82 EXPERIMENT STATIOiST RECORD. 



the beginning tlie temperature was inlcrmiUeiit ami at times rose to 41° C. 

 and over. 



The trypanosomes were present during the febrile period only and could only 

 be noted by the mouse test. During the following summer months the animal 

 gained in weight and the mouse test showed negative. In November, 1912, i. e., 

 6 months after the normal period, a sudden rise in temperature up to 40° was 

 noted, and in the following 6 weeks temperature rises of 39.7, 39.4, and 39.1° 

 were seen. The blood from the horse at the febi'ile period showed positive with 

 the mouse test. The relapse might possibly be due as a result of drawing large 

 amounts of blood, i. e., 6 to 9 liters per week from this animal. The agglutina- 

 tion and complement fixation tests were positive from August, 1911, up to the 

 time of reporting. 



Precautions must be taken when immunizing against this disease with try- 

 panosomes. 



Abortion and sterility in cattle, W. L. Williams {Rpt. N. Y. State Vet. Col., 

 1911-12, pp. 79-130, pis. 11, figs. 3). — Substantially noted from another source 

 (E. S. R., 31, p. 779). 



The curative treatment of Iieniorrhagic septicemia in cattle by the admin- 

 istration of iodin, and other notes on chemotherapy in rinderpest and hem- 

 orrhag'ic septicemia, J. D. E. Holmes (Mem. Dept. Agr. India, Vet. Set:, 2 

 (19U), No. 8, pp. 81-104; ahs. in Jour. Compar. Path, and Titer., 21 {.1914), No. 

 3, pp. 277, 278). — A more detailed account of the use of iodin and permanganate 

 of potash in hemorrhagic septicemia than that previously noted (E. S. R., 31, 

 p. 780). 



With the exception of iodin and carbolic acid, which modified the severity 

 of the attack and in some cases led to recovery, none of the' antiseptics tested 

 proved of value in the treatment of rinderpest. Out of 14 animals treated with 

 iodin after the appearance of symptoms of the disease, six recovered, and in 

 six cases life was prolonged from two to five days. Out of ten animals treated 

 with carbolic acid, three recovered, one lived for 20. one for 15. one for 14. one 

 for 13, and one for 11 days. It is stated that no method of treatment for rinder- 

 pest which can be regarded as of much practical value has as yet been dis- 

 covered. 



Remarks npon the paper by P. H, Hadley, Ruth Bryant, and Marguerite 

 Elkins on capsule formation in bacteria of the septicemia hemorrhagica 

 group, L. GozoNY (Centbl. Bakt. [e«c.], 1. AU., Orig., 75 (1914), No. 1, p. 21).— 

 In replying to the paper previously noted (E. S. R., 31, p. 879) the author states 

 that all specimens were prepared with sterilized ink which did not contain 

 capsulated bacteria. Cultures of Bacillus arisepticus. B. suisepticus, and B. 

 cunicwlicida were examined and in every case capsules could easily be demon- 

 strated. 



Numerous deaths among cattle caused by Simulium bites; information 

 on the pupal stag'e of these flies, H. Miessner (Deut. Tierdrztl. Wchnschr., 

 22 (1914), No. 18, pp. 281-283; ahs. in Jour. Compar. Path, and Ther., 27 (1914), 

 No. 3, pp. 269-271 ) . — It is stated that a large number of deaths among cattle in 

 the Leine district in Germany wex"e caused during the spring by bites of black 

 flies (Simulium reptans or /S. coluntharzense and S. ornatum). Life history 

 studies are briefly reported. 



The hemolymph nodes of the sheep. — Studies on hemolymph nodes, I, A. W. 

 Meyer (Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. Pubs., Univ. Ser., 1914, PP- 'J'4j Pls. 5). — 

 This paper reports results of studies under the headings of distribution, occur- 

 rence, and appearance ; lymphatic and vascular relations ; the microscopic struc- 

 ture; the cellular content; the question of mixed nodes; the genesis of inter- 

 mediate forms ; classification ; and functions. 



