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The amount of antibody niensur«'(l by the deviation of complement was found 

 to be variable and was dependent upon the manner in which the injections 

 were made. The sera of animals infected with living bacteria (from either 

 man or horse) showed the same content of antibodies as from those animals 

 which were treated with smaller amounts of tuberculin. Both sera, however, 

 did not preciititate tuberculin and did not show any neutralizing iiower in 

 vitro. Even though the injection of bacterial extracts into cows gives these 

 animals a certain degree of resistance against tuberculosis the sera do not 

 possess any antitoxic action towards tuberculin. 



A contribution to the question of cattle immunization and the trans- 

 formation of the human into the bovine type of tubercle bacillus, E. R. 

 B.\LuwiN iJoHV. Med. Rcscanh, 2.1 [I'JIO), .Yo. 2, pp. 30l-Sli3).—'i:\xe following 

 conclusions have been drawn from the observations here recorded: "Virulent 

 cultures grown directly from human sputum may cause active infection in 

 the bovine species when inocnlated intravenously. The disease is generally 

 localized and becomes healed, but is of sufficient danger to preclude such 

 methods of immunization for cattle. The disease may remain latent in the 

 cow and later become active in a local focns, possibly owing to parturition, 

 lactation, or trauma. A culture of typical human type when sojourning and 

 presumably multiplying in the bovine tissues for 19 months may retain Its 

 original morphology and virulence for guinea pigs and rabbits, yet not neces- 

 sarily exhibit an increased virulence. It may also retain the ability of the 

 human type to produce an acid reaction in broth cultures." 



A report of the use of antiformin for the detection of tubercle bacilli in 

 sputum, etc., R. C. Paterson (Jour. Med. Research, 22 (1910), .Yo. 2, pp. 

 315-^21). — "Antiformin jn-ovldes a cheap, easy, and efficient method of ex- 

 amining sputnm in which tubercle bacilli are suspected or are few in number. 

 Solutions of antiformin which will kill ordinary contaminating organisms leave 

 tubercle bacilli Intact, thus enabling us to cultivate the bacilli direct from 

 sputum or to make inoculation experiments more certain bj' eliminating the 

 chances of sepsis. Antiformin is useful for the examination of feces, urinary 

 sediment, pus. and blood for tubercle bacilli." 



Note on the condition known as " white flesh ", A. M. Trotter (Jour. 

 Compar. Path, and Tlicr.. 23 (l!)10), No. 1, pp. 50-52). — It is concluded that 

 this condition of the muscular tissue is simply due to the lack of pigmentation 

 and therefore may I)e saf(>ly passed as fit for human food. 



The patholog'ical anatomy of bacillary pyelo-nephritis of cattle, M. 

 RiTZENTH.^LtK iJoitr. Med. Vet. et Zooteeh., 61 (I'JIO), Jan. pp. 3-l.'i; Feb. pp. 

 65-84; J<»ir. Compar. Path, and Ther., 23 (1910), No. 1, pp. 55-50).— Previous 

 investigators of this comparatively frequent affection of cattle, the history of 

 which is of recent date, have paid particular attention to the various clinical 

 symptoms or to the causal agents and micro-organisms, very few having directed 

 their attention to the histology of the lesions. In this paper, following a brief 

 review, the author presents an account of the alterations met with in 88 cases, 

 in 28 of which a thorough microscopic examination was made. 



" Numerous experiments have been made with the object of discovering the 

 method of infection, but none has so far had absolutely positive results. It is 

 generally admitted, however, and it Is also my own o[tinion, that the bacilli 

 reach the bladder by way of the urethra, nniltiiily there, and by degrees reach 

 the kidneys by jiassing nii the ureters." 



Schiitz's vaccination for hemoglobinuria on bovines (Veroffentl. Jahres- 

 Vet. Ber. Tierdrzte Preuss., 8 (1907 [pub. 1909]), pi. 2, pp. 20, 21; abs. in 

 Berlin. TierUrztl. Wchnschr., 26 (1910), No. 7, p. lo'i). — A report on the value 

 of vaccination for preventing hemoglobinuria amongst bovines. Vaccinating 



