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from two to four days or more. The culture is then injected into the veins of 

 horses in increasing doses from an initial dose of 10 cc. At the end of three 

 months these horses can furnish a serum which has been shown to be very suc- 

 cessful in serious cases of gas gangrene. 



The results of antigangrenous serum therapy, H. Vincent and G. Stodel 

 (Compt. Rend. Acad. Set. [Paris], 167 (1918), Xo. 8, pp. 805-308). — Case reports 

 are given of the successful use of serum therapy, noted above, in severe cases of 

 gas gangrene. 



Wounds of animals and their treatment. R. H. Smythe [London: Baillicre, 

 TindaU & Co.r, 1918, pp. XI+194, pis. 16, Has. 14).— The several chapters of 

 this work deal with the pathology of wounds, wound infection, general treat- 

 ment of wound-, surgical treatment of wounds, some complications and sequelae 

 of wounds, wounds of the head and neck, wounds of the trunk, open joint and 

 wounds of bursa? and tendon sheaths, wounds of the limbs, wounds of the f( 

 among horses and cattle, fistulas and sinuses, castration wounds, uterine and 

 vaginal wounds, wounds involving bone tissue, war wounds, remarks on the use 

 of vaccines in wound treatment, and dietetics and hygiene. 



Report of the committee on standard methods of examining disinfectants, 

 E. B. Phelps et at.. {Amer.. Jour. Pub. Health, 8 {1918), No. 7, pp. 506-521, fig. 

 1; Jour. Amer. Leather Chem. Assoc., IS {1918), No. 10, pp. 477-502, fig. it.— 

 This report was presented before the laboratory section of the The American 

 Public Health Association, October 20, 1917, accepted, and ordered published, 

 pending final adoption. 



Askaron, a toxic product of helminths, particularly of ascarids, and its 

 biological action, T. Shim amti:a and II. I'r.ni {Jour. Col. Agr. Imp. Univ. 

 Tokyo, 3 {1917), No. ',. pp. 189-258, figs. :,).— A detailed report of studies of a 

 highly toxic, albuminous peptone which the authors have isolated from fluid 

 from the body cavity and the pulverized ascarids < Isoaris Utmbricoides from 

 man and swine, and A. megalocephala ), to which is given the name askaron. It 

 also appears to occur in other helminths, including FUaria immitis, Gastrophilus 

 larva, Sclerostomum vulgare, Oxyuris curvula, and Triefutcephalus depressUis- 

 cuius. Of the experimental animals, horses are the most resistant to the askaron, 

 followed by guinea pigs, dogs, and rabbits, while rats and mice are refractory. 

 The symptoms and anatomical changes and resistance to askaron poisoning 

 are similar to those of anaphylactic shock. 



Preparation, control, and action of anthrax serum, II. B. Rebseb {Mi 

 Rijksseruminricht., / (1917), Xo. 5-6, pp. 206 507, fig. 1).— This is an historical 

 review of the literature on the subject. A bibliography of 137 titles is appended. 



Blackleg, with new methods for its prevention and treatment, G. H. Hakt 

 (California Sto. fire. 205 (1918). pp. 8, fig. I). — This circular gives general in- 

 formation on the subject of blackleg, including cause and method of infection, 

 symptoms, post-mortem appearance, differential diagnosis, treatment, and pre- 

 vention. 



Palpebral malleinization. Douvilt.e, trans, by M. Dobset (Jour. Amer. Vet. 

 Med. Assoc, 53 (1918), No. 5, pp. 587-596 ) .—The method of Intradermal mal- 

 leinization described is a combination of the procedure of Lanfranchi for 

 glanders (E. S. R., 32, p. 374) and of Moussu for tuberculosis (E. S. R.. 

 p. 477). The technique to he followed is outlined, and the phenomena fol- 

 lowing the injection, Including doubtful reactions, are described. 



The author concludes that at the present time intradermal malleinization 

 is the most simple, the most expeditious, the surest, and the most practical 

 method to use in checking glanders. Experimental evidence has shown that 

 tolerance to malleln does not exist, that consequently a palpebral mallein test 

 may be followed without delay by a subcutaneous injection, and that after a 





