184 EXPEEIMENT STATION EECOllD. 



VETERINAKY MEDICINE. 



Compendium of applied bacteriology for veterinarians, F. Glage {Kom- 

 pendiiwh der Angeivandtcn Balcteriologie fiir Tierdrzte. Berlin, 1910, pp. VII-{- 

 272, figs. 60). — This brief work bas been prepared especially for the practicing 

 veterinarian and the meat and food inspector. Tbe pbotomicrograpbic plates in 

 the book are a notable feature. 



State live-stock sanitary officers (U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Anim. Indus. Circ. 

 164, PP- 4)- — The state and territorial live-stock sanitary officers are listed. 



On the occurrence of prussic acid in sorghum and maize, F. J. Alway and 

 R. S. Trumbull (,NeT)raska Sta. Rpt. 1909, pp. 35, 36). — In a quantitative study 

 of the prussic acid in sorghum carried on during 1907 Briinnich's findings 

 (B. S. R., 15, p. 355), as to its presence were confirmed. In 3 samples of 

 sorghum taken from the same field, a dark green lot in which the stalks aver- 

 aged 50 cm. iu length was found to contain 0.01215 per cent of prussic acid ; 

 a yellowish green lot, averaging 35 cm. iu length, contained 0.00499 per cent; 

 and a third, or yellow lot, averaging 22 cm. in length, contained 0.00405 per 

 cent. 



During the same summer samples of corn plants from both fertile and im- 

 poverished fields were tested at frequent intervals from the time they were 4 

 in. high until they formed ears but in no case was even a trace of prussic acid 

 found. In February, 1907, all the suckers were collected from the cornstalks 

 on an acre of a field in which several cattle had just died. A part of these 

 suckers were subjected to a thorough test for prussic acid, but with negative 

 results. The remainder were fed to calves and these showed no ill effects. 



Another contribution in regard to the use of the body temperature for 

 diagnosing anthrax in living animals, K. Closer (Berlin. Tierdrztl. 

 Wchnschr., 26 (1910), No. 31, pp. 611, 612). — The author relates his experiences 

 with several cases in which the temperature was utilized as a diagnostic aid 

 for anthrax in cows. 



Diagnosis of glanders by the precipitin reaction, D. Konew (Charlcoff. 

 Med. Jour., 9 (1910), No. 2, p. 138; Centbl., Bakt. [etc.'i, 1. AM., Orig., 55 

 (1910), No. 3, pp. 251-253; ahs. in CentM. Bakt. [etc.], 1. Ait., Ref., J,7 (1901), 

 No. 5, pp. 138, 139). — The author laments the few instances in which the pre- 

 cipitin reaction has been utilized for diagnosing glanders, and recommends a 

 method (mallease test) which consists of making the precipitant from a 24-hour 

 agar culture of the glanders bacillus dissolved in 10 cc. of a 3 per cent anti- 

 formin solution (24 hours at 37° C), and subsequently neutralizing with a 5 

 per cent sulphuric acid solution. A contact test is made with this reagent be- 

 tween the precipitinogen reagent and the serum from the suspected animal. 

 The results obtained were generally good. 



Tetanus in bovines, P. Wolffeb (Berlin. Tierdrztl. Wchnschr., 26 (1910), 

 No. 31, p. 612). — A description of 2 cases of tetanus in cows, one of which had 

 calved 10 days previous to the attack. 



Is Koch's bacillus the cause of cancer? T. G. McConkey (Med. Rec. 

 [N. Y.], 78 (1910), No. 8, pp. 319-322; ahs. in Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc, 55 

 (1910), No. 10, p. 884). — The opinion that the tubercle bacillus is the causative 

 agent of cancer is expressed by the author. 



Tests in regard to the migration of bacteria through the intestinal wall, 

 with particular reference to the tubercle bacillus, A. Dralle (Versuche iiber 

 die Durchldssigkeit der Darmwand fiir Bakterien. Inaug. Diss., Univ. Bern, 

 1909, pp. 28). — In tests with pigeons, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits, and guinea 

 pigs it was found that when the injections were made per rectum no upward 

 migration took place. In those cases when an infection took place after the 



