84 EXPERIMENT STATION KKCORD. 



in .«tainiii<r a('tiii(>iiiy<"t'~^ in sei-tioiiK ^;iu'ci's.sfiilly. The uiitlioi- dutliiK'H a method 

 wliicli in his hands has given excellent results. 



Anthrax, J). Hi'tcheox (Afjr. Jour, ('ape (iuud J I opt, .; .' [I'JO.i], So. 3, pp. 293- 

 300). — Brief notes on the nature, source of infection, symptoms, and treatment of 

 this <lisease. 



The diagnosis of anthrax, \\. (Jottstkin (Ilii'j. Riiii<hi-liiiii, IJ {1'J02), No. 23, ]ijt. 

 11S5-119S). — Brief notes are given on the various means t)y which anthrax V)acilli 

 may be identified under the microscope or by means of inoculation experiments, and 

 attention is called to the desiral)ility of destroying all material which may contain 

 anthrax bacilli and of disinfecting the i)remises after an outbreak of thisdisea.se. 



Anthrax, F. C. Harrisox {Ontario Agr. Col. and Expt. Farm Rpl. 1002, p. 94). — 

 During the season of 1902 a number of reports were made of this disease and atten- 

 tion is called to the dangers which are incurred from not taking strict measures in 

 the eradication of the disease and burning or l)urying of carcasses. 



Treatment of anthrax with carbolic acid, A. Minder {Schweiz. Arch. Tirrh., 44 

 (1902), No. c, pj). 267-271). — The author administered a 0.5 per cent solution of 

 carljolic acid in water in frequent doses so as to aggregate 40 to 50 liters during 24 

 hours. During the crisis of the disease doses of 1.5 liters were administered every 

 15 minutes. The condition of the affected cattle improved quite rapidly in ail cases 

 and recovery took place ultimately. 



The antianthrax properties of rabbit and dog sera, (). Baii, [Centhl. Jiakt. u. 

 Par., 1. Alt., 33 {1903), No. 5, Orig., pp. 343-353). — It was found during a long series 

 of experiments that dog serum which had been shown to ha perfectly inactive 

 toward anthrax could be given very active properties toward anthrax by the addi- 

 tion of minute quantities of rabbit serum. The effect of rabbit serum was noticeable 

 even when added in the proportion of 1 to 1,000. The author discusses at consider- 

 able length the theoretical bearing of this experiment. Other experiments showed 

 that the serum of the sheep may be influenced in a similar manner by the addition 

 of rabVjit serum. 



The destruction of carcasses of animals dead of anthrax, E. Zschokke 

 {Schu-elz. Arch. Tierh., 44 {1902), No. 6, pp. 283-292) .—Attention is called to the 

 danger from the distribution of anthrax by means of carcasses of animals dead of 

 the disease. It is urged that in all cases where the presence of spore.3 on the outside 

 of the carcass is possible, the whole carcass should be thoroughly incinerated. 



An experiment in steam sterilization, C. Eijkman ( Centbl. Bald. u. Par. , 1. Aht. , 

 33 {190.)), No. 7, Or'aj., pp. 567, 568). — Live steam under low pressure was found to l)e 

 much more effective in destroying Bacillvs jujocyanenx and anthrax spores tlian was 

 boiling water. The explanation of this difference in the effect of live steam and 

 boiling water is believed to be found in the fact that the boiling point of water is 

 increased by the presence of soluble materials, such as salt and sugar, while the 

 steam is not thereby influenced. 



Foot-and-mouth disease in New England, J. \\ . Connawav {Bui. Missouri 

 State Bd. Ayr., 2 {1903), No. 11, pp. 44, .ti(j><. 7).— The author was detailed by the 

 Missouri State board of agriculture to investigate the extent of the outbreak of foot- 

 and-mouth disease in New England and to advise the board as to the necessity of 

 any quarantine action against cattle from New England. The results of the author's 

 investigations indicate that the W(jrk of eradicating the disease is bemg vigorously 

 prosecuted and that live stock in ^Missouri are in no apparent danger of infection. 

 Notes are given on the symptoms, etiology, period of inculcation, and rate of mor- 

 tality and fatal consequences of this disease. In order to prevent unnecessary 

 excitement among cattle owners attention is called to the differences between con- 

 tagious foot-and-mouth disease on the one hand and ergotism and mycotic aphthous 

 fever on the other. Both of the latter diseases occur from time to time in j\Iissouri 

 and neighboring States, and have occasionally been mistaken for foot-and-mouth 



