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Schwarz (pp. 137-789) ; The Biology and Pathological Action of Light, by F. 

 Bering (pp. 790-S5S) ; and The General Pathology and Pathologic Anatomy of 

 the Teeth and the Buccal Cavity, by G. Blessing (pp. 859-912). A large bibli- 

 ography is included in each case. 



First International Congress of Comparative Pathology {1. Cong. Internal. 

 Pathol. Compardc U'aris}, 1912, vol. 1, Raps., pp. 792, jjIs. 3, figs. 6Jf). — Among 

 the papers here presented that are of interest to the veterinarian are the fol- 

 lowing : 



Tuberculous Animals and the Part They Play in the Infection of Man, by A. 

 Calmette (pp. 1-G), previously noted from another source (E. S. R., 29, p. 382) ; 

 Dangers to Man from the Tuberculous Bovine, by J. Lignieres (pp. 26-30) ; 

 Avian Diphtheria and Human Diphtheria, by F. Arloing (pp. 31-95) ; Human 

 and Avian Diphtheria, by Rappin (pp. 95-120) ; Meningo-encephalitis in Com- 

 parative Pathologj' — "General Paralysis" of the Dog, by L. Marchand and 

 G. Petit (pp. 123-130) ; Report on Rabies, by Remlinger (pp. 149-178) and by 

 V. Babes (pp. 179-189) ; The Etiology and Diagnosis of Rabies, by Mme. 

 Luzzani Negri (pp. 189-210, 744-782) ; The Microccoccnis melitensis in France, 

 by C. Dubois (pp. 211-234) ; Variola and Vaccine, by Chaumier (pp. 333-361) ; 

 Alveolar Echinococcosis and Hydatid Echinococcosis, by F. Dev6 (pp. 363-426) ; 

 Measles of Domestic Animals and Their Relation to Human Tseniasis, by C. 

 Morot (pp. 42(>-453) ; The Problem of Fungus Parasites of Man and Animals 

 in 1912, by E. Bodin (pp. 453-499) ; Verminous Toxins, by M. Weinberg (pp. 

 653-677), previously noted (E. S. R., 30, p. 278) ; Latent Viruses or Durable 

 Germs and Epidemic Diseases, by E. Perroncito (pp. 678-688) ; and Compai'a- 

 tive Pathology of the Sporotrichoses of Animals, by De Beurmann and Gouge- 

 rot (pp. 688-719), previously noted (E. S. R., 30, p. 282). 



A number of the papers include extensive bibliographies. 



Veterinary science, O. M. Haring (California Sta. Rpt. 191 Jf, pp. 157-179, 

 figs. 7). — Several papers are presented which report upon the work of the 

 year, including a discussion of Tuberculosis in Farm Animals (pp. 157-160), 

 The Prevention of Hog Cholera, by J. F. Mitchell and W. J. Taylor (pp. 161- 

 168), Miscellaneous Investigations Concerning Hog Cholera (pp. 169, 170) 

 and The Activities of the Veterinai'y Division at the University Farm (pp. 

 171-177), by F. M. Hayes, and Activities of the Veterinary Division in South- 

 ern California, by W. J. Taylor (pp. 178, 179). 



The conclusions drawn by F. M. Hayes from bacterial studies of antihog- 

 cholera serum are as follows : " Practically all antihog-cholera sera contain 

 living bacteria. California serum showed the lowest bacterial count. A spe- 

 cies of streptococci predominated in all sera examined. Hyperimmunes do not 

 give off bacteria in their blood. Organisms enter the serum during the proc- 

 ess of defibrination and bottling. Squeezing the serum from the clot by the 

 hand contaminates the serum to a greater extent than the use of some form 

 of sterilized press. It is possible for organisms to multiply in serum preserved 

 in 0.5 per cent carbolic acid. Very little difference in the number of bacteria 

 in the state and commercial sera examined [was found]. State and commer- 

 cial sera are about equal in potency. A high bacterial count does not neces- 

 sarily predispose to abscesses." He failed to find spirochetes in the blood of 

 twelve cholera-infected hogs. 



Annual report for 1913 of the principal of the Eoyal Veterinary College, 

 J. McFadyean (Jour. Roy. Agr. 8oc. England, 7.) {1913), pp. 3J,6-358). —Jn 

 this annual rejwrt the author discusses the occurrence of and work against 

 glanders, foot-and-mouth disease, sheep scab, parasitic mange, hog cholera, and 

 tuberculosis. 



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