VETERINARY SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 997 



fiys. .'>). — Detailed notes are given on the structure of the saddle recently introduced 

 in army service and on the parts of the horse with which the saddle comes in contact 

 during movement. A number of skin diseases have been produced in a considerable 

 proportion of horses by rubbing of the saddle and the evidence for considering the 

 saddle as the cause of these diseases is critically discussed. One of the more impor- 

 tant forms of skin diseases which is produced in this maimer is eczema. It is believed 

 that the most effective means for preventing the development of these diseases lies 

 in further improvement of the fonn of saddle so as to reduce so far as possible friction 

 (luring the movement of the horse. 



The most common irregularities of the teeth of the horse, I, C. McCulloch 

 ( Virmnia Ski. Bui. 119, pp. 157-169, figs. 13).—Eviei notes on the irregularities in the 

 number of the teeth, form and union of the incisors, form of the central enamel, in 

 the length and w'idth of the jaws, and from the effects of cribbing and excessive or 

 insufhcient wear. A brief account is also given of frauchilent modification of the 

 appearance of the teeth. 



The most common irregularities of the teeth of the horse, II, C. ^IcCulloch 

 {Virginia Stu. BnL 120, jip. 11, fiys. 10). — Descriptive Jiotes on irregularities of the 

 molar teeth of the horse which are due to excess or lack of wea:, or to the employ- 

 ment of fraudulent means in changing their appearance. 



Canine rabies: Its distribution and eradication, J. Ehrhardt {Die Hundswut: 

 Hire Verbreitunfj unci Bekdmpfung. Aarau: Emil Wirz, 1900, pp. 87, charts 7). — The 

 author gives a statistical account of the presence of rabies in Germany, Hungarj', 

 Austria, Belgium, France, England, Italy, Roumania, Bulgaria, Servia, and Switzer- 

 land. Especial attention is given to the unusually extensive outbreak of the disease 

 in Switzerland, and to the various means which were adopted f6r checking the prog- 

 ress of rabies in that country. 



Clinical pathology of rabies in dogs, W. LELLMANx(5erZ/Vi. TJikriirztl. Wchnschr., 

 1901, Xo. 31, pp. 4'^.5, 4'^6). — In 3 dogs the circumstances surrounding their infection 

 were well known. The point of infection was in the neighborhood of the central 

 nervous system. Paralysis of the lower jaw was manifested early in the progress of 

 the disease, and the symptoms of so-called dumb rabies were pronounced. The 

 development of the dumb or rabid form of the disease, in the author's opinion, does 

 not depend so much on the place at which infection occurred, but upon the virulence 

 and quantity of the infectious material, upon the susceptibility of the nervous system 

 to i-abies, the nearness of the point of infection to the medulla oblongata, and ujion 

 the temperament of the animals which are infected. 



A ne-w method for rabies inoculations and for removing the spinal cord, 

 T. OsHiDA {Centbl. Bakt. u. Par., 1. AM., 29 {1901), No. 25, pp. 988-991).— The author 

 describes in detail his method of inoculating rabbits with rabies virus through the 

 optical foramen. When carefully carried out this operation is considered safer than 

 any other which has yet been devised. Injury to the optic nerve does not usually 

 occur and the operation has the great advantage of being simple and convenient. If 

 the virus is injected into the eyeball or orbital cavity the animal does not develoji 

 rabies, and if the virus is injected too deeply into the brain the animal dies from 

 cerebral hemorrhage. These dangers may be avoided by t-areful manipulation so 

 that the ral)ies virus is deposited just under the dura mater. 



In removing the spinal column of rabbits the author disinfects the surrounding 

 tissue, makes two sections of the spinal column in the cervical and lumbar regions, 

 and then introduces a rod with sterilized absorbent cotton on the end. By pressing 

 upon this rod the spinal cord is easily forced out from the other end of the canal. 



Transmission ot malignant jaundice of the dog by a species of tick, C. P. 

 LoL'XSBURY {Agr. Jour. Cape Good Hope, 19 (1901), No. 11, jip. 714-724). — In cooper- 

 ation with the colonial veterinary surgeon. Doctor Hutcheon, the author undertook 

 a number of experiments for the purpose of deternuning the possible connection of 

 ticks with the di.sease of dogs connnonly known as malignant jaundice, and some- 



