1920] VETERINARY MEDICINE. 583 



logical exaniinatiiin. In such cases it is necessary to make use of animal inocu- 

 lation to oi^tablisii an accurato diagnosis. 



The dftoction of anthrax precipitinogen in the hide of a cow having an 

 atypical case of glanders, W. I'FEir.KR and K. IIoltzhaukti {Berlin. Tierdrztl. 

 Wcliiischr., S.l (lUl'J), No. 5, pp. 57, 58). — The post-mortem examination of a 

 cow supposed to be the cause of antlirax infection in tlie man wlio sluuglitered 

 it gave negative results as to bacteriological findings, pathological changes in 

 the various organs with the exception of a hyperplastic tumor on the .spleen, 

 and the precipitin test with the under skin. The precipitin test with the corium 

 and outer skin, including the hair, gave positive results. 



The authors are of the opnion that in an animal which has been thoroughly 

 bled few precipitins are present in the under part of the skin, but that in the 

 corium the network of fine blood vessels and capillaries is not so readily 

 emptied of blood and consequently contains more antigens. 



Note on the diagnosis of ghmders, R. van Saceuhem {Compt. Rend. Soc. 

 Biol. [Pdiiti], 83 (1920), No. 10, pp. 305-307).— The author discusses briefly the 

 limitutions of the various methods in use for the diagnosis of glanders, and pro- 

 poses a method based upon the observation that all cases of glanders, whether 

 acute or chronic, are accompanied by a very marked leucocytosis which is con- 

 stant whate\er the temperature of the animal. The determination of the 

 leucocytic formula is thought to be of great usefulness in the diagnosis of pul- 

 monary glanders in which there is no nasal localization and where the mallein 

 reaction v/ould give only uncertain indications. The test is, however, of value 

 only in cases in which tlierc exists no concomitant disease. 



Infection, sensitization, and immunity in epizootic lymphangitis, A. 

 BoQUET and L. N£gre (Ann. Inst. Pasteur, 33 {1019), No. 10, pp. 678-712). — 

 This is a detailed report and discussion of the authors' investigations on epi- 

 /.ootic lymphangitis, a briefer report of which has been previously noted from 

 another source (E. S. R., 40, p. 885). An extensive bibliography is appended. 



Preservation of fixed virus, J. G. Nassy and F. W. Winckel {Arch. Schiffs 

 u. Tropen Hyy., 22 {1918), No. 24, pp. 438-1/41). — As the result of an examina- 

 tion of the glycerin and drying methods for the preservation of rabies virus, 

 the authors recommend the drying process (vacuum dehydration over sulphuric 

 acid) as furnishing the most stable product. 



The glycerinated product, although kept in the ice box, lost its virulence after 

 three months, while the dried product retained its virulence for a longer time 

 even when kept at room temperature. At higher temperatures (22°) neither 

 product was stable except when kept in the ice box. 



Rinderpest, L. Teppaz {Rcc. M6d. Ydt., 95 {1919), No. 21, pp. 642-644).— 

 From observations of rinderpest in Senegal, the author concludes that the 

 survivors of rinderpest apparently confer a certain degree of innuunity to 

 their offspring, as shown by the fact that the latter contract only a relatively 

 mild form of the disease with low mortality. The gradual disappearance of 

 the di.sease from a locality is attributed to the acquired and transmissable 

 immunity. Brief accounts are given of observations supporting this claim. 



The question of tlie solul)ility of tubercle bacilli in specific immune sub- 

 stances, Kaatz {Ccntbl. Bald, [e/c], 1. AM., Orig., 84 {1920), No. 2, pp. 81- 

 88). — The author has repeated the experiments of Kraus and Ilofer previously 

 noted (E. S, R., 28, p. 283), as the result of which the claim was made that 

 subjects infected with tuberculosis produce .specific bacteriolysins for tubercle 

 bacilli. 



The present experiments were also conducted on guinea pigs, the principal 

 difference in technique being a more careful measureiuent of the number of 



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