476 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



'No. 212, pp. J,S9, ////O).— The Dutch East Indies are repnlarly visited by this 

 disease, but its importance is lessened by the fact that the production of milk 

 and butter is very small and the animals nearly all employed as beasts of 

 burden. 



Immunization of imported cattle against northern Rhodesian piroplas- 

 mosis and anaplasmosis, F. Chambeus and J. Smith (Jour. Compar. Path. 

 onil Thcr., 27 (1HJJ,), No. 2, pp. 155-171, fifjs. 2).— As a result of this work, the 

 first inoculation on a large scale of northern Rhodesian cattle, it is believed 

 that the most suitable age for the purpose of immunization against piro- 

 plasmosis and anaplasmosis is from 10 to 15 montlis. The best method of 

 immunizing imported cattle against local piroplasmosis and anaplasmo.sis is to 

 give a subcutaneous injection of 10 cc. of citrated blood containing the Babesia 

 Mgemina and Anaplasma ccntralc, followed 14 days later by an injection of 

 from 4 to 6 cc. of local blood containing the B. hif/ciuina and A. marglnaJc. 



Experimental polyneuritis. — Effects of exclusive diet of wheat flour in 

 the form of ordinary bread on fowls, W. Iv. Oiii.kr {Jour. Mcil. Ii< search. 31 

 (,191.'i). No. 2, pp. 239-2.'f6, pi. 1). — "From the results of these ex]K'riinents it 

 can be stated with certainty that when fed on an exclusive diet of white bread, 

 whether with or without yeast, fowls develop a definite polyneuritis. This 

 condition has been demonstrated by histological studies of both nerve and 

 muscle tissue." 



A note on the effect of heat on the rinderpest-immune bodies, J. D. E. 

 Holmes (Ac/r. Research Inst. Piisa But. IfS il91-'i), pp. 10). — Ti'sts were carried 

 out in oi'der to ascertain whether exposure to a moderately high tempei'ature 

 for several days or to a high temperature for a short period had any detri- 

 mental effect on rinderpest-immune bodies. Another object of the experi- 

 ments was to determine the effect of sterilization on the potency of the serum. 



It was found that rinderpest antiserum does not become changed in potency 

 by short exposure to high temperature, and that the sterilization of this serum 

 can be accomplished without detriment to the value of the serum. The action 

 of rinderpest antiserum is not dependent upon the complement contained 

 therein. Inmiuue bodies are not altered when exposed to a tempera tiire of 60 

 to G5° C for a period of an hour, whereas the complement of serum is de- 

 stroyed by heating to 55° for half an hour. 



Accoi'ding to the results it seems probable that rinderpest serum obtains a 

 suitable complement in the body of injected cattle. One liter of fresh immune 

 serum which showed no reaction in vitro upon ox corpuscles when intra- 

 venously given resulted in a very darkly stainetl urine. This is deemed proof 

 that a suitable complement was present in the body of the animal. 



A case of tetanus treated by injections of carbolic acid, P. Stewart and 

 J. T. C. Laing {Brit. Med. Jour., No. 28/7 {19 U,), p. 1098).— The results ob- 

 tained in the treatment of a man 27 years of age. here reported, are thought 

 to exemiUify the efficiency of the carbolic acid treatment of tetanus, originally 

 introduced by Baccelli some 15 years ago. 



Contribution to the study of the treatment of tetanus, Caillaud and CoR- 

 NKiLioN {Compt. Rend. Acad. Sd. [Paris], 159 {1914), No. 19, pp. 66.',-667).— 

 Injections of carbolic acid alone cured two cases of tetanus of average severity, 

 and phenol injections combined with intravenous injections of lantol or coUodial 

 rhodium cured two other very severe cases. The api»lication of the same treat- 

 ment in five cases in Cannes wh(>re the mortality was high resulted in five 

 cures. 



Reflections and investig'ations on the occurrence of tubercle bacilli in the 

 circulating blood, E. Fischer {Ztschr. Ilyg. u. Jnfetxtioiisl:ranl-., 78 {1914), 



