306 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



mal8. The author l)eUeves that the methods which he employed may be extended 

 to the treatment of horse and man for the name disease. 



Disinfection of stables in cases of glanders, A. Theiler ( Transvaal Acjr. Jour., 

 1 {1903), No. 3, pp. 16, 17). — The recommendations offered by the author include 

 the immediate isolation and quarantine of glanderous horses, the thorough cleaning 

 and disinfection, by burning and the use of various antiseptic substances, of all 

 bedding, harness, stalls, and utensils which may have become infected from the 

 glanderous animals. 



Contagious skin diseases of the horse, A. Theiler {Transvaal Ar/r. Jour., 1 

 {1903), Xo. 3, pp. 14-16). — Xotes on Sarcoi)tes, Dermatocoptes, and Dermatoi)hagus 

 as causes of different kinds of mange in horses. The remedies recommended for the 

 treatment of mangy horses include carbolic acid, creolin, benzine, kerosene, tar, 

 tobacco, sulphur, etc. 



Post-mortem diagnosis of rabies according to the method of Nelis, A. V. 

 Byelitzer {Arch. Vet. Nauk, St. Petersburg, S3 {1903), Nos. 4, PP- 347-382; 5, pp. 463- 

 492, figs. 3). — During the experiments recorded in this paper, the author found that 

 by the method of Nelis it is possible to make a rapid diagnosis of rabies in dogs in 

 all cases of natural death from this disease and in' the majority of cases in which the 

 animals were killed during the progress of the disease. In horses, cattle, sheep, 

 and hogs dead of rabies the changes in the ganglion nodosum, although sufficiently 

 conspicuous to permit a diagnosis, are of less importance than they are in dogs. A 

 post-mortem diagnosis of the early stages of rabies in the larger domesticated animals 

 from an examination of the ganglion nodosum is exceedingly difficult. The superior 

 cervical ganglion is commonly affected in rabies less extensively than the ganglion 

 nodosum, although the changes in it are identical with those which occur in the 

 latter. The alterations in the nerve ganglia in cases of rabies do not begin with a 

 proliferation of the endothelial capsule of the nerve cells, but with an infiltration of 

 cellular elements of connective tissue. The author believes that all positive results 

 obtained in examination of supposed cases of rabies according to the method of Nelis 

 may be confidently relied upon. 



Experimental investigations in the diagnosis of rabies, A. Au.jeszky ( Vet- 

 erinarius, 25 {1902), No. IS, pp. 5o0-554). — The author made a study of the brain of 

 63 animals and 1 man suspected of being infected with rabies. Of the 6-4 cases, 

 the investigation was without results in 12, while in 10 it was shown that the ani- 

 mals were not affected with rabies. The incubation period in the 42 cases in which 

 positive results were obtained averaged 16 days after subdural inoculation and 19 

 days after intramuscular inoculation. The course of the disease after the appear- 

 ances of pronounced symptoms was from 3 to 6 days. It was shown during these 

 experiments that subdural inoculation is much more certain than intramuscular. 



Trichorrhexis nodosa, with special regard to its etiology and treatment, 

 Texnert {ZAschr. Vetermurk., 14 (1902), No. 8-9, pp. 361-372, figs. 5).— The literature 

 of this subject is reviewed in connection with a brief bibliography. The author 

 believes that the name of this disease has been used incorrectly in many instances 

 in cases of other closely related skin diseases. Detailed notes are given on the 

 pathological anatomy of the disease and on the symptoms by which it may be 

 recognized. The disease is due to the attacks of a micro-organism similar to that 

 which produces favus. 



Some diseases of poultry in South Africa, Huneberg (Transvaal Agr. Jour., 

 1 {1903), No. 4, pp. 65-67). — Serious digestive disturbances are said to occur in 

 fowls after excessive feeding with corn or fermented cereals. Notes are also given 

 on roup, gapes, and eye diseases in young chickens. 



An epizootic among ducks with diphtheria bacilli upon the conjunctiva, 

 Kampmannetal. {Centhl. Bakt. u. Par.,lAht., 34 {1903), No. 3, Orig.,i}p. 214-222).— 

 A report is made upon an outbreak of an apparently new disease among ducks. This 



