482 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



cutaneously led to positive results, but seemed to possess no advantages over 

 the usual method of vaccination. 



The use of vaccines in septic and inflammatory conditions, E. W. Gushing 

 {Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc, 54 {1910), No. 24, p. 1992). — "Vaccines, or killed 

 cultures, act by increasing the resistance of the patient. The opsonic index 

 practically is not of much use in acute conditions. Autogenous vaccines are 

 preferable to stock vaccines, except in certain cases of staphylococcus infection. 

 The best results are obtained in the following order : Infection from colon 

 bacillus, pneumococcus, staphylococcus. The results are not satisfactory with 

 streptococcus in rapid virulent infections. In chronic infections and in cases of 

 little virulence streptococcus vaccines give satisfactory results, especially in 

 moderate puerperal cases. Vaccines are not successful in acute gonorrheal 

 infections, but are of much service in gonorrheal arthritis. Vaccines are use- 

 ful in the following conditions : Puerperal infections, abortions, infections of 

 bladder and kidneys, appendicitis, abdominal operations, post-operative pneu- 

 monia, and abdominal fistula." 



Transportation of active cowpox vaccine to the African interior colonies, 

 L. VoiGT {C'cntbl. Bakt. [efc], 1. Alt., Grig., 53 {1910), Ao. 3, pp. 365-368, pis. 

 2; abs. in Berlin. TicrdrzU. Wchnschr., 26 {1910), Vo. 20, p. ///()).— Owing to 

 the fact that vaccine virus is difficult to transport without deteriorating, the 

 author demonstrated that it was possible to vaccinate dromedaries without 

 producing any inconvenience or illness on the part of the animal and showed 

 the possibility of obtaining fully developed pustules in 7 days which contained 

 a very potent and efficient virus. 



The inheritance of vaccine immunity, K. Supfle {Ccntbl. Bukt. [etc.], 1. 

 Abt., Grig., 54 (1910), Xo. 1, pp. 38-.', 'i ; abs. in Berlin. Ticrarztl. Wchnschr., 26 

 {1910), No. 20, p. 410). — Rabbits and glycerinated vaccines were used in these 

 tests to determine whether vaccine immunity was transmissible from mother 

 to offspring. It was found that in most instances no detectable immunity was 

 present, although in a few cases there seemed to be some partial immunity. 



Colibacillosis, L. Van Es {Amer. Vet. Rev., 37 {1910), No. 2, pp. 200-206).— 

 A summarized account of this trouble. 



In what instances are we justified in assuming that a case of rabies is in 

 the abortive form? V. Babes {Ztschr. Hgg. u. Infektionskrank., 65 {1910), No. 

 3, pp. 401-422). — A comparison of reported cases by various authors and a 

 discussion of them. 



Negri and Lentz's bodies and chang^es in the nerve centers in rabies, 

 L. d'Amato and V. Faggella {Ztschr. Hyg. u. Infektionskrank., 65 {1910), No. 

 3, pp. 353-368, jils. 2). — The authors were not able to verify Babes's views 

 (E. S. R., 19, p. 382) in regard to the relation of the black granulations found 

 in the nerve centers to the Negri bodies. These peculiar granulations were 

 seldom found in brain areas where the rabic virus was most concentrated, 

 which is against the hypothesis that these bodies represent the innermost 

 granules of the rabies parasite. The authors were also able to observe experi- 

 mentally that some of the Negri bodies never contained these bodies. Negri 

 bodies which were transplanted on the brain cortex of rabbits were found to 

 become necrotic and then disappear while the rabic virus, on the other hand, 

 was capable of exciting some toxic action on the areas vaccinated. This is 

 contrary to a theory of the parasitic nature of the disease. Lentz's bodies are 

 to be considered, according to the authors, involution bodies of the cell. 



Fibro-sarcoma and Sarcosporidiosis, .7. Sabrazes, Marchal and L. Muratet 

 {Rev. Gen. MM. Vet., 15 {1910), Nos. 112, pp. 111-191, figs. 12; 113, pp. 241- 

 258; abs. in Vet. Rec., 22 {1910), No. II41, p.' 155).— The authors report the 

 case of a 4-year old English thoroughbred horse in which the dependent part of 



