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cate that the causative agent of epizootic lymphangitis is of the nature of a 

 blastoniycete. 



Criticism of the methods of testing the meningococcus serum, S. Baecher 

 and J. IIachla {Ztschr. Imiiiuuitcitsf. u. Expt. Titer., I, Ori<j., 5 (IGlO), JVo. 

 4, pp. 349-376; abs. in Zcnibl. Biochcm. u. Biophys., 10 {1910), No. 5-6, p. 

 276). — It is shown that the eomplenieut binding and the agglutination tests do 

 not suffice for the valuation of the meningococcus serum. The Neufeld bac- 

 teriotropic method serves the purpose better. 



Rabies — hydrophobia, L. W. Goss (Kansas Sta. Circ. 9, pp. J/). — A brief 

 popular account. 



Tetanus, D. K. Eastman and G. R. Chase (A'. Y. State Vet. Col. [Pub.] No. 5, 

 pp. 22-26). — A preliminary study leads the author to think that both rhus tox 

 and pilocarpine are useful in tetanus, largely from the eliminative standpoint. 



Interim report on the animal trypanosomiases of southern Rhodesia, 

 L. E. W. Bevan (Rhodesian Agr. Jour.. 7 {1910), No. S, pp. 1029-1081, pis. 2; 

 abs. in Sleeping Sickness Bur. [London] Bui. 16, pp. 137-140) . — Field and 

 laboratory investigations are reported. 



The author finds that in the morphology of the trypanosomes in laboratory 

 animals, in the clinical symptoms in cattle and sheep, and in the relative resist- 

 ance of the smaller experimental animals, the trypanosomiasis in the Hartley 

 district differs from that of stock in northwestern llh(>desia. He seems to have 

 shown that transmission by flies other than Glossiita morsitans must be rare 

 in southern Rhodesia. Treatment was tried in a few cases with satisfactory 

 results. 



Endoglobular stages of trypanosomes, A Carini (Ann. Inst. Pasteur, 24 

 (1910), No. 2, pp. 143-151, pi. 1; abs. in Sleeping Sickness Bur. [London] Bui. 

 16, pp. 143, 144). — Investigations conducted with the common frog of Bx-azil 

 (Leptodactylus ocellatus) lead the author to believe he has obtained proof of 

 the correctness of Schaudinn's opinion that there is a genetic relation between 

 flagellates and endoglobular hematozoa. The author concludes that it seems 

 absolutely certain that several trypanosomes of the blood of L. ocellatus can 

 pass a phase of their life in the interior of the red corpuscles. 



Glossina palpalis and Trypanosoma cazalboui, G. Bouffard (Ann. Inst. 

 Pasteur, 24 (1910), No. 4, pp. 276-295; abs. in Sleeping Sickness Bur. [London] 

 Bui. 18, pp. 201-205).— Calxes bitten by G. palpalis but protected from Stomoxys 

 bites became infected with T. cazalboui. The flies were found to remain infec- 

 tive for 2i months, or for the maximum period during which they lived. The 

 author concludes that the direct carrier of T. cazalboui is certainly Stomoxys. 

 It may cause epizootics hundreds of kilometers from tsetse regions, but it will 

 never succeed in keeping up an enzootic. Enzootics will always be found in the 

 neighborhood of G. palpalis. the role of which as direct carrier is, he thinks, 

 negligible. 



Elephant surra. — Trypanosomiasis in the elephant, G. II. Evans (Jour. 

 Trap. Vet. Sci., 5 (1910), No. 2. pp. 233-239, pi. l).—ln this preliminary note 

 the author states that the trypanosome found in cases of elephant surra can 

 not be distinguished from T. cvansi by ordinary microscopic examination. 



A new trypanosomiasis of man. C. Ghaoas (Mem. Inst. Osiraldo Cruz, 1 

 (1909), No. 2, pp. 159-218, pis. 5. figs. 10; abs. in Sleeping Sickness Bur. [Lon- 

 don] Bui. 16, pp. 117-126, fig. 7).— The author erects the genus Schiztrypanum 

 for the species previously described as Trypanosoma cruzi (E. S. R.. 22. p. 4SG). 



The results of a study of the biology, etc., of this parasite, which is easily 

 cultivated on the Xovy-MacNeal medium, are presented in detail. It is trans- 

 mitter! by a reduviid bug of the genus Conorhinus. probably C. megistus, which 

 has been found in the north of the State of Miuas Geraes to live in human 



