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Kastle and D. J. Healy (pp. 146-154) ; Strangles of Horses and Its Control, by 

 B. F. Kaupp (pp. 154-155) ; and Tests for Glanders Based on Field Work in the 

 State of Wyoming, by B. F. Davis (pp. IHo-lGO). 



Report of the seventeenth annual meeting of the United States Live Stock 

 Sanitary Association {Rpt. U. S. Live Stock Sanit. Assoc, 17 (1913), pp. 255, 

 figs. 7). — The papers presented before the seventeenth annual meeting are as 

 follows : The United States Government Meat Inspection, by V. A. IMoore (pp. 

 19-24) ; IMeasles in Live Stock and Its Relation to Kural Sanitary Conditions, 

 by B. H. Ransom (pp. 24-27) ; The Diagnosis of Glanders, by J. R. Mohler and 

 A. Eichhorn (pp. 28-33) (E. S. R., 31, p. 83) ; The Control of Glanders in New 

 York State, by J. F. DeVine (pp. 34-37) ; The Control of Hog Cholera— A Re- 

 view of Four Months' "Work by the Bureau of Animal Industry, by M. Dorset 

 (pp. 38-46) ; How May a State Most Effectively Combat Hog Cholera? by J. W. 

 Counaway (pp. 46-48) ; Necessary Equipment of State Laboratories for the 

 Production of Hog-Cholera Serum, by P. Fischer (pp. 48, 49) : Control of Hog 

 Cholera in Germany, by K. Schern (pp. 50-67) ; Investigations with Swamp 

 Fever, by L. Van Es (pp. 67-71), a bulletin on which has been noted (E. S. R., 

 26, p. 287) ; The Purity of the Farm Water Supply and Practical Methods 

 of Insuring Clean Drinking Water, by H. A, Whittaker (pp. 72-78) ; De- 

 layed Reactions Following Injection of Tuberculin, by J. G. Wills and C. 

 Linch (pp. 78-96), abstracted on page 187; Some Effects of Poor Ventila- 

 tion, by C. C. Lipp (pp. 97-101) ; Elimination of Sources of Contamination 

 in Milk, by W. D. Frost (pp. 101-107) ; The Present Status of the Control 

 of Bovine Tuberculosis by Vaccination, by S. H. Gilliland (pp. 107-112) ; 

 The Possibilities and Limitations of the Intradermal Test for Bovine Tuber- 

 culosis, by C. M. Haring (pp. 114-123) ; Bovine Tuberculosis in Illinois — 

 Modern Method of Handling in Pure-Bred Herds, by O. E. Dyson (pp. 123-132) ; 

 The Present and Future Attitude of the Railroads Toward Live Stock Sanitary 

 Control Work, by F. S. Brooks (pp. 132-137) ; Proper Basis for Interstate Rec- 

 ognition of Health Certificates, by S. H. Ward (pp. 137, 138) ; The Control of 

 Hog Cholera by Slaughter Methods, by G. Hilton (pp. 138-147) (E. S. R., 31, p. 

 886) ; Necessary Regulations for Inspection and Disinfection of Horses and 

 Mules for Interstate Shipment, by C. E. Cotton (pp. 147-150) ; Official Inspec- 

 tion of Interstate Cattle, by C. J. Marshall (pp. 151-162) ; The Most Successful 

 Methods of Tick Eradication, by J. A. Kiernan (pp. 163-184) ; Obseiwations on 

 Dourine in the Northw^est, by A. W. Miller (pp. 184-187) ; Anthrax Immuniza- 

 tion and Control, by E. R. Forbes (pp. 187, 188) ; and Investigations of the 

 Etiology of Infectious Abortion of Mares and Jennets, by E. S. Good (pp. 189- 

 191) (E. S. R., 29, p. 779). 



Water hemlock (Cicuta), C. A. Jacobson (Nevada Sta. Bui. 81 (1915), pp. 7- 

 Jf6, figs. 10). — This bulletin deals particularly with chemical and toxicological 

 work with Cicuta, an account of which plant by Marsh, Clawson, and Marsh, 

 dealing largely with the botanical and pathological sides, has been previously 

 noted (E. S. R., 30, p. 880). Botanical data and accounts of typical cases of 

 poisoning are included. 



The summary as drawn by the author is as follows : 



" Water hemlock is an umbelliferous, poisonous plant, growing along the banks 

 of streams and in marshy ground. It is recognized under at least three distinct 

 species in this country, all three containing the same poisonous principle, 

 cicutoxin, which is located primarily in the rhizome or rootstalk of the plant. 



" Cicutoxin is an unstable resinlike substance of the formula C19H26O3, and is a 

 complex derivative of pyrone. It decomposes and polymerizes readily, especially 

 at temperatures above 50° C. It is extracted from the tubers bv means of ether 



