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of the 5 cases treated, 4 of which apparently recovered as the result ot 

 the treatnieut. In 1 case the treatment was believed to have caused 

 abortion. 



Actinomycosis and the iodid treatment, W. B. ]^riLES [loica Sta. 

 Bui. 25, pp. 44-47).— A brief popular article on the nature and cure of 

 actinomycosis, with a brief statement of favorable results obtained in 

 the treatment oi 1 case at the station. 



Experiments on glanders, M. Fkanois {Texas ^ta. Bui. SO, pp. 439- 

 44',, (him. 1). — A record of the temperatures of 20 animals injected with 

 mallein, and brief notes on the cases inoculated. 



"The experiiiunits seem to show thiit in the lualleiu we have foiiud a conveiiieut, 

 safe, and reliable diagnostic agent for glanders; that the more occult the disease 

 the more positive the te:nperature reaction. It also seems that the size, form, and 

 character of the lump produced at the point of injection is of great value." 



Louping-ill in sheep, J. M. Mc Fad yean [Jour. Roy. Agl. Soc. 

 England, scr. S, 5 {isfji), No. 19, pp. 547-600). — Post-mortem examina- 

 tions were made of 15 sheep attacked with this disease in the county 

 of Northumberland, England. Nine inoculation experiments were also 

 made. In the case of 2 diseased ".heep, cultures were made from pus. 

 Experiments with these cultures led to the conclusion that in these 2 

 cases a specific organism was the cause of the disease designated as 

 louping ill. In the other inoculation experiments the results were 

 negative. 



The author states that the term louping ill includes several morbid 

 conditions, of which the following are the principal: (1) Pyannic spinal 

 meningitis, caused by pyogenic bacteria; (2) gastritis and enteritis, 

 from indigestible substances (wool, sand, dried grass) in the stomach 

 or intestines; and (o) disorders of brain functions, paralysis, and gen- 

 eral weakness, with in some cases excess of cerebro spinal fluid in the 

 cranial cavity, but without gross lesions in any of the organs of the 

 body. Lambs are especially subject to the first two conditions and 

 sheep to the last. 



A resume of previous investigations on this disease is given. 



Sheep scab [Ann. Rpt. Vet. Dept. [British] Bd. Agr. 1893, London, 

 1894, pp. 54, 55). — During the past year vSheep scab was more widely 

 spread in Great Britain than in any of the 5 preceding years. It 

 existed in 80 counties as compared with 82 in 1892, 80 in 1801, and 

 75 in 1890. Only 10 of the 96 counties in Gieat Britain were entirely 

 free from the disease last year. The number of outbreaks in Great 

 Britain last year was 2,()0;3 as compared with 2,821 in 1892, while the 

 number of sheep attacked was 15,393 as compared with 53,214 in the 

 previous year. The increased prevalence of sheep scab in Great Brit- 

 ain is due entirely to Wales, as there was a decrease in both England 

 and Scotland. — c. w. stiles. 



Texas fever experiments, M. Francis {Texas Sta. Bui. 30, pp. 

 453-450).— Common cattle ticks {Bobphilus bovis) and ''Lone Star" 



