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mici' and other cNiKTiiiiciital animals, iiicliiding doj^s. Dt'taili'd notes are j^i veil on 

 the stainal)ility of the yeast and on tlie nucleus, etlpsule and (jther morphological 

 features of this organism. The yeast produces very different effects on different 

 animal tissues. In the liver of mice the yeast cells were found quite imattended by 

 pathological processes, while in the lungs of the same animals the inflammatory pro- 

 censes were quite conspicuous and tissue destruction was well marked in the alimen- 

 tary tract of guinea pigs. Quite frequently also granulation tumors were produced. 

 Experiments were made to determine thei)Ossibility of inniumizingmice against the 

 yeast. Mice which were treated with hypodermic injections of serum obtained from 

 inoculated animals were later inoculated with virulent cultures; in some cases the 

 progress of the disease was slightly delayed, but the immunizing effects were not 

 marked in any case. No agglutinin or precipitin api)eared to be developed in the 

 innnune serum. 



A new acid-fast Streptotlirix pathogenic to man and animals, C. Birt and 

 AV. B. Leisiiman {Jour. Hyg. [Cambridge], 2 {1902), No. 2, pp. 120-128, pi. 1).— The 

 organism studied by the authors was isolated from a human patient, and during the 

 further studies devoted to it many inoculations were made in experimental animals. 

 It was found to be fatal to guinea pigs when inoculated in the peritoneum, within a 

 period of from 5 to 6 weeks. Notes are given for the purpose of furnishing a differ- 

 ential diagnosis between this and related species. 



The absorption of tetanus toxin, V. Morax and A. Marie {Aim. Inst. Pasteur, 

 17 {1903), No. 5, pp. 335-342). — The authors previously noted the affinity of nerve 

 tissue for the toxin of tetanus. Further experiments were made for the purpose of 

 testing the absorption of this toxin by nerve fibers of different function. During 

 these experiments dogs, ponies, and monkeys were used. It was found that the 

 motor, sensory, and vasomotor fibers of the spinal nerves are equally concerned in 

 the absorption of the tetanus toxin. The amount of toxin absorbed by different 

 kinds of. nerve fibers in different portions of the body depends somewhat upon the 

 blood circulation and upon the distance of the part in question from the point of 

 inoculation. 



The heredity of albinism, W. E. Castle and G. M. Allen {Proc. Amer. Acad. 

 Arts and Sci., 38 {1903), No. 21, pp. 601-622). — A number of experiments were made 

 in the investigation of the subject in the zoological laboratory of Harvard Univer- 

 sity. The experimental animals were mice, guinea pigs, and rabbits. The authors 

 conclude as a result of their ex})eriments that complete albinism behaves as a reces- 

 sive character, and therefore occurs in accordance with IMendel's law. 



Report on animal diseases, II. oNIitchell {New Jerseij State Ed. Agr. Rjit. 1902, 

 pp. 171-174)- — A l)rief account of anthrax, glanders, raljies, and tuljerculosis, .show- 

 ing the nuud)er and location of cases of these diseases. 



Inspection of cattle in Argentina ( V. S. Consular Rpts., 72 {1903), No. 272, 

 pp. 124, 125). — Brief notes on the terms of a convention with TTruguay with regard 

 to sanitary inspection of live stock. 



Dangers of eating meat from abattoirs and means of avoiding them, E. M. 

 Serrano {C(k-. Med. ZooL, 26 {1902), No. 3-7, Sup., j)p. 72). — A series of lectures 

 delivered at the Spanish Hygienic Society. Dangerous meat is divided into 4 classes, 

 viz, meat infested with bacteria or i^arasites, meat which has undergone alterations 

 and is unusually susceptible to putrefaction, meat which has undergone alterations 

 so as to render it rejmlsive, and viscera which exhibit bacterial or parasitic lesions 

 which are transmissible to man. Notes are given on the most approved methods (5f 

 inspecting the meat for the purpose of detecting these various dangerous conditions. 



The virulence of tubercle bacilli in pure cultures from tuberculous foci in 

 man, E. Krompecher and K. Zimmermann {Centbl. Bukt. u. Par., 1. Alt., 33 {1903), 

 No. 8, Orig., pp. 580-607). — The recent literature bearing on this subject is critically 

 discussed in connection with a short bibliography. The author's experiments were 



