VETERINARY MEDICINE, 477 



No. 2. pp. 253-300). — A review of the lit era lure in tliis regard with a report of 

 the author's observations. 



The niicroscopical examination of the blood of tuberculous guinea pigs (arti- 

 ficially infected) and human beings for detecting the presence of tubercle 

 bacilli resulted negatively in all cases. The best method for this purpose is 

 said to be the animal test and eventually the culture test. Animals infected 

 with the blood of tuberculous subjects in 90 per cent of the cases gave a negative 

 finding. The administration of tuberculin did not seem to cause a molyilizatioii 

 of the tubercle bacilli. 



Report on the infection of children with the bovine tubercle bacillus, A. P. 

 MrrciiELL [Brit. Mrd. Jour., No. 276S {1914), PP- 125-133, pi. 1; rtfi.s. in Jam: 

 Compar. Path, and Ther., 27 (1911,), No. 1, pp. 85-87).— For the purpose of ob- 

 taining definite statistical evidence as to the relative frequency of the bovine 

 and human types of tubercle bacilli in cases of disease of the cervical glands in 

 children, 72 consecutive cases were studied. In 05 of these the tubercle bacillus 

 of the bovine type was resjionsible and in the remaining 7 the disease was due 

 to the Inmian type. 



The intradermic tuberculin test applied to the eyelid, G. Moussu {Bill. Soc. 

 Cent. Mdd. V<^t., 91 {1914), No. 6. pp. 130-133, figs. 2; al)S. in Jour. Compar. 

 Path, and Ther., 27 {191/,), No. 3, pp. 266, 267).— This method was suggested 

 by the Lanfranchi test for the diagnosis of glanders, but differs in that a fine 

 syringe is used and the tuberculin is injected into the thickness of the skin 

 of the lower eyelid. "The point selected is about opposite the middle jioiut of 

 the lid and 1 cm. from its free border. The dose of tuberculin used is 0.1 cc. 

 It is not stated what kind of tuberculin is used. Two figures taken from draw- 

 ings show the tyiie of reaction obtained. In the tuberculous animals the eyelid 

 becomes edematous and swollen, and the ej^e appears sunken. The results are 

 quite as striking as those obtained with the method when applied to the caudal 

 folds. 



" In clinically affected animals the author has observed a steady increase in 

 the reaction up to the thirty-sixth hour, at which hour it Is at its maximum. 

 The reaction would therefore appear to be produced earlier and to disappear 

 earlier than when the test is applied to the anal fold. Contrary to what has 

 been found by lianfranchi in his mallein tests, there has been no evidence of 

 any ophthalmic reaction, save that some lachrymation has been observed." 



Experimental study of the chicken as a possible typhoid carrier, O. W. H. 

 Mitchell and G. T. Bloomer {Jour. Med. Research, 31 (Wl-O, No. 2, pp. 247- 

 250). — " From the work done it would seem that the chicken is highly resistant 

 to the typhoid organism. It not only fails to take the disease, but also, as 

 these experiments seem to indicate, it can not be made a carrier either by feed- 

 ing the organism or by intravenous inoculation. The limited time, however, in 

 which the work was pursued and also the limited number of chickens used must 

 be borne in mind in weighing the evidence adduced by these experiments, and 

 a greater number of experiments covering a longer period should be done be- 

 fore it is said absolutely that the chicken can not become a typhoid carrier.'' 



Agglutination affinities of a pathogenic bacillus from fowls (fowl typhoid) 

 (Bacterium sanguinarium, Moore) with the typhoid bacillus of man, T. 

 Smith and C. TenRrokck {Jour. .Med. Research, 31 {1915), No. 3, pp. 503, 

 521). — "A descrii)tion of the fowl typhoid bacillus was first published by V. A. 

 Moore in 1S95 [E. S. R., !), p. 890] and named by him B. sanffuiiiarium. In 1913 

 Pfeiler and Relise [E. S. R., 30, p. 385] describal this organism anew under 

 the name B. ti/phi gaUluarum alcnlifaciens. We have shown that it has many 

 diagnostic features in common with the human typhoid bacillus, among them 



