prussia, Piorkowski and Jess {Berlin. Thierarztl. Wclnischr., 1901, No. 4, }>p- 4-5- 



