778 EXPERIMENT STATION EECOED. 



which had spoiled from 12 to 24 hours after condensing and canning, showed 

 the presence of Bacillus subtilus. A sterilizing temperature of 125° C. for 15 

 or 20 minutes is recommended where the difficulty is encountered. 



VETERINARY MEDICINE. 



The Government's inspection and quarantine service relating to the im- 

 portation and exportation of live stock, R. W. Hickman (U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Bur. Anim. Indus. Rpt. 1911, pp. 83-99, pis. 11; Circ. 213, pp. S3-99, pis. 11).— 

 The first and greater part of this paper (pp. 83-98) relates to the work car- 

 ried on in the inspection and quarantine of imported animals, the concluding 

 part (pp. 96-99) with that of inspection of live stock for export. 



The meiostagmin reaction and pregnancy, A. Julchieeo {Wiener Klin. 

 WchnscJir., 25 {1912), No. 43, pp. 1699-1701; abs. in Ztschr. Immunitaisf. u. 

 Expt. Ther., II, Ref., 6 {1913), No. 8, p. 711).— The Ascoli and Izar reaction 

 (E. S. R., 25, p. 1S3) was tried with the sera of pregnant women, with particular 

 reference to the parallelism which has been observed between carcinoma and 

 gravidity. 



Of the 3 antigens, namely, methyl alcohol extracts of malignant tumors, of 

 placentas, and of dried dog pancreas, the latter was most active. The blood 

 sera of these subjects (women) gave a reaction from the sixth month until the 

 end of pregnancj% and it was more pronounced than that obtained with the sera 

 of normal subjects or the sera from nonpregnant patients not affected with 

 diseases other than neoplastic. The pregnant patients affected with neoplastic 

 diseases gave the highest reaction. 



The content in antibodies of normal human colostrum and milk, Ruth 

 TuNNicLiFF {Jour. Infcct. Diseases, 11 {1912), No. 3, pp. 347, 34S). — As certain 

 diflerences in the amounts of hemolysins were noted in the colostrum and milk 

 of immunized goats, some observations were made in order to determine whether 

 the same difference occurs in normal human colostrum and milk. For this 

 purpose the opsonic indexes for the staphylococcus, the streptococcus, and the 

 tubercle bacillus were determined. 



From the experiments the conclusion is readied " that normal human colos- 

 trum-milk contains more opsonins for the streptococcus, staphylococcus, and 

 tubercle bacillus than does the later milk, but less tlian the blood serum. Since 

 this is true, it would seem of great importance, as Famulener [E. S. R., 27, 

 I). 476] points out. that the newly born infant should receive the colostrum- 

 milk." 



The bacteriological diagnosis of anthrax with the aid of the lung tissue, 

 A. SzASz {Ztschr. InfeJctionslcranJc. u. Hyg. Haustiere, 11 {1912), No. 1, pp. 

 43-64; ahs. in Berlin. Tierdrztl. Wchnschr., 29 {1913), No. 11, pp. 199, 200).— 

 In the isolation of anthrax bacilli from old cadavers, much difficulty is often 

 experienced in obtaining a culture. From the standpoint that oxygen is a 

 necessity for the sporulation of the anthrax bacilli, lung tissue is used as a 

 source for isolating these organisms. The method gave better results than those 

 which are usually obtained with the spleen and putrefied tissues. It is ad- 

 visable to heat the material to 63° C. before inoculating animals or culture tubes. 



Infectious abortion of cattle and the occurrence of its bacterium in milk 

 {U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Aniin. Indus. Rpt. 1911, pp. 137-183, pis. 7; Circ. 216, 

 pp. 137-183, pis. 7). — This work consists of 3 papers. The first an Introductory 

 Statement, by A. D. Melvin (pp. 137, 138), discusses the investigations of the 

 disease carried on by the Bureau of Animal Industry. 



II. The bacillus of infectious abortion found in milk, E. C. Schroeder and 

 W. E. Cotton (pp. 139-146). — This paper discusses the circumstances leading 



