578 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



These, the eleventh and twelfth annual reports (E. S. R., 27, p. 181), deal with 

 the occurrence, etc., of animal diseases in Prussia. Much statistical data is 

 presented in tabular form. 



Veterinary calendar for the year 1915, edited by M. Rautenbebg (Veterir 

 ndr-Kalender fur das Jahr 1915. Berlin: August Ilirschicald, 1914, 1. Aht., pp. 

 XVI +308; 2. Aht., pp. VIII +o85, fir/s. 6'5).— The forty-ninth annual edition of 

 this publication. Part 1 includes directions for treating the more important 

 diseases as prescribed in the Yeterinaiy High School at Berlin ; symptoms and 

 therapy of poisoning, with chemical methods for detecting poisons; excerpts 

 from materia medica ; data on slaughter animals and meat inspection; the 

 judgment of meat; veterinary jurisprudence; fees for veterinarians doing court 

 work; and vnrious tables (gestation, temperature, etc.) pertaining to veterinary 

 matters. 



Part 2 gives a list of the civil and military veterinary officials, and contains 

 chapters on serodiagnosis, the microscojiic examination of bacteria on cover 

 glass preparations, the technique and significance of the urine examination, 

 examination of feeds, and much diita relating to the administration of laws 

 germane to veterinary and public health practice. The fees set down by law for 

 professional services are also included. 



International catalogue of scientific literature. E — Bacteriology. QR — 

 Serum physiology (Internat. Cat. Sci. Lit., 10 (1914), PP- VIII+602+182+ 

 23). — This deals with some of the literature of bacteriology and serology. 

 Topics coming under the latter heading are now grouped in a separate chapter 

 entitled Serum Physiology. The American literature is not treated adequately. 



Animal castration, G. R. White (XashviUe, Tcnn.: Author, 1914, pp. 241, 

 figs. 209). — A well-illustrated work dealing with the subject as it relates to 

 the equine, bovine, porcine, ovine, canine, feline, and fowl. The deodorization 

 of the skunk is also considered. 



Special veterinary therapy, M. R. Steffen (Chicago: Amer. Jour. Vet. Med., 

 1914, PP- 91). — A collection of therapeutic notes based upon more than ten 

 years' active practice by the author. 



The use of drugs in the treatment of disease caused by nematode worms, 

 J. F. Craig [Aiuer. Vet. Rev., 46 (1913), Xo. 5, pp. 490-509).— X somewhat 

 detailed discussion of this subject, which was presented at the Tenth Interna- 

 tional Veterinary Congress held at Loudon in 1914. 



Animal immunity, W. Rosenthal (Tierische. Immunitdt. Brunswick: F. 

 Vieivcg d Son, 1914, PP- X+329, fig. 1). — ^This work is intended for the non- 

 technical man, the student of medicine, and the physician not yet versed in the 

 science of immunity. 



The vitamins, C. Funk (Die Vitamine. Wiesbaden: J. F. Bergmann, 1914, 

 pp. VIII +193, pis. 2, figs. 38). — This deals with the significance which the 

 vitamins have for physiologj' and pathology, with special reference to the 

 avitaminoses (beri-beri, scorbutus, pellagra, and rickets). An api>endix is 

 included which deals with the growth substances and the cancer problem. 



A chapter bearing on the possible relation of the vitamins to " stijfziekte " 

 and " lamziekte " (Theiler) in horses is also included. Discussing the subject 

 the author points out that investigations are necessary to prove this relation. 



Experimental study of the Abderhalden test, A. H. Bunce (Abs. in Jour. 

 Amer. Med. Assoc., 62 (1914). No. 19, p. 1499).— Out of 34 tests for pregnancy 

 16 were positive and 17 negative. In no case was a negative reaction obtained 

 in a proved pregnancy. In the preliminary work contradictory results were 

 obtained, but this was due to faulty technique, such as taking serum from 

 patients soon after meals, when the blood was charged with much amino acid. 



The method may also serve as a valuable aid for subtantiating and strength- 

 ening clinical results in doubtful cases. 



