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The treatment and results of 31 horses with fistulous withers, 2 of which 

 had also poll-evil, are given. Twenty-seven of the horses made a complete recov- 

 ery. " The shortest length of time required for healing was 2 weeks, and this 

 was a bad case of a year's duration, and the longest 11 weeks. Most of the 

 cases lasted about 7 weeks. In one case the fistula recurred in about 7 months." 



Work in regard to foot canker and the treatment of canine distemper with a 

 hyperimmune serum are also reported. 



About the complement binding- and rabicidal substances in the blood of 

 rabid animals, S. KozEWAr.OFF {Oentbl. Bakt. [etc.], 1. AM., Orig., 5.'f {1910), 

 No. 6, pp. 564-566; abs. in Zentbl. Biochem. u. Biophys., 10 {1910), No. llf, p. 

 670). — A serum from animals infected with "serum fixe" contained no comple- 

 ment Lnnding nor rabicidal substances. 



Rabies, G. H. Glover and B. F. Kaupp {Colorado 8ta. Bui. 162, pp. 8, figs. 

 Jf). — This is a popular account of the disease. It is said that the recent out- 

 break of rabies in Colorado was started about 2 years ago at Greeley by a dog 

 brought from the East. 



One protective vaccination with antitetanin is usually sufficient, Pecus 

 {Jo^ir. Med. V6t. et Zootech., 60 {1909), Oct., pp. 591-593; abs. in Berlin. Tier- 

 urztl. Wchnsclir., 26 {1910), No. SI/, p. 671). — Observations were made on 1,500 

 immunized horses, 500 of which had injuries due to stepping on nails. In no 

 instance were symptoms of tetanus present. Particular attention is called to 

 the use and antiseptic value of tincture of iodin for resisting the activities of 

 the tetanus spores and toxin. 



Passive anaphylaxis, with particular reference to the endotoxin of the 

 tubercle bacillus, G. Fmzi {Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol. [Paris], 68 {1910), No. 23, 

 pp. 1099, 1100). — The serum of horses, which was rendered hypersensitive by 

 long immunizing with the tuberculous endotoxin, was capable of conferring 

 passive anaphylaxis on guinea pigs and rabbits. 



The significance of tuberculosis opsonin for immunity, E. Ungermann 

 {Arh. K. Gsndhtsamt., 34 {1910), No. 3, pp. 286-292, figs. 2).— The work indi- 

 cates that the real significance of the opsonic serum bodies against tuberculosis 

 has not been established and that further work must be done in this direction. 



About antitubercular vaccination in cattle, J. F. Heymans {Arch. Intcrnat. 

 Pharmacod. ct Th&r., 20 {1910), No. 1-2, pp. 11,7-156; abs. in Ccntbl. Bakt. 

 [etc.], 1. Abt., Ref., 47 {1910), No. 7-8, pp. 251, 252; ZentU. Gesam. Physiol, u. 

 Path. Stoffwechsels, n. ser., 5 {1910), No. 16, p. 629). — A report of the vaccina- 

 tion of 4,000 cattle in 192 barns by Heyman's method (E. S. R., 20, p. 1188), in 

 the first precinct of Southeast Flanders. The results obtained were encour- 

 aging. 



The solution of tubercle bacilli in neurin, Lindemann {Ztschr. Immunitdtsf. 

 u. E.rpt. Ther., I, Orig., 7 {1910), No. 1-2, pp. 191-196).— Nenrin (trimethyl- 

 viuylium hydrate) dissolves the tubercle bacilli partly but not completely. 



Tuberculosis of the tong-ue, J. Pillmann {Ztschr. Fleisch u. Milchhyg., 20 

 {1910), No. 4, pp. 128. 129; abs. in Centbl. Bakt. [etc.], 1. Abt., Ref., 47 {1901), 

 Ao. 7-8, p. 204). — The author reports 2 cases of tongue tuberculosis in cattle. 

 Both animals, however, were affected with generalized tubercolosis. 



Combating tuberculosis by the government, with particular regard to the 

 sources of infection, B. Bang, J. R. U. Dewar, R. Ostertag, J. Poels, Bongert, 

 and Dammann {Trans. IX. Internat. Vet. Cong. The Hague, 1 (1909), 8. O. 

 XI, 1, pp. 19; 2, pp. 10; 4, PP- 16; 5, pp. 12; abs. in Berlin. Tierdrztl. Wchnschr., 

 26 {1910), No. 38, pp. 741-744).— A general discussion of the subject. 



Specific chronic enteritis of cattle (Enteritis pseudo-tuberculosa bovis, 

 Johne's disease), B. Bang {Trans. IX. Internat. Vet. Cong. The Hague. 2 

 (1909), 8. Ill, 1, 1, PP, 27). — Following a review of the literature relating to 



