19 -4 experimp:nt station record. 



An explanation of the occurrence of distemper among cats in the govern- 

 ment of Kazan, in connection with the distribution of cultures of mouse typhus, 



A. N. Ai.KKAsYKKV ( Cchni. Z'ipixki Kdzan \'rl. Just., :.'() ilUO-i), Xux. J, pn. l.iS-.iW; 

 3, pj>. 251-314)- — Tlu' author matlc an cxhaui^tive study (jf a nuuiber of outbreaks of 

 distemper among cuts whith (n-rurred coincidently with the distribution of mouse 

 typhus cultures in the Province of Kazan. The literature of the suljiect ia critically 

 reviewed in connection with a brief biV)liography. It is believed as a result of the 

 auth.or's studies that cats may be affected with a disease resembling distemper in all 

 resjH'cts and may die as a result of eating nnce which are infected with typhus. As 

 a rule, however, it is believed that the distribution of mouse typhus cultures and 

 the occurrence of distemper in cats are merely coincident and are not associated 

 as tlie result of an infection of one aniu^al by another. A nund^er of organisms were 

 isolated from cats which were affected with distemper. 



The need of legislation relative to diseases of domestic animals, H. B. 

 McDowell ( Delaware State Bd. Agr. Rpt. , n. ser. , 1901-2, pj}. 43-49). — Attention is called 

 to the necessity of further legislation, especially in the control of anthrax and tuber- 

 culosis. It is said that at present the conditions are very favorable for the spread of 

 anthrax in Delaware, on account of neglect of precautions which could easily be 

 taken. 



First aids to injured and sick animals, H. B. McDowell {Delaware State Bd. 

 Agr. apt., n. scr., 1901-2, pp. 57-03). — Brief notes on simple remedies which may be 

 applied by stock raisers in assisting the work of veterinarians in the treatment of 

 wounds, bruised shoulders, colic, scratches, and laminitis. 



The veterinary pharmacopoeia and manual of comparative therapy, G., C, 

 and A. Gresswell {London: BaiU'Cere, Tindall & Car, 1903, 2. ed., pp. XII1^457). — 

 In this edition numerous alterations and additions have been made for the purpose 

 of incorporating material to represent the later discoveries in the field of veterinary 

 medicine and therapeutics. A discussion of the various drugs is arranged in an 

 alphabetical manner and involves an account of the composition, characteristics, 

 therapeutics, and doses. 



Disinfecting value of certain formaldehyde preparations, K. Kokubo ( Centhl. 

 Bald. i(. Par., 1. Aht., 33 {1903), Xo. 7, Orig., pp. 56S-57l).—X comparative test was 

 made of carbolic acid, old and new Septoforma, and formalin soap in the destruction 

 of anthrax spores, Staphylococcus aureu.^, Streptococcus, and typhoid bacilli. Anthrax 

 spores were found to be alive after exposure for 95 days to a 1 per cent carbolic acid 

 solution and were killed by exposure for 25 days to a 3 per cent solution. When 

 exposed to a 10 per cent formalin soap the anthrax spores lived but a few hours. 



Panaceas in veterinary medicine, E. Thierry {Jour. Agr. Prat., n. ser., 5 

 {1903), Xo. 9, pp. 290, 291). — Notes are presented on a number of remedies which 

 have been reconunended as I'apable of producing great curative effects in a large 

 variety of diseases. The author believes that none of these remedies are as effective 

 as represented. 



Animal parasites of man, ]M. Bkaux {Die tlderischen Parasiten des Menschen. 

 Warzhurg: A. Stuber, 1903, 3. ed., pp. 360, figs. 272). — This volume constitutes a 

 handbook on the animal parasites of man and is intended for the use of students 

 and physicians. It includes a general discussion of parasites and their life histories, 

 together with special accounts of the various jjarasites belonging to different orders 

 and families of animals which have been observed in or upon man mider parasitic 

 conditions. 



AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING. 



Review of irrigation investigations for 1902, E. Mead ( f ". S. Dept. Agr., 

 Office of Experiment Stations Rpt. 1902, pp. 359-385, pis. 6). — The causes of the recent 

 rise in value of irrigated lands and water rights and the need of enactment of better 

 irrigation laws are discussed; the purpose and scope of the irrigation investigations 



