VETERINARY MEDICINE. 477 



" No metheraoglobin or hemolysis was obsei'ved eyen after the intravenous 

 Injection of 0.02 to 0.024 cc. per kilo, or the introduction of 2 gm. per kilo into 

 the stomach or small intestine of the cat. Liberation of oxj'gen in the body- 

 by ascaridole is suggested as a possible cause of respiratory depression and 

 apnoea. Action of Chenopodium on respiration Is independent of its effect 

 on the circulation, [and] reduction of sensitiveness of respiratory center to 

 carbon dioxid is not the cause. . . , Amounts of Chenopodium tolerated by in- 

 travenous injection varied in the same animals. The average is approximately 

 0.03 to 0.35 cc. per kilo in the dog, cat, and rabbit. The less depressant acfion 

 of Chenopodium on respiration in the rabbit Is attributed to relatively larger 

 amounts of carbon dioxid in the blood." 



Animal castration, J. V. Lackoix (Chicago: Amer. Jour. Yet. Med., 1915, pp. 

 J-h-h figs- 25). — This volume is based upon observations extending over a period 

 of ten years. 



A text-book of veterinaiT pathology for students and practitioners, A. T. 

 Kinsley (Chicago: Alexander Eger, 1915, 2. ed., rev. and cnl., pp. Till -^19- 

 40-i< fiQS- 197). — ^A revised and enlarged edition of the work previously noted 

 (E. S. R., 24, p. 777). 



A treatise on horses and cattle, A. H. Pextitt (Hays, Kans.: Author, 1915, 

 pp. IS, pi. 1). — A popular account is given of the more common diseases of 

 hor.ses and cattle and th^ir treatment. 



[Report of the] division of animal industry, V. A. Noegaaed and L. N. 

 Case ( [Bien.'] Rpt. Bd. Comrs. Agr. and Forestry Haicaii, 191S-14, pp. 163-244, 

 pis. 7). — In a letter submitting this report (pp. 163-176) V. A. Norgaard points 

 out the results which have been obtained from the past ten years' work 

 of the division in the eradication of glanders, complete control of sheep scab, 

 eradication of 90 per cent of bovine tuberculosis, exclusion of rabies, etc. 

 Under the heading of diseases of live stock the work of the year with the 

 more important diseases is dealt with. The intradermal test and its importance 

 in the control and eradication of tuberculosis is considered at some length 

 (pp. 192-196), the authors concluding that it is reliable in 99 per cent of 

 cases, and that bovine tuberculosis will be controlled and eradicated more 

 effectively and eeouomically by its use than by any other method of examina- 

 tion. The Importance of the control of bovine tuberculosis is emphasized. 



Reports of the deputy territorial veterinarians for the Hilo district by H, B. 

 Elliot (pp. 208-229), for the Maui district by J. C. Fitzgerald (pp. 230-240), 

 and for the Kauai district by A. R. Glaisyer (pp. 241-244) are appended. 



Nomenclature of the Coccaceee, R. E. Buchanan (Jour. Infect. Diseases, 11 

 (1915), No. S, pp. 528-5^1). — The Winslows' classification of the Coccacese (B. S. 

 R., 20, p. 1079), as corrected by the author as a result of his study of the 

 validity of the subfamily and generic names, becomes the following : 



A. Tribe Streptococceaj Trevisau — Genus 1, Neisseria Trevisan; genus 2, 

 Leuconostoc Van Tieghem ; genus 3, Streptococcus Rosenbach ; genus 4, 

 Staphylococcus Rosenbach ; genus 5, Albococcus Winslow and Rogers. B. Tribe 

 Micrococcete Trevisan — Genus 6, Micrococcus Cohn ; genus 7, Sarcina Goodsir ; 

 genus 8, Rhodococcus Zopf. 



A bibliography of 26 titles is appended. 



The results of blood cultures from thirty-six individuals, with their pos- 

 sible bearing on the etiology of the so-called filarial diseases; and descrip- 

 tion of a new parasitic bacillus, believed to be the causative agent of 

 filariasis, B. H. Dutchee and P. L. Whitmaesh (Amer. Jour. Trop. Diseases 

 and Prev. Med., 3 (1915), No. 2, pp. 69-74). — The investigation here reported 

 has led the authors to believe that they are justified in claiming that the 



