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A bibliography is appended to each chapter and, although not considered 

 complete, represents those papers on which the volume as a whole is based. 



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

 Serum physiology {Internat. Cat. Sci. Ut., 11 (1915), pp. VIII+583+148+ 

 27). — The eleventh annual issue of this catalogue (E. S. R., 32, p. 578), which 

 contains schedules and indexes in four languages and an author and a subject 

 catalogue. The subjects catalogued include general and special bacteriology, 

 parasitic protozoology, and serum physiology. 



Histological researches on the behavior of the blood platelets in anaphy- 

 laxis, U. Pardi {Arch. Ital. Biol, 6-i {1915), No. 1, pp. 89-96, pis. 2).— From the 

 studies reported the author concludes that the anaphylactic poison provokes 

 the rapid formation of a thrombus of the platelets in the lungs and liver. 

 There is a close relation between this condition and the morbid phenomena. 

 Such a condition in the pulmonary vessels clearly explains the respiratory 

 symptoms and pulmonary emphysema noted in anaphylactic shock. 



The relative value of certain methods for the production of antisheep 

 amboceptor, Rose Schweitzer and V. Stevens {Collected Studies Bur. Lab. 

 Dept. Health N. Y. City, 8 {1914-15), pp. 43 3- Jf3 5) .—After investigating a num- 

 ber of procedures the following is deemed the most preferable, since it results 

 in the lowest percentage of mortality and in the most potent immune serum : 

 Inoculation of 50 per cent suspension in a series of increasing doses, beginning 

 with 0.25 cc. and increasing 0.25 cc. evei'y third day. 



The proteins and antitoxin in the serum of goats immunized against diph- 

 theria, E. J. Banzhaf and L. W. Famulener {Collected Studies Bur. Lab. Dept. 

 Health N. Y. City, 8 {1914-15), pp. 208-212) .—The unit relationship per gram 

 of protein of the pseudoglobulin and euglobulin remained practically the same 

 during the course of immunization. 



The diphtheroid bacillus of Preisz-Nocard from equine, bovine, and ovine 

 abscesses. — Ulcerative lymphangitis and caseous lymphadenitis, I. C. Hall 

 and R. V. Stone {Jour. Infect. Diseases, 18 {1916), No. 2, pp. 195-208) .—The 

 authors report having isolated the Preisz-Nocard bacillus from characteristic 

 abscesses in eleven horses and one calf. 



" The etiology of the lesions from which it was obtained is identical with that 

 of caseous lymphadenitis of sheep, and the disease in horses known as ulcerative 

 lymphangitis should be differentiated by laboratory diagnosis from farcy, epi- 

 zootic lymphangitis, and sporotrichosis, all of which have a mutual resemblance 

 clinically. Bacillus Preisz-Nocard is a diphtheroid bacillus, presenting interest- 

 ing characteristics as follows: (1) The production of orchitis in guinea pigs, as 

 w^ell as suppurative processes generally throughout the lymphatics; (2) the 

 hemolysis of blood agar plates not containing an excess of fermentable carbo- 

 hydrate; and (3) the elaboration of a soluble toxin, resembling but not identical 

 with that of diphtheria, yet being neutralized partly by diphtheria antitoxin. 

 This apparent partial neutralization suggests the existence of group reactions 

 among soluble bacterial toxins, analogous to the group reaction of precipitins 

 and agglutinins. 



" We again draw attention to the uncertainty of experimental orchitis in 

 guinea pigs as a certain test for glanders, and emphasize the necessity of micro- 

 scopic and cultural examination of pus from such lesions for diagnostic 

 purposes." 



Vaccinoprophylaxis and vaccinotherapeutics of glandular diseases by 

 means of a new antistreptococcus vaccine with sensitized virus, M. Carpano 

 {Mod. Zooiatro, Parte Sci., 26 {1915), No. 9, pp. 353-379; ahs. in Internat. Inst. 

 Agr. [Rome'\, Mo. Bui. Ayr. Intel, and Plant Diseases, 6 {1915), No. 12, pp. 1662, 

 1663). — In order to eliminate the susceptibility of treated animals to diseases 



