676 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



of Single and Double Gloucester, Caerphilly, Dorset Blue, and North Wilts 

 cheeses. 



Manufacture of dried casein (Dairy, 25 (1913), No. 293, p. 134). — An ac- 

 count of methods used in manufacturing dried casein from skim milk and 

 buttermilk. It is suggested that for large concerns such a product would prove 

 a source of considerable profit. 



VETERINARY MEDICINE. 



A course in normal histology, R. Keause, trans, by P. J. R. Schmahl (New 

 York, 1913, pts. 1, pp. X+86, figs. 30; 2, pp. X+Jf06, pis. 9S).— This is a guide 

 for practical instruction in histology and microscopic anatomy, and deals with 

 human and animal organs and tissues. The first part considers histological 

 technique, which is presented in detailed form. The second part gives a terse 

 description of the tissues, and is profusely illustrated with colored plates. 



Studies from the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (Studies 

 Rockefeller Inst. Med. Research, 11 (1913), pp. VII+624, pis. 30, figs. 30).— 

 These are reprints of work published by members of the staff of the Rockefeller 

 Institute for Medical Research in American and European journals. The topics 

 dealt with are in the fields of bacteriology, therapeutics, chemistry, pathology, 

 physiology and pharmacologj', surgery, and experimental biology. 



Annual report of the civil veterinary department, United Provinces, for 

 the year ending' March 31, 1913, C. W. Wilson (Ann. Rpt. Civ. Yet. Dept. 

 United Prov., 1913, pp. ll-\-22). — This annual report includes accounts of the 

 occuri-ence of contagious diseases of animals, breeding operations, etc. 



Diseases prevalent among' horses and cattle in Mississippi, E. M. Ranck 

 (Mississippi Sta. Circ., 1913, July, pp. 3-22). — A brief popular account is given 

 of the diseases commonly met with among horses and cattle in Mississippi. 



Tr3rpanosoniiasis in horses, and trypanosomiasis and tuberculosis in 

 camels, F. E. Mason (Dept. Pub. Health [Egypt], Paper 5, 1912, pp. iO).— This 

 report deals briefly with experimental treatment of trypanosomiasis in camels, 

 tuberculosis in camels, trj^panosomiasis in horses, distomiasis in sheep, coc- 

 cidiosis in a Cyprus bull, and larvae of Linguatula twnioides in camels. 



The treatment of grass land with a view to the elimination of disease, 

 J. Penbebthy (Jour. Roy. Agr. Soc. England, 75 (1912), pp. 75-90).— This dis- 

 cussion of the subject relates to animal diseases. 



A review of the present situation as regards infectious protozoa, F. Tids- 

 WELL (N. 8. Wales Rft. Govt. Bur. Microbiol, 2 (1910-11), pp. 62-70).— A sum- 

 marized account. 



A systematic study of the Coccaceae in the collection of the Museum of 

 Natural History, I. J. Kliglee (Jour. Infect. Diseases, 12 (1913), No. 3, pp. 

 432-452). — "The 54 strains of the cocci in the American Museum collection 

 group themselves very definitely according to pigment production and other 

 characters into 5 distinct classes. The correlation of the various morphological 

 and biochemical properties bears out the work by the Winslows [E. S. R.. 20, 

 p. 1079] and justifies their recognition of 5 genera among the Coccacere outside 

 of the diplococci and streptococci." 



The use of formalinized sheep cells in complement fi^xation tests, E. P. 

 Bebnstein and D. Kaliski (Ztschr. Immunitdtsf. u. Expt. Ther., I, Orig., 13 

 (W12), No. 5, pp. 490-495; abs. in Centbl. Bakt. [etc.], 1. Abt., Ref., 54 (1912), 

 No. 19, p. 585). — The addition of formalin in concentrations of from 1:800 to 

 1 : 200 preserves sheep and human blood for 8 weeks. The antigenic power of 

 the blood corpuscles and their utilization for the complement fixation test is 

 not destroyed. In a dilution greater than 1 : 300, formalin when added to the 

 hemolytic system does not influence the corpuscles or amboceptors, and the 



