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A patholugical and sy»i})tomafic treatment of parturieid jxtrahjsin, li. P. Lyman (pp. 

 234-242). — Detailed notes are given on the clinical symptoms and treatment of 18 

 cases of this disease. The author discusses briefly the etiology of this disease and 

 the nature of treatments which have been generally recommended. In a number 

 of cases hypodermic injections of strychnin in doses of \ gr. were given every 2 hours, 

 with excellent results. The strychnin treatment may be combined, or not, with 

 Schuiidt's treatment, ai-cording to circumstances. The results olttained by the use 

 of strychnin were so satisfactory that the author feels justified in continuing it. 



The legitbnate field of the American Veierinarj/ Medical A.'<sociation, R. li. Bell. (pp. 

 243-248) . — A brief discussion of the nature of the papers to ])e read and the other 

 work to be performed at the meetings of the association. The author believes that 

 the papers should be on as wide a variety of subjects as possible in order to make 

 the meetings of interest to all veterinarians, and that clinias should be held in con- 

 nection with each meeting. 



Parasitic ictero-hematuria of sheep, M. E. Knowles (pp. 277-281).— The author briefly 

 discusses the nature and symptoms of this disease, which has been reported as exist- 

 ing in the Deer Lodge Valley since 1891, and which appears to be of considerable 

 economic importance in that locality. In connection with this paper a portion of 

 an article by V. BaVjes on the same subject was also presented. 



Annual report for 1901 of the principal of the Royal Veterinary College, 

 J. McFadvean {Jour. Ruy. Agr. Soc. England, 63 [190^) , pp. ,^48-266). — The number 

 of cases of rabies in England gradually diminished until the disease appeared to be 

 exterminated in 1900. In 1902, however, a few cases occurred, which seems to 

 indicate that rabies still exists in England, although within restricted limits. Dur- 

 ing the year 647 outbreaks of anthrax occurred. Glanders jirevailed to a consider- 

 ably increased extent, there being 1,350 outbreaks, with only 2,332 cases. The causes 

 of the increase in glanders infection have not been carefully worked out. The latest 

 outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease was stamped out during the year 1901. Experi- 

 ments with intravenous injections of corrosive sublimate showed that this remedy is 

 of no value in cases of foot-and-mouth disease of the malignant type. 



Hog cholera appeared during the season to a greater degree than for several years, 

 3,140 outbreaks being reported. The author summarizes his investigations of this 

 disease as follow s: Every pig which is susceptible to cholera is capable of spreading 

 the disease; the disease may also be carried from place to place in the excrement of 

 infected pigs or upon other materials which have come in contact with such pigs. 

 It is recommended that all pigs which have been exposed should be quarantined for 

 some time on account of the fact that decided symptoms may not appear at once. 



Notes are given on the prevalence of tuberculosis, the sterilization of tuberculous 

 milk, and the immunization of cattle against tuberculosis. p]xperiments in produc- 

 ing immunity against tuberculosis have been made by the author on 3 cattle, 1 being 

 treated with tubercle bacilli from the liver of a fowl, the second from the liver of a 

 tuberculous pheasant, while the third case was tuberculous at the beginning of the 

 experiment. These experiments indicated that a high degree of immunity against 

 tuberculosis could be conferred on cattle. The inununity was not absolute and the 

 author does not claim that his experiments foreshadow a practical method of vacci- 

 nating cattle on a large scale against tuberculosis. 



Differential diag-nosis of certain pathogenic bacteria, W. Omelianski ( Centbl. 

 Bakt. u. Par., 1. Alt., 34 (1903), Xu. 1, Orig., pp. 1-6).— The author describes tech- 

 nical methods by which a number of pathogenic organisms, including anthrax and 

 diphtheria Ijacilli, can be differentiated through the use of alkaline reactions and a 

 number of fatty acids, especially formic acid. 



Further investigations of Klein's pathogenic yeast, E. Cohn ( Centbl. Bald. ». 

 Par. 1., Abl., 33 {1903), No. 9, Orig., pp. 688-696, ph. ;?).— The author continued his 

 studies of this organism, which has been shown to be exceedingly pathogenic for 



